121-526 Development Studies Thesis

Students must have the written permission of the coordinator to enrol in this subject.

Mid-year admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth year honours in development.

An original, supervised research project on a topic to be decided in consultation with members of SAGES and the supervisor.

• think critically (for example, about development and its measures);

• obtain information to evaluate propositions (about the principles of development);

• write a coherent and empirically substantiated research paper;

• defend that paper.

A thesis of 15,000 words. A hurdle requirement is the submission of a statement of a research problem at a date to be specified by the first week of the first semester of enrolment.