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Module Choices

All offerings are subject to change at the discretion of the Head of the School. 

All of the modules listed below carry 16 credits, except where otherwise indicated.   

MPop: One-year Programme (192C)

Core Modules
  • DEVS804HC Demographic Methods 1
  • DEVS809HC Fertility and Nuptiality
  • DEVS814HC Introduction to Population Studies
  • DEVS816HC Population and Development
  • DEVS821HC Research Methods 2
  • DEVS8SDHC Short Dissertation (96C)
Electives
One additional module from the following list. Alternatively, any other 16C module approved by the Academic Co-ordinator.
  • DEVS805HC Demographic Methods 2
  • DEVS811HC HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
  • DEVS813HC Informal Economy, Globalisation and Development
  • DEVS815HC Migration and Urbanisation
  • DEVS817HC Population and Health
  • DEVS819HC Poverty and Inequality
  • DEVS822HC Sexual and Reproductive Health (Not offered in 2010) 
  • DEVS823HC Social Policy

MPop: Two-year Programme (320C)

Core Modules
  • DEVS804HC Demographic Methods 1
  • DEVS809HC Fertility and Nuptiality
  • DEVS814HC Introduction to Population Studies
  • DEVS816HC Population and Development
  • DEVS820HC Research Methods 1
  • DEVS821HC Research Methods 2
  • DEVS8SDHC Short Dissertation (96C)
Electives
A further eight modules from the following list, subject to the Academic Co-ordinator’s approval:
  • DEVS803HC Comparative Development Problems and Policies
  • DEVS805HC Demographic Methods 2
  • DEVS806HC Development Management
  • DEVS807HC Economics of Development 1
  • DEVS813HC Informal Economy, Globalisation and Development
  • DEVS811HC HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
  • DEVS815HC Migration and Urbanisation
  • DEVS817HC Population and Health
  • DEVS818HC Political Economy of the Welfare State
  • DEVS819HC Poverty and Inequality
  • DEVS822HC Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • DEVS823HC Social Policy
  • DEVS824HC South African Development Problems and Policies
  • DEVS825HC State, Institutions and Development (not offered in 2010)
  • DEVS829C   Environment and Development

Research Masters

  • DEVS8SDHC Short Dissertation: Development Studies (96C)
  • DEVS8MDHB Dissertation: Development Studies (192C)

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