Master of International and Community Development
2024 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2024 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Master of International and Community Development |
| Deakin course code | A765 |
| Campus | Online For students who commenced prior to 2024 only |
This course is for pipelining students only. Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course and enrolment information. Further course structure information can be found in the Handbook archive. | |
Course sub-headings
- Alternative exits
- Research information
- Fees and charges
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
Alternative exits
| Graduate Certificate of International and Community Development (A565) | |
| Graduate Diploma of International and Community Development (A665) |
Research information
Students will complete a research pathway in 1 of the 3 following options:
- Minor Thesis - PhD Pathway
- Research Paper – non PhD Pathway^
- Professional Experience – non PhD Pathway^.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
| Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities | Undertake research to acquire advanced integrated understanding, synthesis and application of theory and practice to international and community development within diverse disciplinary contexts and worldviews. |
| Communication | Apply oral, written and interpersonal communication skills to plan, inform, and debate complex multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral issues for improved social, environmental and economic outcomes to a wide range of audiences, and contexts, including scholarly research scenarios and real-world situations. |
| Digital literacy | Source, analyse and report on complex data and information, utilising a range of digital sources for effective research and professional development, across interpersonal, organisational and professional contexts |
| Critical thinking | Conduct in-depth scholarly and practice-based research to investigate, critically analyse, report and propose actions on local issues and opportunities in the context of historical and contemporary development discourse. |
| Problem solving | Apply advanced skills in research, comprehension, interpretation and analyses of competing option for solving complex or “wicked” problems with creativity, innovation and respect. |
| Self-management | Plan, organise and manage competing demands on time, to work mindfully in a personal and professional capacity, and commit to ongoing learning and self-reflection on the development as a professional practitioner. |
| Teamwork | Work collaboratively as an active, engaged and reflective team member by contributing to mutual goals, research, tasks and leadership across practice, cultures and disciplines. |
| Global citizenship | Question, engage, provoke and innovate on a broad and interrelated range of social justice, environmental and development issues taking into consideration cross cultural, indigenous, local and global contexts. |
| Approved by Faculty Board November 2018 | |
Course rules
To qualify for the Master of International Community Development, a student must successfully complete 8 credit points of study according to one of the options listed below and DAI001 (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
Course structure
Streams
Students complete one of three streams
Streams (select one)
Stream 1 (Combined Stream - International Development and Community Development)
| ADS704 | Community From Participation to Activism |
| ADS705 | Participatory and Community Development Practice |
| ADS733 | Theories and Critiques of Development |
| ADS734 | Geopolitics and Political Economy of Development |
Plus 4 credit points of study from one of the Minor Thesis, Research Paper, or Professional Experience Pathways and Course Electives.
Stream 2 International Development Stream
| ADS733 | Theories and Critiques of Development |
| ADS734 | Geopolitics and Political Economy of Development |
Plus 6 credit points of study from one of the Minor Thesis, Research Paper, or Professional Experience Pathways and Course Electives.
Stream 3 Community Development Stream
| ADS704 | Community From Participation to Activism |
| ADS705 | Participatory and Community Development Practice |
Plus 6 credit points of study from one of the Minor Thesis, Research Paper, or Professional Experience Pathways and Course Electives.
Pathways
Minor Thesis - PhD Pathway
| AIX706 | Research Design |
Plus 2 credit points of research units:
| AIX704 | Minor Thesis A |
| AIX705 | Minor Thesis B |
Research Paper – non PhD Pathway^
| AIX701 | Research Paper |
Professional Experience – non PhD Pathway^
| APE701 | Internship Capstone (2 credit points) |
^ The Research Paper and Professional Experience options are not PhD Pathways.
Course Electives List A
| ADS704 | Community From Participation to Activism |
| ADS705 | Participatory and Community Development Practice |
| ADS711 | Non-Government Organisations and other Development Actors |
| ADS733 | Theories and Critiques of Development |
| ADS734 | Geopolitics and Political Economy of Development |
| ADS720 | Arts and Sports-based Approaches to Community Development |
| ADS722 | Private Sector Development: Corporations, Social-Enterprise and Microfinance |
| ADS723 | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| ADH712 | Food and Water Security |
| ADH714 | Gender, Race and Culture |
| ADH717 | Climate Change and Sustainability |
| ADH702 | Humanitarian - Development Nexus |
| ADS715 | Cross Cultural Communication and Practice |
| AHL701 | The Humanitarian World |
| APE700 | Internship A |
ADS721 Policy and Advocacy in Development Contexts [No longer available for enrolment]
* Students who have previously completed any of these units within the Graduate Certificate of International and Community Development are required to substitute with an alternate unit from the course elective list