Course code: 3086 + Mid-year entry available + 18 months
full-time, 3 years part-time + On-campus (Clayton)
Course coordinators: Craig Thorburn; Bruce Missingham
The masters program in international development and environmental analysis (MIDEA) is an interdisciplinary initiative of the Faculty of Arts. The course is aimed at students from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds who wish to pursue careers or enhance their professional skills in the fields of international development and environmental sustainability. It takes an innovative interdisciplinary approach based on contemporary concerns with the processes, theories, and practices of globalisation. The course introduces students to international and comparative perspectives and approaches to development and global sustainability by focusing on contemporary processes such as global production systems, foreign direct investment, natural resource management and development, devolution of governance during a time of centralisation of geopolitical power, global climate change, and changing concepts of property in natural resource exploitation and management. It seeks to encourage critical and comparative analysis of international development policies and practice, and to promote active engagement in sustainable development in transnational and regional contexts.
A bachelors degree with at least a credit average in the final year, a Graduate Certificate in International Development or related field, or a bachelors pass degree with the demonstrable professional experience at senior level in a relevant area. Applicants in the latter category will need to supply a CV, a 1000-word statement and the names of two professional referees.
Students complete 72 points, comprising a set of core units (36 points) and elective units (36 points):
or
Students can choose electives (36 points) in one of five areas of concentration that correspond to current issues relevant in international development:
A wide range of elective units are available in sociology, women's studies, politics, Asian studies, geography and environmental science, Indigenous studies, anthropology and visual culture.
To graduate with the Master of International Development and Environmental Analysis, students must gain a credit (60 C) or above in core units and a minimum credit average overall.
After successful completion of 24 points, students may apply to exit the program with a Graduate Certificate in International Development and Environmental Analysis, or after successful completion of 48 points with a Graduate Diploma in International Development and Environmental Analysis.
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