Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2022-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2022-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Enrolment in Graduate Certificate in Policy and Development, Master of Development Studies, Master of Health Administration, Policy and Leadership, Master of Health Policy and Leadership, Master of International Affairs and Security, Master of International Affairs or Master of Public Policy and Management or Master of Community Development.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Understand why international aid remains such a contested arena and a problematic context for altruistic notions of help

2.

Learn to think critically about recent debates informing development, the motivations behind international aid and the attendant difficulties in its delivery

3.

Read widely and actively participate in discussions concerning the nature of interactions between development agencies and target communities within the developed and the developing world and thereby gain detailed picture of what international aid entails

4.

Examine the social outcomes that emerge from programs of international aid by looking beyond the rhetoric and developing an appreciation of the many background factors that influence these outcomes

5.

Actively participate in discussions concerning the nature of interactions between development agencies and target communities within the developed and the developing world and thereby gain a detailed picture of what international aid entails

Assessments

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Unit content:

This unit will cover a diverse range of topics on aid and development, big theories underpinning development ideologies and practice, Sustainable Development Goals, and a range of topical development issues, for example, fair trade, new development actors, global epidemics and participatory development, with themes central to each topic explored such as gender, poverty, power, and structural inequality.