2013/14 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MA Disability and Global Development
| Programme code: | MA-DIS&GDS | UCAS code: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Alison Sheldon | Contact address: | a.sheldon@leeds.ac.uk |
A part time version of this programme is available. Please contact the School for details.
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
Good honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject. Allowance may be made for relevant work experience.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Sociology and Social Policy
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Sociology and Social Policy MA Exam Board
Programme specification:
This programme combines a broad interdisciplinary insight into development theories and strategies with knowledge and skills relating to disability studies.
Students follow the common core programme and option modules which deepen knowledge across the areas of both development and disability and include project and research skills in the context of developing countries and with respect to disability issues, social policy, politics and disabled people.
All students registered on the MA produce a dissertation dealing with both development and disability issues.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment, Learning Context]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| PIED5256M | Global Inequalities and Development | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLSP5147M | Dissertation (Disability and Development Studies) | 60 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5230M | Disability and Development | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5414M | Debates on Disability Theory and Research | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules:
| GEND5105M | Global Genders | 30 credits | Not running in 201314 | |
| PIED5213M | Conflict, Complex Emergencies and Global Governance | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED5225M | Democracy and Development | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED5228M | Democratization and Multi-Party Politics in Africa | 30 credits | Not running in 201314 | |
| PIED5240M | Famine and Food Security | 30 credits | ||
| PIED5255M | Gender, Globalisation and Development | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED5275M | Political Economy of Resources and Development | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED5290M | Rural Development: Theoretical and Policy Issues | 30 credits | ||
| PIED5293M | Other Wars: Conflict in a Gendered Perspective | 30 credits | Not running in 201314 | |
| PIED5383M | The EU and the Developing World | 30 credits | Not running in 201314 | |
| PIED5450M | Political Transitions in South East Asia | 30 credits | Not running in 201314 | |
| PIED5540M | Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy | 30 credits | Not running in 201314 | |
| PIED5764M | Development Management Techniques | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED5766M | Research Methodology for Development | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5216M | Social Policy, Politics and Disabled People | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5234M | From Conception to the Grave: Health in a Global Context | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5235M | 'Race', Identity and Culture in the Black Atlantic | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
... or a module approved by the Programme Director.
Last updated: 16/09/2013
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