Master in Development studies – MDS
EU-SPS Master in Development Studies is an exhaustive two-year study programme that offers an interdisciplinary approach to development. This programme provides students with a sound understanding of the local and global processes that define the politics and practices of international development.
Development Studies is a part of social sciences and is Economics based. Development studies are a multidisciplinary branch of social science. Due to increasing concern about economic prospects for the third world after decolonization has resulted in the development of development studies as an academic discipline. Tracing from the 1960s, an increasing number of development economists felt that economics alone could not fully address issues such as political effectiveness and educational provision, consequently development studies came in place.
Nonetheless, development studies has since also taken an interest in lessons of past development experiences of Western countries. Lately, the emergency of human security – a new, people-oriented approach to understanding and addressing global security threats – has led to growing precognitions of a relationship between security and development. Individuals’ security argues that inequalities and insecurity in one state or region have consequences for global security and that it is thus in the interest of all states to address underlying development issues. This relationship with studies of human security is but one example of the interdisciplinary nature of development studies.
Program Structure
Program Structure The two-year Master of will be of 68 credits and divided into 4 semesters. Each semester will be 16 weeks of which 12 weeks will be for lectures, 1 week break for preparation, and 3 weeks for holding the semester final examination. The program shall include teaching of 15 courses, writing a research paper and taking part in the comprehensive exam spanning over two academic years. All courses shall be full unit course with 4-credit course and 100 marks.
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