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Degree Programme Table: Africa and International Development (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCAFRID1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your optional courses, please ensure you have met your Programme Director.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PGSP11327 Governance, Development and Poverty in Africa As available 20
    PGSP11240 Politics and Theories of International Development As available 20
    PGSP11420 International development: research design and practice As available 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 60 credits course level 11, during Block 5 (sem 2)
    PGSP11251     Dissertation MSc in Africa and International Development     (60 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 60 credits course level 11, during Block 5 (sem 2)
    PGSP11403     Work-based dissertation (Africa and International Development)     (60 credits)

     

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select a minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11151    Africa and International Politics   20  
    PGSP11414    The Anthropology of Africa   20  
    PGSP11417    Building Blocks of African Studies   20  
    PGSP11076    Contemporary African Issues and Debates   20  
    PGSP11340    Research in Africa   20  
    ARCH11203    African Cities USD   20  
    WRCH11003    History of Christianity in Africa   20  
    PGHC11426    Citizens and Subjects: concepts of citizenship in modern African intellectual history   20  
    AFRI11001    Swahili 1A   20  
    AFRI11002    Swahili 1B   20  

     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11063    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
    PGSP11047    The Anthropology of Death   20  
    SCIL11023    Youth Culture, Media and Society   20  
    PGSP11331    Biobusiness   20  
    PGGE11003    Applications in Ecological Economics   20  
    CMSE11174    Corporate Responsibility and Governance in a Global Context   20  
    ECNM11036    Economics for Postgraduates   20  
    CMSE11201    Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship (20 credits)   20  
    PGSP11343    The International Politics of Money   20  
    PGGE11160    Climate Change and Corporate Strategy   20  
    PGGE11025    Forests and Environment   20  
    PGGE11004    Foundations in Ecological Economics   20  
    PGGE11059    Management of Sustainable Development   20  
    PGSP11116    Internet, Society and Economy   20  
    PGSP11293    ICT for Development   20  
    ARCH11203    African Cities USD   20  
    PGSP11374    Anthropology of Violence   20  
    PGSP11245    Armed Force and Society   20  
    PLIT11011    War and Morality   20  
    PGSP11383    Transitional Justice in Context   20  
    LAWS11292    Global Crime and Insecurity   20  
    EDUA11011    International Perspectives on Education and Training   20  
    PGSP11416    Anthropology and Environment   20  
    PGGE11192    Case Studies in Sustainable Development   20  
    PGGE11208    Energy & Society   20  
    PGSP11422    Energy in the Global South   20  
    PGGE11009    Environmental Impact Assessment   20  
    PGSP11359    Global Environment and Society   20  
    PGSP11358    Global Environment: Key Issues   20  
    PGSP11299    Global Environmental Politics   20  
    PGGE11130    Human dimensions of environmental change and sustainability   20  
    PGGE11010    Land Use/Environmental Interactions   20  
    PGGE11060    Principles of Environmental Sustainability   20  
    PGSP11418    Resource Politics and Development   20  
    PGSP11281    Governing Mineral Extraction in Africa   20  
    PGGE11165    Sustainability of Food Production   20  
    IPHP11003    Global Politics of Public Health   20  
    PGSP11379    Anthropology of Global Health   20  
    PGSP11423    Anthropology of Health and Illness   20  
    PGSP11415    Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction   20  
    PGSP11421    Contagion   20  
    PGSP11377    Critical perspectives on mental health and well-being in the global south   20  
    IPHP11009    Globalisation and public health   10  
    PGSP11305    Social Interventions in HIV and AIDS   20  
    PGSP11428    Human Rights, Global Politics and International Law   20  
    PGSP11146    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    PGSP11061    The European Union in International Affairs   20  
    PLIT11012    The Politics of Migration in Europe   20  
    PGSP11145    Comparative Perspectives in Nationalism Studies   20  
    PGSP11171    International Political Economy   20  
    SCAN11008    The Invention of History   20  
    PGSP11275    The Middle East in International Relations   20  
    PGSP11144    Theories and Theorists in Nationalism Studies   20  
    PGSP11151    Africa and International Politics   20  
    PGSP11298    Political Islam in the Middle East   20  
    AFRI11001    Swahili 1A   20  
    AFRI11002    Swahili 1B   20  

     



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