Overview
What are the challenges of development? How do we overcome them? This postgraduate qualification addresses the complexities of development and will help you build the skills needed to manage these challenges.
This degree builds on the global agenda for sustainable development and assumes that development management is a political and ethical process. It addresses how to achieve goals in contexts affected by conflicts of interests, values, and agendas.
By the end of Global Development Management at The Open University by FutureLearn, you have studied the:
different conceptualisations of development and its management in theory and practice
key concepts and theories that reveal development management as a process that is personal, political and professional
tools, methods and frameworks for investigation and analysis aimed at informing development policy and practice.
Programme Structure
- You’ll learn skills related to strategic thinking, research, advocacy, and policymaking that are necessary for a career as a development manage
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 10 months
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Design International Development View 107 other Short Courses in Design in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- You must be prepared for study at postgraduate level. This usually means holding a bachelors degree or its equivalent or have had experience of working, in a paid or voluntary capacity in a development agency (international or local).
Tuition Fee
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International
2950 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2950 GBP for the full programme during 10 months. -
National
2950 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2950 GBP for the full programme during 10 months.
UK course fee: £2,950 (higher fees apply for students living outside the UK).