The Development Studies Honours Specialisation gives you high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles and methods and theoretical concepts of development studies, and through the design and implementation of a research project, typically a thesis of up to 20,000 words, that develops new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems.
Learning Outcomes
- pose a significantresearch question relating to development studies;
- investigate thisquestion creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, includingthrough sophisticated use of theory and methodology as appropriateto development studies, and place these investigations in the context of therelevant intellectual tradition; and
- communicate theirresearch and its findings through an appropriate medium.
Relevant Degrees
Admission Requirements
- a major or equivalent in one of the following:
Development Studies
Latin American Studies
- with the written approval of an identified supervisor for the thesis
Cognate Disciplines
Development Studies, Latin American Studies
Requirements
This Honours specialisation requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
24 units from the completion of the following course(s):
THES4103 - Thesis (24 units)
12 - 24 units from the completion of the following:
SOCY4010 - Sociology Honours Methods Seminar (12 units)
SOCY4009 - Sociology Honours Theory Seminar (12 units)
ANTH4011 - History of Anthropological Theory Extended (12 units)
ANTH4012 - Theory and Ethnography in the Analysis of Cultures (12 units)
POLS4011 - Research Training: Scope and Methods (12 units)
A maximum of 12 units from the completion of the following list:
POLS4010 - Special Topics in Politics and International Relations 2 (6 units)
POLS4009 - Special Topics in Politics and International Relations 1 (6 units)
A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH4011 | History of Anthropological Theory Extended | 12 |
| ANTH4012 | Theory and Ethnography in the Analysis of Cultures | 12 |
| POLS4011 | Research Training: Scope and Methods | 12 |
| SOCY4009 | Sociology Honours Theory Seminar | 12 |
| SOCY4010 | Sociology Honours Methods Seminar | 12 |
A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| POLS4009 | Special Topics in Politics and International Relations 1 | 6 |
| POLS4010 | Special Topics in Politics and International Relations 2 | 6 |
24 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| THES4103 | Thesis | 6-24 |