• Education
  • PhD programme
  • MA programme
    • Agrarian and Environmental Studies (AES)
    • Economics of Development (ECD)
    • Governance, Policy and Political Economy (GPPE)
    • Human Rights, Gender and Conflict Studies: Social Justice Perspectives (SJP)
    • Social Policy for Development (SPD)
  • Joint teaching programmes
  • Postgraduate Courses

Academic Calendar 2012-2013

The Academic Calendar provides an overview of the 2012-2013 MA programme in Development Studies at ISS.

 The General Structure provides the overview of the various components of the programme and a planning: when to do what.

• General Structure of the MA
• Overview of important dates
• Schedule MA 2012-2013

The detailed description of the Majors in Part 2 of the academic calendar gives more details on teaching staff, learning objectives and core courses. 

More information on the majors, student statements, and blogs can be found on the dedicated webpages:

• Description of the Major Agrarian and Environmental Studies
• Description of the Major Economics of Development
• Description of the Major Governance, Policy and Political Economy
• Description of the Major Human Rights, Gender and Conflict Studies: Social Justice Perspectives
• Description of the Major Social Policy for Development

The MA in Development Studies offers the opportunity to specialize further in a specific area of interest. The description of the areas of specialization gives more details on the areas and the specific requirements that will have to be met.

• Description of the areas of specialization

The Student charter gives the rules and regulations of the MA programme

• Students charter

The description of the courses can be found below. The explanation of the course codes is as follows:

1xxx     Foundation courses
2xxx     General Course on Development Studies
3xxx     Research Technique Courses
4xxx     Major and Optional Courses
9xxx     Remedial Courses