Gender and Development

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 9.44 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 18.6 k / Year(s)  
160 place StudyQA ranking:11480 Duration:1 year

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This MA gives you in-depth knowledge and capacity for gender analysis of specific themes such as:

  • reproductive health
  • rights
  • identity
  • environment
  • social protection.

Our groundbreaking work challenges ideas about gender. We work with nuanced, fluid perspectives on gender and sex, and the ways they interact. You’ll gain the skills to participate effectively in gender- and development-related research and policy-making.

This course is jointly run by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the School of Global Studies.

Accreditation

This course is IAC/EADI accredited. Sussex is proud to be the first UK university to gain this accreditation.

The International Accreditation Council for Global Development Studies and Research wishes to influence proactively the process of quality assurance for global development studies and has developed a state-of-the-art accreditation system.

Key facts

  • Development Studies at Sussex was ranked 2nd in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.
  • Teaching in IDS is research led, drawing on IDS Fellows’ expertise – plus strong working relationships with many alumni, collaborators and partner organisations around the world.
  • Global Studies is a unique interdisciplinary school, with cutting-edge research, international faculty and a distinctive programme of guest lectures, research seminars and events.

If you’re starting your course in 2016, these are the modules we expect to run. Modules running in 2017 may be subject to change.

CORE MODULES

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

  • Dissertation Gender and Development
  • Doing Gender and Development
  • Ideas in Development and Policy, Evidence and Practice
  • Introduction to Research
  • Key Issues in Gender and Development
  • Professional Skills for Development
  • Theoretical Perspectives in Gender and Development

OPTIONS

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.

  • Aid and Poverty: the Political Economy of International Development Assistance
  • Analysing Poverty, Vulnerability and Inequality
  • Climate Change and Development
  • Decentralisation and local government
  • Emerging Powers and International Development
  • Global Governance
  • Governance of Violent Conflict and (In)security
  • Health and Development
  • Impact Evaluation
  • Law, Rights and Development
  • Nutrition
  • Politics of Implementing Gender and Development
  • Poverty, Violence and Conflict
  • Public Financial Management
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
  • Sexuality and Development: Intimacies, Health and Rights in Global Perspective
  • Sexuality and Masculinity in Gender and Development
  • SOUR - unruly politics

Requirements

  • An upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above in the social sciences or a related discipline, and preferably two years' development-related work experience. Applications must be accompanied by a detailed, two-page personal statement.
  • Higher level (IELTS 7.0, with not less than 6.5 in each section)
  • Reference
  • Transcript
  • A personal statement
  • The application fee is £13 if you’re applying to just one course

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

  • ✔️ Flexible study schedule
  • ✔️ Experienced teachers
  • ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Scholarships

  • Sussex Graduate Scholarship 
  • Chancellor's International Scholarship 
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