Global Development (F86) (Taught)

This MSc in Global Development equips you with the knowledge, understanding, and skills to investigate, analyse, and respond to today's major global challenges. These include migration, socio-economic security, environmental sustainability, technological innovation, the global politics of development, and the politics of doing development. You’ll also deepen your understanding of the issues of most interest to you by examining them through four cross-cutting challenges: conflict, governance, justice, and transformation. This lays the foundation for your independent research project on a topic of your choice, as you find ways to have an impact in a world of change.

Key features of the course

• Builds an in-depth understanding of development theory, policy and practice.

• Enhances your ability to identify and analyse different forms of evidence, enabling you to intervene critically and confidently in development debates.

• Equips you with the essential skills for a career in development and related areas.

• Provides cutting-edge course materials that draw on the internationally-recognised development teaching and research of our academics

Course Modules

To gain this qualification, you need 180 credits. You'll study three compulsory 60-credit modules.

You'll study the following:

• Understanding global development
  This module introduces global approaches to contemporary development issues such as poverty, inequality and environmental sustainability, equipping you with the analytical tools to critically examine and respond to these challenges.

• Key challenges in global development
  This module enables you to critically explore the challenges of conflict, governance, justice and transformation that cut across all development issues.

• Researching global development
  You'll learn how to conduct independent research about a global development topic of your choice.