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Create your own specialisation with our Master of Arts in Development Studies

Do you share our passion for affecting positive changes in areas such as global poverty, human vulnerability and social injustice?

Are you looking for a flexible interdisciplinary program that will enable you to study the complex processes of social, political and economic development as an extension of your past studies, or professional background?

Select from a variety of units to support your chosen direction

We will help you tailor this course to meet your specific goals.

Choose from a variety of units covering the contested theory and practice of development in areas such covering:

• global,
• Asia-Pacific,
• Australian indigenous,
• community, and
• sustainable development perspectives.

Alternatively, if you do not wish to complete this course in its entirety, the one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Policy Studies (Development Studies specialisation) is available. This constitutes the first half of the Master of Arts in Development Studies.

Both courses would suite individuals who are already working in government, social services, education, journalism or with an overseas aid organisation They will develop your understanding of global development issues and social research and also be suitable if you want to work in areas such as environmental protection or human rights, which require knowledge of the relationships between trade and investment flows and people.

Access our internationally recognised research centres

Benefit from strong links with our on-campus specialist research centres, including the Asia Research Centre, the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy (ISTP), the Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (RISE), and the Remote Area Developments Group (RADG) - all within easy access of the Murdoch main campus.

The Master in Arts in Development Studies also offers opportunities to undertake a Development Studies practicum in Indonesia. For more information on the practicum, visit the Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) website.

Take your passion to a new level with postgrad study at Murdoch

Postgrad study is all about developing your passion further, a one-degree-fits-all approach just simply doesn't work for everybody.

We're flexible about what and how you choose to study - and we employ great academic thinkers who care about helping you along your new path.

If you find this course isn't quite what you were looking for, give us a call or drop an email to work out an option right for you.

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