Development Studies Undergraduate Major
Course and Subject Handbook
Development Studies can be taken as a major in the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Undergraduate major coure structure for 2006
A BA Major in Development Studies usually consists of nine subjects at 12.5 points. It comprises:
Two first year subjects (25 points), which must include
121-110 Famine in the Modern World; and
one first year subject from the list of first-year subjects below;
Seven second/third-year subjects (87.5 points) which must include:
121-015 Development and the Third World;
at least three core subjects; and
subjects from the list of optional subjects below.
First-year compulsory subject
121-110 Famine in the Modern World (semester 1)
First-year optional subjects
121-108 Varieties of Human Experience (semester 1)
121-107 Social Order and Social Change (semester 2)
Economics:
316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics (semester 1,2)
316-102 Introductory Microeconomics (semester 1,2)
History:
131-154 The Modern World:The Nuclear Shadow (semester 1)
131-155 The Modern World: People Power (semester 2)
Linguistics and applied linguistics:
175-108 Cross-Cultural Communication (semester 2)
Political Science:
166-103 Global Politics (semester 2)
166-130 Globalisation, the Self and Society (semester 1)
Compulsory second/third-year subject
121-015 Development and the Third World (semester 2)
Core second/third-year subjects (must do at least 3)
121-026 The Mobile World: Migrancy, Home and Exile (semester 1)
121-028 Sustainable Development (semester 2)
121-060 Power, Ideology and Inequality (semester 2)
121-065 Working With Value (semester 2)
121-066 Sexing the Self (semester 2)
121-436 Geopolitics of Peace and Development (semester 1)
Optional second/third-year subjects
121-023 China in Transition (semester 1)
121-061 Applied Anthropology (not offered)
121-067 Cooperation and Conflict (not offered)
121-068 Redefining Nature (semester 2)
121-224 Garma Fieldwork (25 points) (semester 2)
121-266 Native Title (25 points) (semester 2)
121-457 Ethnic Nationalism & the Modern World (not offered)
121-494 Africa: Environment, Development, People (semester 1)
Architecture:
705-289 Urbanisation and Urban Development (semester 2)
Asian Studies
110-417 Gender and Agency in East Asia (semester 2)
Chinese studies:
110-442 Contemporary Chinese Society (semester 2)
History:
131-038 Gender and Development (semester 1)
Islamic Studies:
110-231 Muslim Women and Islamic Feminism (semester 2)
Indonesian Studies:
110-218 Mass Media in Indonesia (semester 2)
110-419 Popular Cultures in Indonesia (semester 1)
Management:
325-226 Business and Economy in Southeast Asia (semester 1)
Political Science:
166-018 Chinese Politics and Society (semester 1)
166-022 Public Policy Making (semester 1)
166-024 International Gender Politics (semester 2)
166-029 World Politics in Transition (semester 2)
166-038 Indigenous Rights: Land & Heritage (semester 2)
166-086 Qualitative Research Strategies (semester 2)
166-212 Global Environmental Politics (semester 2)
166-218 Colonial/ Postcolonial Southeast Asia (not offered)
Students should note that some of the above subjects have prerequisites. Consult the relevant area of study in the Handbook for details.
