Graduate Certificate in Development Practice (GCDevPract) - Course List

Information valid for students commencing 2015

Students enrolled in the GCDevPract complete:

#8 from the MDevPract Course List below, consisting of:
#8 for Part A;
or
#4 for Part A; and
#4 from Part B.


Students enrolled in the GDipDevPract complete:

#16 from the MDevPract Course List below, consisting of:
#8 for Part A; and
#8 from Part B.


Students enrolled in the #24 MDevPract complete:

#8 for Part A; and
#8 from Part B; and
#4 to #8 from Part C including #2 of Research Methods and a Project or Thesis or Independent Study; and
the balance from Parts B, C and/or D.


Students enrolled in the #32 MDevPract complete:

#8 for Part A; and
#8 from Part B; and
at least #6 from Part C, including #2 of Research Methods and a #2 Research Project or #6 Thesis (Please seek advice from the Program Director for course selection); and
#4 from Part E; and
the balance from Parts B, C and or/ D.

Part A

Course Code Units Course Title
PLAN7612 2 Development Planning in Developing Countries: Theory & Practice
POLS7302 2 Politics of Development
SOCY7120 2 Introduction to Development: Theories and Practice
SOSC7133 2 Community Development Practice in International Contexts

Part B

Planning for Social Development

Course Code Units Course Title
ANTH7001 2 Environmental Anthropology
ANTH7160 2 Methods in Gender Planning
ANTH7260 2 Applied Anthropology: Native Title and Indigenous Peoples
SOCY7049 2 Qualitative Research Practice
SOCY7130 2 Social Impact Assessment
SOCY7150 2 Social Planning for Development
SOCY7190 2 Evaluating Social Programs
SOCY7230 2 Survey Methods

Community Development

Course Code Units Course Title
SOSC7093 2 Community Development Method & Analysis
SOSC7103 2 Frameworking for Community Development Practice
SOSC7113 2 Training Frameworks for Community Development Practice
SOSC7123 2 Community Planning, Engagement and Governance
SOSC7433 2 Community Economic Development: Local and International

Politics of Global Development

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS7107 2 Globalisation, International Political Economy and Development
POLS7206 2 Development Administration
POLS7306 2 Crisis Governance and Development
POLS7502 2 Principles for Deep-Seated Conflict Resolution
POLS7505 2 Peacebuilding
POLS7509 2 Gender in International Politics and Development
POLS7510 2 Culture, Conflict and Reconciliation

Development Planning

Course Code Units Course Title
ENVM7202 2 Resource Management & Environmental Planning
GEOG7000 2 Applied Demography
PLAN7116 2 Transport & Infrastructure Planning
PLAN7121 2 Sustainable Communities
PLAN7614 2 Urban Management & Governance in Developing Countries
PLAN7615 2 The Global Metropolis
PLAN7638 2 Assessment of Development Projects

Part C

Research Projects

Course Code Units Course Title
ENVM7109 2 Research Topic (Environmental Management)
GEOS7400 2 Research Topic 1 (Geographical Sciences)
GEOS7401 2 Research Topic 2 (Geographical Sciences)
PLAN7010 2 Planning Research Topic
POLS7207 2 Independent Study
SOCY7000 2 Independent Study

Research Methods

Course Code Units Course Title
PLAN7113 2 Urban Research & Evaluation Techniques
POLS7701 2 Research Methods
SOCY7049 2 Qualitative Research Practice
SOCY7329 2 Advanced Issues in Qualitative Inquiry
SOCY7339 2 Introducing Quantitative Research

Thesis

Course Code Units Course Title
SOSC7100 6 Development Practice Thesis
SOSC7101 6 Development Practice Thesis Part B

Part D

Course Code Units Course Title
COMU7000 2 Communication for Social Change
COMU7012 2 Communication and Social Movements
COMU7013 2 Participatory Development Communication
COMU7014 2 Community Media and ICTs in Development and Social Change
ECON7560 2 Globalisation and Economic Development
ENVM7100 2 Foundations of Sustainable Development
ENVM7104 2 Sustainable Consumption and Production
ENVM7123 2 Regulatory Frameworks for Environmental Management & Planning
ENVM7513 2 Environment & Community
MGTS7603 2 Strategic Human Resource Management
MGTS7966 2 Project Management for Regional Development
MGTS7968 2 Rural Community Development
NUTR7001 2 Nutrition & Health
PLAN7116 2 Transport & Infrastructure Planning
PLAN7121 2 Sustainable Communities
PLAN7124 2 Strategic Metropolitan Planning
PLAN7901 2 Principles of Project Management
POLS7207 2 Independent Study
POLS7503 2 Ethics and Human Rights
POLS7521 2 Applied Fieldwork Experience (International Studies)
POLS7522 2 Resolving Deep-Seated Conflict
POLY7000 2 Understanding Social Policy
POLY7002 2 Doing Social Policy
POLY7006 2 Global Social Policy
SOCY7000 2 Independent Study
SOCY7329 2 Advanced Issues in Qualitative Inquiry
SOCY7339 2 Introducing Quantitative Research
SWSP7082 2 Program Development and Management for the Human Services
SWSP7367 4 Advanced Practicum 1

Part E (for the #32 MDevPract only)

Course Code Units Course Title
PLAN7120 2 The Urban Challenge
PLAN7122 2 Designing Places
POLS7253 2 Power and Order in Transnational Politics
POLS7258 2 Conceptions of World Politics
SOCY7130 2 Social Impact Assessment

Or up to #4 approved by the Program Director