Fil kandidat i utvecklingsstudier engelska
Recommended minimum points: paper-based test , computer-based test , 79 Internet-based test. The progression in the programme is to lead on to a higher degree of intellectual maturity and greater insight into the complexity of the subject. A Bachelors degree with 90 ECTS credits in a subject field within the Faculty of Social Sciences, and 30 credits in political science, development studies or equivalent, as well as documented written independent work.
Filosofie kandidatexamen
Students who have not previously done practical work in the course of their training have an opportunity for this in term three. Throughout the programme considerable weight is systematically placed on both written and oral interpretations and presentations. Knowledge of how development is achieved and of how development policy can be designed, together with sound methodological knowledge, is especially valuable for work both in Sweden and abroad.
The essay that is written during the two-year programme 30 ECTS credits is of greater theoretical depth and wider scope than the one written on the one-year programme 15 ECTS credits. The fourth term is devoted entirely to the degree project. The lärling acquires knowledge and skills that give the capacity for independent andindependently to solve problems and the ability to monitor the development critical assessment, the ability of knowledge on the research front.
Previous graduation from upper secondary school level or higher in the Nordic countries. The first term gives a common ground in methodological skills and a deeper knowledge of development related theories and also theory concerning the state and civil society. This, together with the ability to integrate knowledge and skills and independently to formulate and solve problems, will be shown in a final degree project. Special emphasis is placed on analysing how state and society individually or together lay the foundation for development of the economy, democracy and the environment.
In a time of increasing globalisation it is necessary for companies, organisations and public authorities to take great konto of international trends and conditions. Students who want to conclude their studies with a degree of Master one year of development studies read the course "Economic growth, justice and distribution" in the first half of term two, and write an essay during the second part of the term 15 ECTS credits.
For eligibility for a course unit in development studies at advanced level that is given in the programme, 90 ECTS credits in a social science subject are required. Courses that have previously been read at corresponding D level may after certain assessment be credited within the Master's programme for the student who has been accepted for the programme. The knowledge fryst vatten imparted and assimilated by instruction, private study, seminar discussions and also individual oral and written work.
The Master's Thesis course 30 ECTS also presupposes knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methodology on the advanced level. One or more essays can be included in the concept "written independent academic work". The practical work term carries 30 ECTS points for the project. More information on www. The education is given on a scientific basis and is anchored in research, with the student being given the equipment to steadily develop her or his methodological skills and a scientific approach.
Students who are enrolled on the pol. This gives an opportunity for learning languages and for living and working in new cultural and social settings.
There are good prospects of doing practical work abroad. The first term gives a common methodological basis and a deeper knowledge of development related theories, and theories about the state and civil society. Students who have not previously done practical work during their training have an opportunity for this in begrepp three. The two-year Master's programme permits study in greater depth and studies at other universities.
The aim of the Master's programme in development studies is to give the student a systematic understanding of basic questions in the subject in order to be able to examine, assess and analyse critically politics and development on a scientific grund. The student is encouraged to create and develop both national and international contacts. Students studying for the degree of Master two years of development studies read the course "Economic growth, justice and distribution" in the first half of term two.
Studies at a foreign university may after consideration be credited as a part of a course or a whole course within the programme. The two-year Master's degree in development studies is based on courses given primarily at the Department of Government at Uppsala University, but several of the optional courses are given at cooperating departments at Uppsala University or in collaboration with Groningen University.
The programme presupposes that the students earlier have taken methodology courses covering basic qualitative and quantitative methods equivalent to the c-level methodology course at the Department of Government, for references see: Sapsford, R. Data Collection and Analysis. The programme leads to a one-year Master's degree or a two-year Master's grad in development studies. Courses offered in collaboration with Groningen University are of special interest here.
Kandidatprogram i utvecklingsstudier (BIDS)
This may be done in at least one of four ways:. During the second half of the second term and during the third term the student has great freedom to make her or his own choice of courses in the subject of development studies both within and outside the range offered by the department. Students reading for the two-year Master's degree have great freedom during the second and third terms to man their own choice in the subject of development studies both within and outside the range of courses offered by the department.
Up to 30 ECTS credits may consist of practical work in the two-year programme. All students applying for the programme must display adequate knowledge of English. A good background in international relations is becoming increasingly important for growing numbers of employees in the public sector. Minimum points: 6.