MPhil Development Studies
M.Phil. Development Studies resonates with the realities of countries in transition through innovation and excellence in its academic programme. A strong focus on theory and methods equips graduates to apply new insights to policy analysis in a practical context.
Since its inception in 2011, the Department of Development Studies has been offering, cross-cutting multidisciplinary approach, competitive environment, coursework and research on a wide range of topics across many standard divisions and focus on traditional as well as novel and synchronic approaches to fieldwork situated within development research.
Eligibility Criteria
The programme is intended for students having Master’s and/or four-year BA/BSc degrees with a 2.5 CGPA out of 4.00 or equivalent in any field.
Programme Objectives
The programme objectives are stated in the following points.
- To impart knowledge about classical and critical development theory and practice.
- To develop critical thinking of Development action and prescribe socio-economically relevant policy solutions.
- To train graduates to evaluate and address economic, social, environmental and political issues that impact daily life.
- To direct analytical and methodological focus in identifying local issues, and devising local, indigenous and culturally relativistic policy actions.
- To steer academic conversations, debates and community engagement towards producing high-quality theses.
- To prepare graduates who can excel in research (both academic and market), government and non-governmental organizations and the local, national and international development sector.
- To create spaces of academic debates, student engagement and industry-academia linkages.
Academic Details
The main features of this degree are:
- Duration: 2-year Curriculum Structure (with the provision of one-year extension)
- Total Credit Hours: 36
Core Course Credit Hours: 15
Elective Course Credit Hours: 9
Thesis/Research Work Credit Hours: 12
Course Codes | Courses | ||
Core Courses | |||
DS- 600 | Development: History, Theory, and Policy | Core | 3 Hours |
DS- 610 | Essential Skills for Research and Policy Writing | Core | 3 Hours |
DS- 620 | Development Economics | Core | 3 Hours |
DS-621 | Economic Theory and Practice | Core | 3 Hours |
DS- 630 | Anthropology and Development | Core | 3 Hours |
Optional Courses | |||
DS-700 | Socio-Economic Perspectives on Conflict and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-705 | Conflict, Security and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-710 | Project, Planning and Management | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-712 | Poverty and Environment | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-715 | Environmental Problems, Politics and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-720 | Qualitative Methods for Development Research | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-725 | Tourism and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-730 | Gender and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-735 | Disaster Management | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-740 | Human Recourse Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-745 | Power, Governance and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-750 | History and Political Science | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-751 | Politics and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-755 | Human Rights and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS- 756 | Population and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-760 | Political Economy of Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-761 | Cultural Heritage and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-762 | Culture, Health and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-763 | Communities and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-764 | Culture and Development in South Asia | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-765 | NGO Management | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-770 | Globalization and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-771 | Diaspora and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-773 | Fundamentals of Regulation | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-775 | Sustainable Development and Economic Policy | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-776 | Economics of Climate Change | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-777 | Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-780 | Development Management | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-781 | Development in Cities | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-790 | Financial Inclusion, Poverty Alleviation and Development | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-795 | Econometrics and Quantitative Techniques for Development Research | Optional | 3 Hours |
DS-796 | Applied Econometrics (Non-credit) | Optional | 3 Hours |