MSc Europe & International Development

Comments about MSc Europe & International Development - At the institution - Glasgow - Scotland

• Objectives
  The aims of this programme are: * to equip students with appropriate analytical tools to appraise the role of the EU and major European countries in international development and * to discuss how aid and other financial support may effectively be used to advance development in recipient countries.
• Entry requirements
  This programme is intended for those who work or intend to work in a variety of institutions, such as: * the EU and donor countries’ ministries for international development; * non-governmental organisations; * ministries in recipient countries where aid from the EU or other European countries is significant.
• Academic title
  MSc Europe & International Development
• Course description
  Content
  
  You will take four compulsory courses and two elective courses. You will write a dissertation of between 12,000 and 15,000 words, the preparation of which is supported by a compulsory programme of research training.
  
  The compulsory courses are:
  
      * Aid and development (CDS)
      * Growth and development (CDS)
      * The EU in international politics and development (Politics)
  
  And either
  
      * Comparative European politics (Politics)
  
  Or
  
      * Institutions and policies of the European Union (Politics).
  
  You will choose TWO electives from the following list:
  
  Courses offered by Department of Politics:
  
      * Comparative European politics or Institutions and policies of the European Union
      * Engendering rights and development practice
      * European political economy
      * Human rights and global politics
      * International cooperation
      * International security
      * Politics of gender in development.
  
  
  Courses offered by CDS:
  
      * Basic econometrics
      * Development policy
      * Economics of inequality and deprivation
      * Globalisation, trade and economic development
      * The IMF, World Bank and economic growth
      * Poverty: concept, analysis and policies
      * Project planning, appraisal and implementation.
  
  Entry requirements
  
  A 2:1 Honours degree, or comparable non-UK degree, in any social science, preferably with some politics and/or economics. Occasionally candidates with other qualifications and/or relevant work experience may also be admitted.