Postgraduate

MSc, Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate in Poverty Reduction: Policy and Practice

Structure and Syllabus

MSc: 10 modules (4 compulsory, 4 optional plus 2 research)

Postgraduate Diploma: 8 modules (4 compulsory plus 4 optional)

Postgraduate Certificate: 4 modules (4 compulsory)

Compulsory modules

Climate change and development (C124)

Economics and institutions for development (C116)

Managing knowledge and communication for development (C123) [expected 2011]

Rural development (C130)

Understanding poverty (C119)
Understanding sustainable development (C201)

Optional modules

Development and Management
Gender and social development (C140)
Management in rural development (C131)
NGO management (C132)
Project planning and management (C134)

Rural finance (C128) [expected 2011]

Food and Agricultural Policy
Agriculture trade and policy (C110)
Food security and social protection (C125)
Marketing for small agribusinesses (C138)
Political economy of public policy (C127)
Socioeconomics of rural livelihoods (C135)

Natural Resource Management
Ecological science and management (C100)
International environmental law (C114)
Natural resource economics (C105)
Sustainable land management (C168)
Water resource management (C126)

Research modules (MSc only)

Research methods (R106)
Research report (RR01)

Short courses

Many modules can also be taken as short courses for professional development or as a taster of the full degree, diploma or certificate programme.