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Napier Building,
North Terrace Campus
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia

Phone: +61 8 8303  5245
Facsimile: +61 8 8303  4382

Bachelor of Development Studies

Level I (24 units)
  • DEVT 1001 Introduction to Development Studies (3 units)
  • ECON 1000 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 units)
  • 4 x Humanities and Social Sciences or other Faculty course (3 units each)
  • ANTH 1102 Introducing Social Anthropology* (3 units)
    (Can be substituted in 2007 with 'Foundations of Anthropology')
  • Sustaining a Fragile Planet** (3 units)
    (Can be substituted in 2007 with GEST 1001 Globalisation, Justice and a Crowded Planet)
 Level II (24 units)
  • ANTH 2027 Poverty and Social Development (4 units)
  • 2 x Development Studies courses (4 units each)
  • 3 x Humanities and Social Sciences or other Faculty course (4 units each)
Level III (24 units)
  • Contemporary Critiques of Development (6 units) 
  • 3 x Development Studies courses (6 units each)

Courses

For the list of Development Studies courses, please visit Majors and Approved Electives.

In the free areas of the program, courses can be chosen from a wide range of academic disciplines from within Humanities and Social Sciences. These are:

  • Ancient Greek
  • Anthropology
  • Asian Studies
  • Chinese
  • Classical Studies
  • Development Studies
  • Economics
  • English
  • European Studies
  • French
  • German
  • Geographical and Environmental Studies
  • Gender Work and Social Inquiry
  • History
  • Indonesian
  • International Studies
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Linguistics
  • Media and Communication
  • Modern Greek
  • Music Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Politics
  • Psychology
  • Spanish