Overview | Summary of Courses

Offered By:	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of Interest:	Development Studies

This specialisation aims to provide students with some familiarity with particular regions of the South impacted by development. Students may combine courses from several regions or focus on a particular region.

Learning outcomes

• Familiarity with current social, political and economic conditions in select regions.
• Understanding of how development issues have arisen in these regions.
• Understanding of how development policy and practice is impacting on these regions
• Understanding of how people in these regions respond to development

Requirements

This specialisation must be taken in conjunction with the development Studies major.

This specialisation requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:

24 units from completion of courses from the following list:

ANTH2006 - Anthropology of New Guinea and Melanesia (6 units)

ANTH2017 - Indigenous Australians and Australian Society Today (6 units)

ANTH2033 - Religion and Society in India (6 units)

ANTH2135 - Vietnam Field School (6-12 units)

ANTH3014 - Southeast Asia Field School: Contemporary Change in Southeast Asia (6 units)

ASIA2014 - China Now (6 units)

ASIA2039 - Burma/Myanmar - a Country in Crisis (6 units)

ASIA2041 - Mainland Southeast Asia: Colonial and Postcolonial Predicaments (6 units)

ASIA2047 - Human Security: Conflict, Displacement and Peace Building (6 units)

ASIA2063 - Development Dilemmas in Chinese Politics (6 units)

ASIA2069 - Indonesia's Regions: Politics, Society, Economy (6 units)

ASIA2267 - India: The Emerging Giant (6 units)

ASIA2516 - Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development (6 units)

ENVS2017 - Vietnam Field School (6-12 units)

MEAS2105 - The Political Economy of the Middle East (6 units)

PASI2003 - Environment, Conflict and Development in the Western Pacific (6 units)

POLS2031 - Politics in the Middle East (6 units)

POLS2070 - Politics in Central Asia (6 units)

POLS2095 - Development in Latin America (6 units)

POLS2110 - An Introduction to Latin American Politics and Society (6 units)

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