Course description
* Thesis 15,000 words (50 points)
* 1 compulsory subjects (12.5 points)
* 2 core subjects (121-466 Explanation & Understanding (12.5); and 121-439 Directed Study in Development (12.5)
* 1 elective subject (12.5)
Total 100 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
Thesis subject
Subject Semester Credit Points
121-526 Development Studies Thesis
An original, supervised research project on a topic to be decided in consultation with the coordinator and the supervisor. Semester 1, Semester 2 50
Compulsory subject
Subject Semester Credit Points
121-545 Understanding Development
This subject forms an introduction to the main past and current theories of development, involving the approaches of several social science disciplines. It also considers many of the major issues in development, including the environment, gender, hum... Semester 1 12.50
Core subjects
* Mid-year entry students will require, with coordinator approval, to replace the subject 121-446, with 121-460/DEVT40005 Field Methods as 121-446/ANTH40004 is only offered in semester 1.
Subject Semester Credit Points
121-439 Directed Study in Development
This subject involves a critical assessment of the literature of a research area in development studies, chosen by the student in consultation with the supervisor. The area of review will be determined during regular meetings and discussions between ... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
121-446 Explanation and Understanding
This subject focuses on the skills entailed in qualitative research projects that seek to understand and explain social and cultural phenomena. It introduces students to various approaches to socio-cultural research and their ethical and methodologic... Semester 1 12.50
Elective subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
121-408 Civil Society, NGOs and the State
In the nearly two decades since the end of the Cold War, the world has witnessed a remarkable rejection of the big plans and projects that characterized the period of high-modernization that existed between the Bretton Woods pact of 1944 and the end ... Semester 1 12.50
121-415 Migrancy, Home and Exile
The accelerated speed, frequency and commonality of the movement of people through space is an increasingly ubiquitous feature of the modern world. Consequently, migration studies has developed as an established field of enquiry, encompassing discipl... Semester 2 12.50
121-460 Field Methods for Development
The subject will focus on ethnographic or qualitative methods, particularly as they apply to development work. It includes a discussion of varying notions of ethnographic or qualitative research, including the notion of praxis the merger of theory an... Semester 2 12.50
121-462 Health and Development
This subject examines the relationship between health and political economic development in the world system, particularly in developing countries. It draws upon medical anthropology and health sociology in addressing issues such as the social origin... Semester 1 12.50
131-432 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
This subject surveys recent developments in feminist theory and feminist methodology within a cross-cultural context. It explores issues involved in present-day debates about feminist epistemology and knowledge, including debates surrounding the rela... Semester 1 12.50
161-591 Development, Culture and Conflict
The end of the Cold War and the announcement of the ‘New World Order’ created a rapidly transforming terrain for the practice of development, humanitarian intervention and aid. Cultural, ethnic and religious conflict is a feat... Semester 2 12.50
161-592 Poverty, Microfinance and Development
Development studies as an academic discipline has its origins in President Harry Truman’s concept of a “fair deal” for the entire world. In his inaugural address on January 20, 1949, he stated that Third World pove... Semester 2 12.50
Elective Science
* Some cross-listed electives may require prerequisites and therefore students are advised to contact subject coordinators for approval
Subject Semester Credit Points
166-416 Justice, Democracy and Difference
This subject provides a critical examination of contemporary debates about ideas of justice, democracy and the politics of difference. The subject critically explores both the major liberal approaches to justice alongside critiques of liberal approac... Semester 1 12.50
481-809 Program Evaluation: Forms & Approaches
A conceptual overview of theories, issues and recent practice in evaluation. An inductive/case study approach will be used in which recent evaluation practice will be analysed using frameworks developed by the lecturers. Topics covered include: confl... Semester 1, Summer 25
207-404 Agricultural Policies and Trade
On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:explain the reasons for government intervention in the agri-food sectors of several countries, including Australia, and identify the policy objectives being pursued;critically analys... Semester 2 12.50
