Master of International Development (coursework or coursework and dissertation)
This course aims to provide students with a grounding in international development concepts, theories and approaches. Students are equipped with the analytical and practical skills they need to engage critically in development issues and debates from a interdisciplinary perspective, and to work across broad areas of development research, practice, and policy. The course begins with foundational units in development theory and case studies of development practice, before enabling students to specialise in one of a number of areas, including development in practice; politics of development; and economics of development.
Course overview
- Course title
- Master of International Development (coursework or coursework and dissertation)
- Award abbreviation
- MIntDev
- Course code
- 71550
- Course type
- master's degree by coursework or by coursework and dissertation
- Status
- current / 2019
- Administered by
- Faculty of Science
- CRICOS code
- 083850D
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year and mid-year
- Attendance type
- full- or part-time (Student visa holders should read Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 for more information.)
- Articulation
- The Master of International Development has the following exit awards: 73250 Graduate Certificate in International Development (24 points) (24 points), 73350 Graduate Diploma in International Development (48 points) (48 points)
- Credit points required
- 96
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 1.5 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) comprising 72 points of taught units and 24 points of admission credit, as recognised and granted by the Faculty
- Maximum course duration
- 2 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) comprising up to 96 points of taught study (see Rule 5 for further information)
- Time limit
- 3 years
- Delivery mode
- internal
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Postgraduate fee-paying/FEE-HELP
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Professor Petra Tschakert and Assoc/Prof Richard Vokes
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Enquiries and course advice
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
Specialisations
SP-DEVEC Economics of Development
SP-DEVPP Development in Practice
SP-PODEV Politics of Development
Course structure
Key to availability of units: |
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S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = summer teaching period; T2 = Trimester 2; N/A = not available in 2019; NS = non-standard teaching period |
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2020 or 2021.
Take all units (12 points):
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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NS | GEOG5002 | Development Practice | |
NS | POLS5672 | Global Development Debates |
Development in Practice specialisation
Students who have not completed a bachelor's degree that aligns with the chosen specialisation in the course must complete relevant conversion units up to the value of 24 points.
Note: Take 12 points from this group. The remaining 12 points must be approved by the course coordinator.
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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S1 | GEOG2205 | Geographies of Economic Development | |
S1 | GEOG3306 | Regional Development and Planning |
Take all units (24 points):
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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NS | GEOG4001 | Population, Migration and Development |
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NS | GEOG5003 | Resource Extraction and Regional Development | |
NS | GEOG5004 | Place-based and Participatory Development | |
S1 | GEOG5502 | Conservation, Development and Sustainability |
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For students in course by coursework and dissertation only, take all units (24 points):
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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NS | GEOG5550 | Research Design |
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S1, S2 | GEOG5551 | Master's Dissertation 1 |
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S1, S2 | GEOG5552 | Master's Dissertation 2 |
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S1, S2 | GEOG5553 | Master's Dissertation 3 |
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For students in course by coursework only, take unit(s) to the value of 36 points, of which at least 6 points (one unit) must be taken at Level 5. For students in course by coursework and dissertation only, take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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S1 | ECON4410 | Environmental and Resource Economics |
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S1 | ENVT4402 | Analysis for Natural Resource Management |
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NS | ENVT4404 | Environmental Planning and Management |
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S1, S2 | ENVT4411 | Geographic Information Systems Applications | |
NS | ENVT5504 | GIS and the Built Environment |
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S1 | GEOG5502 | Conservation, Development and Sustainability |
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S2 | PLNG5411 | Urban and Regional Analysis |
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NS | PLNG5511 | Climate Change Policy and Planning |
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NS | PLNG5512 | Regional Planning |
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NS | POLS5671 | Peace and Security in Africa | |
S1, S2 | SCIE4401 | Data Use in Science | |
N/A | SOCS4001 | Religion and Development | |
S2 | SOCS5001 | Engaging Cultural Difference | |
NS | SOCS5010 | NGOs, Governance and Development | |
NS | SOCS5013 | Gender in Development: Approaches and Issues | |
NS | SOCS5501 | Evaluation | |
NS, S1, S2, SS | WILG5001 | Professional Development Practicum A |
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Economics of Development specialisation
Students who have not completed a bachelor's degree that aligns with the chosen specialisation in the course must complete relevant conversion units up to the value of 24 points from this group, as advised by the Faculty:
