Bachelor’s degree programme in Development Studies

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180 credits, taught in English. Contact: Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric): www.umb.no/noragric

Why study Development Studies?
· To learn about a world marked by increasing competition for scarce and valuable resources
· To understand how this leads to poverty, conflicts and action to change this situation
· To experience a different part of the world and get firsthand experience of development problems

What am I studying?
Development studies are interdisciplinary studies, where academic depth is achieved through insight into different and often overlapping fields. This study programme seeks to develop basic knowledge within different disciplines (ecology, water- and soil science, land planning, economy, social anthropology and other social sciences) and apply this knowledge in an interdisciplinary way when addressing actual problems.

Most of the programme will be taught in English, and a limited study plan with an emphasis on development issues and ecology is available for English-speaking students.

Courses are offered within areas such as:
- Access to resources and conflicts
- Biodiversity, climate and conventions
- Poverty, aid and economy

You will also get a chance to study at another institution, and an exchange semester will be arranged at a university in a developing country, where applied courses in rural and urban development will be offered. This exchange is not covered by UMB/Noragric, but will be carried out within the directions of the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund. Students outside theses arrangement will be offered coursework at UMB.

Admission requirements
All applicants with Norwegian secondary education or foreign secondary education that meet the Norwegian language requirements, must apply through Samordna Opptak.

Applicants with foreign secondary education that do not meet the Norwegian language requirements should apply directly to UMB (Procedures available from January 2007, with deadline March 1). These applicants must meet the minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway, and fulfill the language requirements in English.


Beyond this programme
The Bachelor’s programme can lead to job opportunities within Norwegian and international organisations or other development work, and within the educational system (demands additional Teacher Education Programme).

This programme provides a good basis for further studies. With a Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies you can seek admission to the Master’s programmes in Development Studies – poverty, environment and collective action, International Environment Studies and Agroecology that are offered at UMB, or similar studies in and outside of Norway. With the right combination of courses during the Bachelor’s programme, one could also qualify to other master’s programmes at UMB.

For further information:
• Information about admission, the study programmes, accommodation etc.
Student Information Centre, ph: 64 96 59 72/73, e-mail: opptak@umb.no,
• Internet: http://www.umb.no/
• Academic questions and choosing courses:
Study coordinator Noragric, ph: 64 96 53 41, e-mail: noragric-bachelorinfo**umb.no


Updated: 16.01.07
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