Courses

Master of International Development by Coursework – Melbourne (Bundoora) (AMID)

Both fee-paying and Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) are available. Details of fees are provided with the application kit.

Duration

The course is one year full-time or two years part-time.

Admission requirements

Applicants must have successfully completed an Australian undergraduate degree (or its equivalent) in the humanities and social sciences or cognate discipline with a B average. Where a B average has not been achieved appropriate professional experience will be taken into account, especially if it involves substantial writing assignments.

Course requirements

The course consists of 120 credit points of fifth-year level subjects.

The course structure is as follows:

Students must complete:

45 credit points of core subjects - DST5CAD and POL5MSH (see below) and
75 credit points of elective fifth-year subjects from List A and/or List B below

Core subjects (45 credit points)


Teaching period	Subject title	Credit points	Subject code
TE-SEM-1	Contemporary Approaches to Development	30	DST5CAD
TE-SEM-2	Making Social Change Happen	15	POL5MSH

List A subjects (75 credit points)


Teaching period	Subject title	Credit points	Subject code
TE-SEM-1	Globalisation to Localisation	30	POL5GTL
TE-SEM-1	Issues in International Studies and Development	15	POL5ISD
TE-SEM-1	Social Exclusion and Development	15	DST5SED
TE-SEM-2	Development and the Environment	15	DST5DAE
TE-SEM-2	Human Security and Development	15	POL5HSD
TE-SEM-2	Program Management in Development	15	DST5PRM

List B subjects (maximum of two subjects from this list may be taken)


Teaching period	Subject title	Credit points	Subject code
TE-SEM-1	International Perspectives in Health Economics	15	PHE5IHE
TE-SEM-1 and 2	International Economics and Trade	15	IBU5IEC
Wk 17-22	Evidence Based Public Health	15	PHE5EBP
Wk 30-34	International Health Policy	15	PHE5IPO