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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S1, S2 | ECON1111 | Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics |
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S1, SS | ECON2233 | Microeconomics: Policy and Applications |
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S1 | ECON3300 | Agricultural Economics and Marketing |
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S1 | ECON5541 | Economics for Business: Applications and Policy |
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Take all units (24 points):
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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S1 | ECON4408 | Advanced Development Economics |
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S2 | ECON5001 | Economic Development in Theory and Practice |
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S1 | ECON5002 | Agriculture and Economic Development |
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S2 | ECON5515 | Economic Growth and Institutions |
For students in course by coursework and dissertation only, take all units (24 points):
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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S1, S2 | SCIE5550 | Research Design |
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S1, S2 | SCIE5551 | Master's Dissertation 1 |
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S1, S2 | SCIE5552 | Master's Dissertation 2 |
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S1, S2 | SCIE5553 | Master's Dissertation 3 |
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For students in course by coursework only, take unit(s) to the value of 36 points, of which at least 6 points (one unit) must be taken at Level 5. For students in course by coursework and dissertation only, take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
---|---|---|---|
S1 | ECON4410 | Environmental and Resource Economics |
|
S1 | ENVT4402 | Analysis for Natural Resource Management |
|
NS | ENVT4404 | Environmental Planning and Management |
|
S1, S2 | ENVT4411 | Geographic Information Systems Applications | |
NS | ENVT5504 | GIS and the Built Environment |
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NS | GEOG4001 | Population, Migration and Development |
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NS | GEOG5003 | Resource Extraction and Regional Development | |
NS | GEOG5004 | Place-based and Participatory Development | |
T2 | MGMT5514 | Demonstrating Social Impact |
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NS | MGMT5518 | Social Investment and Philanthropy |
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S2 | PLNG5411 | Urban and Regional Analysis |
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NS | PLNG5511 | Climate Change Policy and Planning |
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NS | PLNG5512 | Regional Planning |
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NS | POLS5671 | Peace and Security in Africa | |
S1, S2 | SCIE4401 | Data Use in Science | |
N/A | SOCS4001 | Religion and Development | |
S2 | SOCS5001 | Engaging Cultural Difference | |
NS | SOCS5010 | NGOs, Governance and Development | |
NS | SOCS5013 | Gender in Development: Approaches and Issues | |
NS | SOCS5501 | Evaluation | |
NS, S1, S2, SS | WILG5001 | Professional Development Practicum A |
|
Politics of Development specialisation
Take unit (s) to the value of 18 points from this group. The remaining 6 points must be approved by the course coordinator.
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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S1, NS | ANTH2702 | Environment, Power and Disasters in Asia |
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S1 | POLS2220 | Foundations of Global Political Economy |
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S2 | POLS3334 | The International Politics of Africa |
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Take all units (24 points):
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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NS | POLS5671 | Peace and Security in Africa | |
NS | SOCS5010 | NGOs, Governance and Development | |
NS | SOCS5013 | Gender in Development: Approaches and Issues | |
NS | SOCS5014 | Regulating Development: State-Building, Migration, and Social Protection |
For students in course by coursework and dissertation only, take all units (24 points):
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
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NS | SOCS5003 | Research Design |
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S1, S2 | SOCS5551 | Master's Dissertation 1 |
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S1, S2 | SOCS5552 | Master's Dissertation 2 |
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S1, S2 | SOCS5553 | Master's Dissertation 3 |
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For students in course by coursework only, take unit(s) to the value of 36 points. For students in course by coursework and dissertation only, take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements |
---|---|---|---|
S1 | ECON4410 | Environmental and Resource Economics |
|
S1 | ENVT4402 | Analysis for Natural Resource Management |
|
S1, S2 | ENVT4411 | Geographic Information Systems Applications | |
NS | ENVT5504 | GIS and the Built Environment |
|
NS | GEOG4001 | Population, Migration and Development |
|
NS | GEOG5003 | Resource Extraction and Regional Development | |
NS | GEOG5004 | Place-based and Participatory Development | |
S1 | GEOG5502 | Conservation, Development and Sustainability |
|
S2 | PLNG5411 | Urban and Regional Analysis |
|
NS | POLS5611 | Religion, Global Identities and World Politics |
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NS | POLS5686 | International Norms, Ethics and Human Rights | |
N/A | POLS5687 | Global Social Movements | |
S1, S2 | SCIE4401 | Data Use in Science | |
N/A | SOCS4001 | Religion and Development | |
S2 | SOCS5001 | Engaging Cultural Difference | |
NS | SOCS5003 | Research Design |
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SS | SOCS5200 | Digital Advocacy | |
NS | SOCS5501 | Evaluation | |
NS, S1, S2, SS | WILG5001 | Professional Development Practicum A |
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See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/postgraduate/student-procedures'>student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials module
2.(1) Except as stated in (2), a student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module).
