Master of Development Studies–MDevStud 180 points Qualification regulations

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Entry Requirements

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the MDevStud degree shall have:

(i) completed a Bachelor’s degree; and

(ii) been accepted by the director of the postgraduate programme in Development Studies as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Associate Dean (Students) for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind.

General Requirements

2. (a) Except as specified in (b) and section 3, the course of study for the MDevStud shall consist of courses worth at least 240 points, including:

(i) DEVE 515, DEVE 516, DEVE 517

(ii) 30 points from GEOG 407, GEOG 408, GEOG 415, GEOG 417, GEOG 418

(iii) 60 further approved points from the MDevStud schedule.

3. (a) A candidate who holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies or equivalent may, at the discretion of the director, convert to the 180 point MDevStud by taking DEVE 517 and an additional 30 points as approved by the Head of School.

4.  A candidate for the MDevStud degree shall normally be enrolled for at least three trimesters and shall complete the degree within four years of first enrolling. The associate dean may extend the maximum period in special cases.

Award of Honours

5. The MDevStud may be awarded with Distinction or Merit as described in the Assessment Handbook.

Courses

Course Requisites Points
ANTH 401
Culture and Ethnography
 		30
ANTH 407
Ideas and Approaches
 		30
ANTH 410
Current Directions in Anthropological Thought
 		30
CCSP 402
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
 		15
CCSP 403
International Climate Change Policy
 		15
CCSP 404
Climate Change Mitigation
 		(P) permission of head of school; (X) ENVI 528 15
GEOG 415
Introduction to Geographic Information Science and its Applications
 		(X) GEOG 215 15
GEOG 417
Healthy Cities: Geographical perspectives on urban health
 		(X) GEOG 411 in 2022-2023 15
ICAT 402
Global Cultures in Context
 		(X) FHSS 410 30
INTP 441
International Political Economy / Ngā Tōrangapū Ōhanga ā-Ao
 		(X) POLS 441 30
INTP 444
China and the World / Haina ki Te Ao
 		(X) POLS 444 30
INTP 448
Identity and World Politics / Te Tuakiri i ngā Tōrangapū Ao
 		(X) POLS 448 30
MAOR 408
Tā Te Māori Rangahau / Methodology of Māori Research
 		30
MAOR 411
Te Ao Hurihuri / Issues in Contemporary Māori Society
 		(X) MAOR 511 30
PASI 401
Theory and Methods in Pacific Studies
 		30
POLS 402
Selected Topic in Political Theory / Kaupapa Whiriwhiri I te Ariā Tōrangapū
 		30
POLS 414
Special Topic / Kaupapa Motuhake
 		30
POLS 416
Borders, Migrants and States / Ngā Rohenga, Ngā Tangata heke me ngā Whenua
 		30
PSYC 423
Culture and Social Behaviour
 		15
PSYC 431
Culture and Human Development
 		15
PSYC 434
Conducting Research Across Cultures
 		15
PSYC 449
Special Topic
 		PSYC 201, PSYC 242 15
PSYC 463
Indigenous Psychology
 		15