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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.

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.