Development Studies
Semester 2, 2020 unit of study availability
Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.
A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Development Studies |
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Master of Development Studies |
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| Students complete 72 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) a minimum of 6 credit points from selective units of study; and | |||
| (c) a maximum of 30 credit points from elective units of study | |||
| (i) a maximum of 12 credit points can be taken as elective units from outside those listed in the Table, including: | |||
| (ii) units of study from other faculties; and | |||
| (d) a minimum of 6 credit points from capstone units of study; or | |||
| (f) an optional specialisation in: | |||
| (i) Social Research. | |||
Graduate Diploma in Development Studies |
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| Students complete 48 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 24 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) 6 credit points from selective units of study; and | |||
| (c) 18 credit points from elective units of study. | |||
Graduate Certificate in Development Studies |
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| Students complete 24 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 12 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) 12 credit points from elective units of study. | |||
Core units |
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| DVST6901 Development: Civil Society and Wellbeing |
6 | N SSCP6900 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 2 |
| DVST6902 Development: Communication and Education |
6 | N SSCP6901 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 2 |
| DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty |
6 |
This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 |
| ANTH6916 Culture and Development: Key Concepts |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Selective units |
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| DVST6905 Development Project Evaluation |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| DVST6906 Culture, Gender, Health in Development |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECOP6130 Human Rights and International Development |
6 | N SCLG6912 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 |
| HRTD6903 Dynamics of Human Rights Violations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HRTD6916 Human Rights Simulation |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Elective units |
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| ANTH6910 Supervised Reading I This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | N ANTH3921 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ANTH6911 Supervised Reading II This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | N ANTH3922 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6006 Intervention and 'Fragile' States |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CISS6013 Middle East Conflict and Security |
6 | N GOVT6154 |
Semester 1 |
| ECON5001 Microeconomic Theory |
6 | N ECON5040 |
Intensive January Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON5002 Macroeconomic Theory |
6 | N ECON5003 |
Intensive January Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON6016 Trade and Development |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5002 or ECON5040 |
Semester 2 |
| ECON6023 International Trade |
6 | P ECON6001 or ECON6701 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOP6015 Global Employment and Migration This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ECOP6016 China in the World Economy |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6017 Inequality in the Global Economy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECOP6018 Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6031 Research in Political Economy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECOP6101 Core Concepts in Political Economy |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ECOP6103 Strategic Debates on Economic Change |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECOP6108 Economic Management for Sustainability |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| EDPB5016 Global Poverty, Social Policy and Ed |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENVI5903 Sustainable Development |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study involves additional costs. |
Intensive July |
| GCST6905 Gender in Cultural Theory |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GLOH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GLOH5124 Humanitarian Crises and Refugee Health |
6 | N MIPH5124 |
Intensive October |
| GLOH5135 Global Health Systems and Delivery |
6 | N HPOL5001 |
Semester 1 |
| GOVT6108 Democracy, Development and Rights in SE Asia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6138 Gender, Family and the State This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6139 Research Design |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6156 Strategy and Civil Society |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6163 Critical Challenges of Governing Cities This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6223 Topics in Environmental Politics This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6301 Public Sector Ethics and Corruption |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6304 Development and World Politics This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6313 Leadership in Theory and Practice This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6316 The Politics of Policy Making |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6319 Governance and Public Policy Making This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6331 Public Management and Governance |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6358 Comparative Migration Policy This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HRTD6901 Human Rights and the Human Rights System |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ITLS6007 Disaster Relief Operations |
6 | N TPTM6390 |
Intensive July |
| LNGS7507 Language and Communities |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MIPH5124 Health Issues and Humanitarian Emergencies This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
4 | Intensive November |
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| MIPH5135 Health Systems in Developing Countries This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| MIPH5219 International Health Project Management This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | A General knowledge of public health in low and middle income countries N MIPH5220 Department permission required for enrolment for students from degrees other than MIPH. |
Semester 2 |
| GEOS5501 Human Rights and the Environment This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 |
This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 2a |
| GOVT6137 Forces of Change in Int Relations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6156 Strategy and Civil Society |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| FASS7001 Academic English for Postgraduates |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| FASS7002 Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| PACS6901 United Nations, Peace and Security |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6909 Cultures of Violence This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PACS6911 Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies |
6 | N SCWK6930 |
Semester 1 |
| PACS6912 Nonviolence: Philosophy and Practice This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | N SCWK6933 |
Intensive March |
| PACS6913 Conflict in Organisations This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Summer Main |
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| PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media |
6 | N SCWK6935 |
Intensive August |
| PACS6915 Human Rights, Peace and Justice This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | N SCWK6941 |
Semester 2 |
| PACS6923 The Human Right to Food This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2b |
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| PACS6924 Democracy in the Developing World |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6925 Peace and the Global Compact |
6 | Semester 2b |
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| PACS6928 Community Mediation: Theory and Practice |
6 | Intensive April |
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| PACS6931 Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice |
6 | Intensive October |
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| PACS6934 Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Intensive May |
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| SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements |
6 | N SCWK6901 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 |
| SCLG6902 Ethics of Social Research This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | N SCLG3003 |
Semester 1 |
| SCLG6913 Social Justice Vocational Placement |
6 | P 24 credit points at 6000 level and including SCLG6923 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive February Intensive January Intensive July Intensive November Semester 1 Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2b |
| SCLG6923 Social Justice Vocational Project Design |
6 | N SCLG6914 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SCLG6916 Indigenous Rights - Global Issues |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| WRIT6000 Professional Writing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WRIT6001 Professional Editing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Optional Specialisation |
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Social Research |
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| (a) 12 credit points from the following: | |||
| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| (b) 6 credit points from the following: | |||
| ECOP6031 Research in Political Economy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6139 Research Design |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SCLG6902 Ethics of Social Research This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | N SCLG3003 |
Semester 1 |
Capstone units |
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| DVST6911 Dissertation Part A |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DVST6912 Dissertation Part B |
6 | P DVST6911 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DVST6913 Development Collaboration This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 48 credit points from the master of development studies program |
Semester 2 |