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course
structure

Module I

(for all three master programmes)
Course

Credits

Period

Course
coordinator

Theories of development
• Unit 1: Economic and institutional development

8 ECTS

Sep – Jan

Tom De Herdt

4 ECTS

Sep – Jan

Bert Ingelaere

6 ECTS

Sep – Jan

German Calfat
Johan Bastiaensen
Bert Ingelaere

• Unit 2: Politics of development
• Unit 3: Poverty and inequality
Research methods I
• Unit 1: Research in a development context
• Unit 2: Design and methodology in development research
Research Methods II
Quantitative Units
• Unit 1: Working with Data
• Unit 2: Regression Analysis and Inference
Qualitative Units
• Unit 3: Qualitative fieldwork and data collection
• Unit 4: Participatory Research and Development Methods
• Unit 5: Multi-Actor Processes in Development: Negotiation,
Collaboration and Mediation
• Unit 6: Analysing Text and Discourse in Development
Mobility Window (conditional upon selection process!)
• Unit 7: Research Internship at UCA (Nicaragua)

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