(2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module is not required to repeat the module.
English Language competency requirements
3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.
Admission requirements
4.(1) To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) a bachelor degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;
and
(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent;
and
(i) met the prerequisite for the chosen specialisation; or
(ii) at least two years of relevant professional experience related to international development
(2) For the Development in Practice specialisation an applicant must have completed prior studies at a tertiary level in human geography and planning or any other social sciences discipline; or in a related cognate discipline, as recognised by UWA
(3) For the Economics of Development specialisation an applicant must have completed prior studies at a tertiary level in either economics, mathematics, or statistics; or in a related cognate discipline, as recognised by UWA
(4) For the Politics of Development specialisation an applicant must have completed prior studies at a tertiary level in political science and policy studies, or any other social sciences discipline, or law; or in a related cognate discipline, as recognised by UWA
(5) An applicant being admitted on the basis of professional experience is exempt from rules 4.(2), 4.(3), and 4.(4)
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on—the relevant requirements under Rule 4.
Articulations and exit awards
6.(1) This course has the following exit awards:
- 73250 Graduate Certificate in International Development (24 points)
- 73350 Graduate Diploma in International Development (48 points)
(2) A student who withdraws from the Master of International Development course before completing it, but after having completed 24 points at Level 4 or Level 5, including two core units, may apply to the Faculty to be awarded the Graduate Certificate in International Development.
(3) A student who withdraws from the Master of International Development course before completing it, but after having completed 48 points at Level 4 or Level 5, including two core units, and at least two specialisation units, may apply to the Faculty to be awarded the Graduate Diploma in International Development.
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 96 points (maximum value) which includes conversion units to a value of 24 points, course core units and specialisation units. The course comprises the following specialisations:
- SP-DEVEC Economics of Development
- SP-DEVPP Development in Practice
- SP-PODEV Politics of Development
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
(3) Students who have completed a bachelor's degree that aligns with the chosen specialisation in the course are granted credit for conversion units up to a value of 24 points.
Satisfactory progress
8. To make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must pass units to a value of at least half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.
9. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 8.
Progress status
10. A student who fails to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'Excluded' unless the Faculty decides otherwise in light of exceptional circumstances.
11. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 9 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 8.
Award with distinction
12. To be awarded the degree with distinction a student must achieve a course weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 80 per cent, which is calculated based on —
(a) all units above Level 3 attempted as part of the course that are awarded a final percentage mark;
(b) all relevant units above Level 3 undertaken in articulating courses of this University that are awarded a final percentage mark;
and
(c) all units above Level 3 completed at this University that are credited to the master's degree course.
Additional rules
Research project
13. Students who request approval to undertake a research project in this course must have achieved—
(a) a 70 per cent average in 24 points of coursework comprising Level 4 or 5 units, with a minimum of 18 points core units of the Master of International Development in order to undertake the Research Design unit aligned with their specialisation;
and
(b) a minimum of 70 per cent in the Research Design unit in order to continue with the research project and take the remaining three 6-point units aligned with their specialisation.