School of Archaeology and Anthropology · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This seminar-based course provides commencing HDR students in Development Studies with an important foundation in contemporary development thought related to their PhD topic, enhancing students' abilities to grasp and critique materials from a wide range of perspectives. The overall intention is to help students to think about, and conceptualise, their own individual research project with respect to the central theoretical issues and debates within the discipline, and for students to do this prior to undertaking their fieldwork.
Regular Updates on Wattle (2000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2
Final Report (10000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Seminar presentation, 45 minutes plus 30 minutes discussion
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
260 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 24 hours of seminars over 12 weeks; and b) 236 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
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