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Gender and International Development at University of Warwick - UCAS

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2024 - 20252025 - 2026
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Course summary

Question the concepts surrounding gender and international development with this global, cutting edge MA. Offered by Warwick's Sociology Department, you will be able to choose from a wide range of specialist modules, looking at how gender intersects with other differences, including sexuality, race and social class. Course overview If you are interested in questioning the concepts of gender and development, and giving priority to issues and debates identified within specific countries – rather than relying on predominantly western literature – then this is the programme for you. It is an international, interdisciplinary and analytical course. It does not assume that development is about the ‘third world’ modelling itself on the west, nor about women modelling themselves on men. Skills from this degree

  • Ability to analyse and evaluate development policy
  • Ability to analyse and evaluate development practices
  • Ability to analyse gendered effects of development policy and practice
  • Ability to carry out independent research
  • Ability to understand and assess claims to knowledge made by a range of relevant disciplines
  • Ability to write about complex ideas in a clear way
This information is applicable for 2024 entry. Given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. It is important to check our website before you apply.

Modules

Core modules

  • Gender, Analysis and Development Practice
  • Gender, Imperialism and International Development
  • Dissertation (Year One full-time and Year Two part-time)
Optional modules You can take four optional modules, at least one from List (A) and one from List (B). Further modules can be taken from any list but no more than one outside option can normally be taken, from the list of Recommended Outside Options (List D) or, by agreement with the Course Convenor, one module offered by another Department or Centre within the Faculty of Social Sciences. List A
  • Market Life: Wealth and Poverty in Global Capitalism
  • Social Research for Social Change
  • The Sociology of Urban Life
  • Postcolonial Theory and Politics
  • Transnational Media Ecologies
  • Feminist Pedagogy Feminist Activism
  • Queering Sociology
  • Indigenous and Global South Feminisms
  • Feminist Theory and Epistemology
  • Feminist and Queer Thinking: Contemporary Challenges
List B
  • Qualitative Methods in Social Research
  • Quantitative Methods in Social Research
  • Understanding Social Science
  • Researching Inequality: Race, Class, Gender in Global Perspective
List C
  • Politics and Social Theory
  • Capitalism, State and Market
  • State of the Art of Sociology
  • Sociology of End Times
  • Prisons, Punishment and Penal Policy: A Comparative Perspective
  • Mastering Complex Real-World Data
List D
  • Women’s Human Rights and Global Justice
Read more about our core and optional modules on the Sociology website

Assessment method

Taught modules are assessed through written assignments. You will focus on your 15-000 word dissertation after the end of Spring Term.

Entry requirements

Minimum requirements 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject. English language requirements You can find out more about our English language requirements. This course requires the following: Band B IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Please visit the University of Warwick website for the tuition fees for postgraduate courses: https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/fees

Sponsorship information

We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries. It's important that you apply for your postgraduate course first before you apply for a University of Warwick scholarship.

Gender and International Development at University of Warwick - UCAS