Postgraduate
MSc,
Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate in Managing Rural Development
Structure
and Syllabus
MSc: 10 modules (4
core, 4 elective plus 2 research)
Postgraduate
Diploma: 8 modules (4
core plus 4 elective)
Postgraduate Certificate:
4 modules (at least 3 core plus up to 1 elective)
Core modules
Economics and institutions for development (C116) [must be taken in
first year]
Gender and social development
(C230)
Management in rural development
(C131)
Rural development (C230)
Elective modules
Agricultural
trade & policy (C110)
Food
security and social protection (C125)
Managing knowledge and communication for
development (C123)
Marketing for small agribusinesses
(C138)
NGO
management (C132)
Project
planning and management (C134)
Socioeconomics
of rural livelihoods (C135)
Understanding poverty (C119)
Water
resource management (C126)
Rural
finance (C128) [scheduled for 2012]
One module selected from another programme
Research modules
(MSc only)
Research methods (R106)
Research Report (RR01)
Module
to be selected from another programme
-
C02 Economic principles
-
C05 Applied
econometrics
-
C105 Natural resource
economics
-
C110 Agricultural trade
and policy
-
C114 International
environmental law
-
C116 Economics and
institutions for development
-
C119 Understanding
poverty
-
C121 Economics of
environmental policy
-
C122 Environmental
valuation: theory, techniques and application
-
C123 Managing knowledge
and communication for development
-
C124 Climate change and
development
-
C125 Food security and
social protection
-
C126 Water resources
management
-
C127 Political economy
of public policy
-
C128 Rural finance
[scheduled for 2012]
-
C132 NGO management
-
C134 Project planning
and management
-
C135 Socioeconomics of
rural livelihoods
-
C138 Marketing for
small agribusinesses
-
C140 Gender and social
development
-
C163 Ethics and
environmental practice
-
C167 Managing social
and environmental responsibility
-
C168 Sustainable land
management
-
C170 Introduction to
environmental economics and policy
-
C185 Sustainable forest
management
-
C200 Environmental
science and management
-
C201 Understanding
sustainable development
-
C207 Environmental
assessment
-
C208 Environmental
auditing and environmental management systems
-
C230 Rural development
-
C231 Management in
rural development
-
R106 Research methods
-
RR01 Research report
Short courses
Modules can also be taken
as short courses for professional development or as a taster of the
full degree, diploma or certificate programme. In 2009 the cost of taking
a module as a short course is £925.