Masters in Development Studies

The Centre for Development Support within the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) invites applications for its two-year multi-disciplinary Masters in Development Studies. The programme combines distance-based learning with five in one-week contact sessions held at the University of the Free State.

Compulsory first year modules:

• Development, Underdevelopment and Poverty
• Governance and Development
• Development and the Natural Environment
• Applied Development Research, Project Management

Select two electives models with mini-dissertation in second year:

• Rural and Agrarian Development
• Gender and Development
• Urban Management
• Tourism and Development
• Entrepreneurship and Development
• Urban Management and Development
• Local Economic Development and Housing Policy
• Health and Development
• HIV and AIDS and Development
• Migration and Development

Contact Person: D Olivier, CDS, UFS, postal address: P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, tel: 051 401 3746, fax: 051 401 3424, email: olivierd.ekw@ufs.ac.za

Closing Date: 30 October 2009

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