DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE

DST5DIP

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

T his subject provides foundational knowledge and skills on development practice for postgraduate coursework students. Guest speakers from various agencies share their experiences of the development field, providing students with an opportunity to draw on professional expertise. Students are introduced to key development tools, processes and debates surrounding the implementation of development projects. On completion students will be familiar with grant proposal writing, practical tools used in development intervention, and with debates about the best forms of development intervention. In this subject, students develop and deploy a tool kit of practical techniques and strategies to address sustainability and development challenges that transcend borders, in culturally aware ways that promote community agency and social cohesion.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Brooke Wilmsen

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Enrolment in Master of International Development and nested degrees

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: DST3DIP

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Apply advanced knowledge of good development practice keeping in mind interactions between natural, socio-political, economic and cultural systems
02. Critically analyse "development practice" using texts and self-reflection.
03. Design specific solutions to defined problems based on advanced research and critical thinking.
04. Write professionally on development issues in order to contribute to a sustainable future.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Brooke Wilmsen

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Group Facilitation and Artefact (500 words equivalent)

N/AN/AN/ANo10SILO1, SILO2, SILO4

Group Project Proposal (1000 words equivalent)

N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO1, SILO2, SILO3

Research Essay (3000 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo70SILO1, SILO3