School of International Development - Taught Postgraduates

Taught Postgraduates

There are 150 taught postgraduates in DEV from a wide range of countries and backgrounds undertaking Graduate Diplomas and MA/MSc/MRes courses. Two taught Graduate Diploma courses are offered: Graduate Diploma in Development Studies (DIPDS) and the Graduate Diploma in Development Studies and English Language (DIPELDS). Seventeen taught masters courses are currently available:

• MA Agriculture and Rural Development
• MA Conflict, Governance and International Development
• MA Development Economics
• MA Education and Development
• MA Gender Analysis in International Development
• MA Globalisation and International Development
• MA International Development
• MA International Relations and Development Studies
• MA International Social Development
• MA Media and International Development
• MRes International Development (full-time)
• MSc Climate Change and International Development
• MSc Environmental and International Development
• MSc Impact Evaluation for International Development
• MSc Water Security and International Development
• MRes International Development (by distance learning) (part-time)

DEV masters courses are composed of core and optional modules, which include:

• Climate Change Policy for Development (CCPD)
• Conflict, Peace and Security (CPS)
• Contemporary World Development (CWD)
• Contemporary World Theatre (CWT)
• Development Perspectives (DP)
• Development Studies Epistemologies (DSE) – MRes students only
• Dissertation (DIS)
• Economic Methods for Development (EMD)
• Educational Policy and Practice in Development (EPPD)
• Environmental Economics for Development (EED)
• Food Systems and Rural Development (FSRD)
• Gender and Rural Livelihoods (GRL)
• Gender Concepts for Development (GCD)
• Gender, Difference and Social Policy (GDSP)
• Globalisation, Industrialisation and Development (GID)
• Governance, Democracy and Development (GDD)
• Health and Development (HD)
• International Economic Policy (IEP)
• Introduction to Education and Development (IED)
• Introduction to Social Development (ISD)
• Macroeconomics of Development (MACROD)
• Media and International Development (MID)
• Media and Society (MIS)
• Methodologies for Education Research and Evaluation (MERE) – MADE students only
• Microeconomics of Development (MICROD)
• Perspectives on Globalisation (PG)
• Political Ecology of Environment and Development (PEED)
• Research Skills for Social Analysis (RSSA)
• Research Skills Workshop: Design and Writing (RSW:DW) – MRes students only
• Research Skills Workshop: Presentation and Field Works Skills (RSW:PFW) – MRes students only
• Research Techniques and Analysis (RTA)
• Rural Policies (RP)
• Tools and Skills in Environment and Development (TSED)
• Understanding Global Environmental Change (UEC)

Students are taught by academic staff with experience of different countries and disciplines to ensure a variety of approaches and case studies, using lectures, seminars and videos. Students are funded from a range of sources: self-financing, research council awards, charitable/international scholarships and UEA/DEV scholarships. Course work assessment includes written assignments, such as essays, an examination and dissertation. Students are encouraged to pursue their professional and personal interests whilst at DEV, and to enjoy the experience of learning in a culturally diverse environment.