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.