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Degree Programme Table: Africa and International Development (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCAFRID1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Governance, Development and Poverty in Africa
PGSP11327 20 credits
Politics and Theories of International Development
PGSP11240 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Electives - Africa & International Development

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Policing and Punishment: Insights from across the globe
AFRI11010 20 credits
Gender and Development
PGSP11225 20 credits
Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices
PGSP11296 20 credits
Research in Africa
PGSP11340 20 credits
Key Skills in Development Practice
PGSP11348 20 credits
Displacement and Development
PGSP11369 20 credits
Anthropology of Global Health
PGSP11379 20 credits
Resource Politics and Development
PGSP11418 20 credits
Conflict and Peace in Africa
PGSP11453 20 credits
Conflict, Security, and Development
PGSP11590 20 credits
Rethinking Africa: Race, Space, and Power
PGSP11591 20 credits
Pursuing Justice after Violence
PGSP11605 20 credits
OR

Level 11 courses in the School of Social and Political Science

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 11 courses in the School of Social and Political Science
Notes:
Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission from your Programme Director and the Course Organiser.
Students may take up to 20 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.
Students will have an opportunity to apply for a Placement-based Dissertation in Semester 2. http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/24-25/dpt/cxpgsp11540.htm

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
International development: research design and practice
PGSP11420 0 credits
Dissertation MSc in Africa and International Development

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

PGSP11251 60 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Electives - Africa & International Development

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
Policing and Punishment: Insights from across the globe
AFRI11010 20 credits
Gender and Development
PGSP11225 20 credits
Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices
PGSP11296 20 credits
Research in Africa
PGSP11340 20 credits
Key Skills in Development Practice
PGSP11348 20 credits
Displacement and Development
PGSP11369 20 credits
Anthropology of Global Health
PGSP11379 20 credits
Resource Politics and Development
PGSP11418 20 credits
Conflict and Peace in Africa
PGSP11453 20 credits
Conflict, Security, and Development
PGSP11590 20 credits
Rethinking Africa: Race, Space, and Power
PGSP11591 20 credits
Pursuing Justice after Violence
PGSP11605 20 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in the School of Social and Political Science

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in the School of Social and Political Science
Notes:
Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission from your Programme Director and the Course Organiser.

Students may take up to 20 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.
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