International Development Management MSc

  Institution: The University of Nottingham

Programme Description

The MSc degree in International Development Management investigates the practical and theoretical issues around the promotion of international development. It provides the practical skills required for employment in the development sector, including how to design, implement and manage development projects.

International Development is the multidisciplinary study of how communities and states attain the economic, socio-political and other characteristics associated with development. This programme is designed to give you the opportunity to:

• develop a comprehensive multidisciplinary understanding of international development
• examine the possibilities for development in a globalising world
• understand the reasons for the persistence of global poverty and inequality and how current development paradigms contribute to poverty reduction and human development
• apply development theory to enhance development practice at the grassroots
• identify, design and implement appropriate interventions to improve development outcomes

Career prospects

The degree is open to applicants from any background. It equips you with the transferable skills required by most agencies working in the development sector, and therefore provides an excellent springboard if you wish to further or pursue your professional career in development agencies, aid and relief organisations, charities and NGOs, international organisations, local and national government, think-tanks, policy advice and lobbying.

Course structure

The course is delivered in English and is delivered in either full-time (12 months) or part-time formats. You will be required to complete 180 credit points of work over the period of your studies: 120 credit points of taught modules and a 60 credit point dissertation, based on your own original research.

A part-time, evening-class variant of the degree is taught at Nottingham’s city-centre facility at the Chulan Tower, Jalan Conlay. The degree can therefore be taken by people based in KL, in full-time employment.

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

An upper second class honours degree (or international equivalent) in a relevant discipline. Mature applicants without any standard entry requirements but with substantial and relevant experience may be considered.

Other equivalent qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Applicants must have graduated from an approved university

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.5 (no element below 6.0)

PTE (Academic): 62 (minimum 55)

Modules

Compulsory modules

• Introduction to International Development
• Field Technologies
• Research Methods and Design
• Dissertation: International Development

Elective modules include:

• Civil Society and Global Development
• Global Political Economy
• Development and Governance: Building Democracy in the Developing World
• Global Perspectives on International Relations
• The International Relations of South East Asia
• Contemporary Diplomacy
• War and Resistance in the Contemporary World
• Politics by other means: Terrorism in Contemporary South  and Southeast Asia
• International Business
• Modern Languages (currently French, German, Japanese, Korea, Mandarin, Spanish)

Career Opportunities

Source : The University of Nottingham