Programme structure The Master's degree in Development Studies - Specializing in Geography is a 2-year programme that is structured around core courses, electives and a Master's thesis. The normal workload for a full-time student for one academic year is 60 credits.
Fieldwork Individual fieldwork as part of the Master's thesis is an important part of the study programme. The fieldwork is usually carried out in a developing country (in the home country for students from the South) in the summer between the second and the third semester. Students start working on their thesis in the beginning of the second semester, and the compulsory courses (Theories of Social Change and Research Methodology) actively link theories and methodologies to the students' own research problems. The fieldwork is thoroughly planned in the second semester together with a supervisor. The length of the fieldwork is usually 2 ½ - 3 months. Fieldwork is carried out individually, but with the supervisor's approval of the student's fieldwork plan.
Programme outline, academic year 2007 - 2008
Term
Courses (7,5 credits)
Courses (7,5 credits)
Courses (7,5 credits)
Courses (7,5 credits)
4th term (spring)
GEOG3920 Master's Thesis
GEOG3920 Master's Thesis
3rd term (autumn)
Electives
2nd semester (spring)
GEOG3050 Theories of Social Change
EiT Interdisciplinary teamwork
GEOG3052 Research Methodology
1st term (autumn)
Electives
Courses for the academic year 2007 - 2008 Core courses
Code
Title
Credits
Term
GEOG3050
Theories of Social Change
15
Autumn/Spring
GEOG3052
Research Methodology
15
Spring
EiT
Interdisciplinary teamwork
7,5
Spring
GEOG3920
Master's Thesis
45
Autumn/Spring
Electives
GEOG3505*
Landscape and planning
15
Autumn
GEOG3506*
Geography, Health, and Development
7,5
Autumn
GEOG3510*
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) - Principles and Application
15
Autumn
GEOG3511*
Remote Sensing
15
Autumn
GEOG3515*
Environment, Development, and Changing Rural Livelihoods
7,5
Autumn
GEOG3516*
Humanitarianism: Theory and Practice
7,5
Autumn
GEOG3561*
Gender and Social Change
7,5
Autumn
AAR4945*
Planning and Construction in Developing Countries
7,5
Spring
BARN3300
Childhood and Development in the South
7,5
Spring
* courses will only be given if a minimum number of students have signed up for them
