1. Semester5 ECTS
Development Studies between Concepts and Practice: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Seminar focusing on deepening current concepts and debates about countries of the global South, conveying knowledge about development policy discourse, approaches and their critical assessment.
1. Semester5 ECTS
Regional Geography: Africa / Asia / Latin America
Seminar imparting basic regional geography knowledge of developing and emerging countries, analyzing trends of spatial development and space-related conflicts through empirical case studies.
1. Semester8 ECTS
Social and Political Processes in Africa and Beyond I
Seminar dealing with different aspects of social and political structures of African and other societies, training students in writing term papers for master's thesis preparation.
1. Semester6 ECTS
Governance, Wettbewerb & gesellschaftliche Entwicklung or Governance Seminar
Interactive lecture or seminar demonstrating how fundamental insights from economics can be utilized for the design and analysis of governance structures and development conditions.
1. Semester5 ECTS
Development Policies: Selected Issues
Seminar dealing with selected development policies in specific fields of intervention, linked to sustainable development agenda with particular attention to least developed countries in Africa.
1. Semester
Catching up: Microeconomics I and/or Macroeconomics I
Optional module for students with limited economics background to acquire foundational economic knowledge before advanced modules.
2. Semester5 ECTS
Geographies of Environment and Development
Seminar providing overview of theoretical approaches in society, environment and development, achieving interdisciplinary understanding of complex problems at the intersection of development and environment.
2. Semester5 ECTS
Development Theories
Seminar dealing with comprehensive theoretical questions of Development Sociology, offering knowledge about important theoretical and methodological approaches from the 1950s to present.
2. Semester6 ECTS
Governance & Politik
Interactive lecture familiarizing students with existing concepts of governance and enabling independent application for analyzing polity and politics of states and international organizations.
2. Semester5 ECTS
Development Anthropology
Seminar offering overview of topics in Anthropology of Development, including different traditions and critique of developmentalism from anthropological perspective.
2. Semester5 ECTS
Actors in Development Politics
Advanced seminar teaching organization and behaviour of development actors on international, national and local levels, analyzed from theoretical and empirical angles.
2. Semester6 ECTS
Socio-economic Development Processes
Module providing advanced geographic analysis of socio-economic development processes in regions of the global South.
2. Semester6 ECTS
Political Ecology of Global Environmental Change
Module analyzing political ecology dimensions of global environmental change in development contexts.
2. Semester6 ECTS
Economic Progress and Institutional Change
Module examining relationships between economic progress and institutional structures in development contexts.
2. Semester6 ECTS
Corporate Governance: Theoretical Aspects of Corporate Governance
Module covering theoretical aspects and economic/ethical foundations of corporate governance structures.
3. Semester5 ECTS
Social and Political Processes in Africa and Beyond II
Seminar dealing with different aspects of social and political structures of African and other societies through surveys and specific examples focusing on varying annual topics.
3. Semester5 ECTS
Deepening or Catching up: Technical or methodological in-depth knowledge within Development Sociology and Development Policy
Seminar allowing students to deepen knowledge within development sociology, policy and methodological knowledge through selected module seminars or alternative options.
3. Semester4 ECTS
Development Cooperation / Development Planning
Module examining concepts, methods and institutions in the field of development cooperation and development planning.
3. Semester4 ECTS
Attendance of a Conference of Experts
Module requiring attendance and report writing on a conference related to development studies topics.
3. Semester6 ECTS
Probleme der Wettbewerbs- und Wirtschaftspolitik or Governance Seminar
Module addressing competition and economic policy problems or governance seminar from economic perspective.
3. Semester2 ECTS
Development Economics
Module introducing selected aspects of development economics.
3. Semester30 ECTS
Project-focussed units
Mandatory module where students conduct internship, study project or field research, merging theoretical knowledge with concrete empirical or professional work through guided activities.
4. Semester5 ECTS
Master's Colloquium
Colloquium for presentation and discussion of participants' master's theses.
4. Semester20 ECTS
Master's Thesis
Culminating research project demonstrating ability to independently conduct advanced scholarly research in development studies.
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