International Aid and Development in Practice

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Knowledge

  By the end of this capstone subject, you should have a sophisticated understanding of:

  1. key international aid and development (IA&D) issues and practices that are of particular relevance to you
  2. the diverse range of approaches and perspectives (including inter-disciplinary perspectives) that can be integrated when addressing these issues and practices.

  Skills

  By the end of the subject, you should have developed (and be applying) skills in:

  1. integrating the knowledge acquired during university studies to particular IA&D tasks
  2. designing and undertaking IA&D-related research
  3. collaborating professionally with relevant organisations
  4. creative problem-solving
  5. thinking critically about the ethical implications of research and practice
  6. articulate, persuasive communication, including preparing and delivering oral presentations to a high standard
  7. preparing a formal Project report to a professional standard
  8. being a reflective practitioner, able to reflect on progress and experiences, and critical feedback - and learn from it.

• Topics covered

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• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Murdoch University

Entry requirements

Others

Enrolment in the BA International Aid and Development and completion of a minimum of 48 points.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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