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MSc Global Development (Gender) at SOAS University of London

SOAS University of London, United Kingdom

Programme overview

MSc Global Development (Gender) applicants apply for MSc Global Development but can decide to follow the Gender Pathway upon arrival by choosing the combination of modules required.

Department: Department of Development Studies  |  Duration: 1 year  |  Study mode: full-time or part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students must take 180 credits per year comprised of 120 taught credits (including core, compulsory and optional modules) and a 60 credit dissertation. Core and compulsory modules include Dissertation in Development Studies, Gender and Development, Theories of Development, Policy and Practice of Development, Political Economy of Development: Foundational concepts, Political Economy of Development: applied topics and policy debates.

Career pathways

A postgraduate degree from the Department of Development Studies at SOAS will further develop your understanding of the world, other peoples’ ways of life and how society is organised, with an emphasis on transferable analytical skill.

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Application information

Entry requirements

We will consider all applications with 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher. Applicants from Ghana: Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution accepted as equivalent to a UK 2:2: Lower Second Class Hons.

Domestic applicants: GBP 12,965 a year. Full-time tuition fee Source

International applicants: GBP 25,320 a year. Full-time tuition fee Source

Intake: September

Duration: 1 year

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