Study Details: MA 1 year full-time
Explore the transformations that shape our world, challenge orthodoxy, and help innovate solutions to global problems.
The MA in Global Development Politics offers an interdisciplinary people-focused approach to understanding the politics of global development. It will equip you to create and evaluate innovative solutions to the fundamental challenges facing the world. Such solutions require redressing imbalances of power at local, regional, national, and global levels.
As a student of the MA in Global Development Politics you will appreciate that development is a complex of practices, policies and possibilities that encompass worldwide socio-economic and environmental transformation. The intellectual and practical training provided by the course will help you contribute to creating a world that promotes dignity, equality and fairness.
2:2 or equivalent.
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Graduates of previous Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre programmes have found work in a range of sectors - from central and local government to law firms and media companies.
Career opportunities:
Core modules
Global Development Politics
Option modules
You will study five option modules. Examples can be found below. Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Comparative Institutions and Public Policy
Contemporary Issues in International Political Economy
Africa and International Politics
Causes & Conduct of Conflict
Politics of Peacebuilding
Themes & Theories in International Relations
Challenges to Policy-making in Democratising Countries
Global Governance
Governing for the Environment
Politics of Migration
International Business Management & Emerging Markets
Ethics & Sustainability Reporting
Social Policy in a Global Context
The Political Economy of Global China
Ecosystem Services, Conservation and Protection
Intercultural Communication in Education
Conflict & Development
Transitional Justice and Human Rights
Project Placement
The Practice of Fieldwork
Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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