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| Department of Development Studies |
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| Program |
| Duration of
the Program |
The Masters in Development Studies is a two years program comprising of four semesters each of six-months duration. Each semester is of sixteen weeks duration
excluding two weeks each for terminal examinations.
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| Schedule of Classes |
| There are two sessions of classes, the Morning Session or the Evening
Session. However, the choice for attending either one of the two Sessions will
have to be indicated while filling in the Admission Form. Check our admission pages for further details... |
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| The Study Program |
Scheme of Studies (FALL 2007)
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Course code |
Course Title |
Credit
Hours |
SEMESTER-1 |
DEV411 |
Development studies: concept and critical issues |
3(3,0) |
DEV412 |
Sociology of development |
3(3,0) |
DEV413 |
Introduction to economics |
3(3,0) |
DEV414 |
Principles of rural development |
3(3,0) |
DEV415 |
Demographic trends in developing countries |
3(3,0) |
DEV415 |
Computer application in development |
3(2,1) |
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Semester total |
18(17,1) |
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SEMESTER-2 |
DEV421 |
Environment and development |
3(3,0) |
DEV422 |
Poverty analysis and sustainable livelihood |
3(3,0) |
DEV423 |
Development economics |
3(3,0) |
DEV424 |
Gender and development |
3(3,0) |
DEV425 |
Project planning and management |
3(3,0) |
DEV426 |
Quantitative methods for development studies |
3(3,0) |
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Semester total |
18(18,0) |
SEMESTER-3 |
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DEV431 |
Development policies and strategies for Pakistan |
3(3,0) |
DEV432 |
Micro-finance for enterprise development |
3(3,0) |
DEV433 |
Research methods for development studies |
3(3,0) |
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Elective-1 |
3(3,0) |
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Elective-11 |
3(3,0) |
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Elective-111 |
3(3,0) |
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Semester total |
18(18,0) |
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SEMESTER-4 |
DEV441 |
Natural resource management |
3(3,0) |
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Elective-4 |
3(3,0) |
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Elective-5 |
3(3,0) |
DEV449 |
Research project |
6(0,6) |
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Semester total |
15(9,6) |
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MDS program total |
69(62,7) |
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| To dualify for the Master's degree |
- Students/candidates should complete 72
credit hours of study.
- Complete all the course requirements within a minimum period of four semesters
and a maximum period of six semesters.
- Complete the compulsory Practicum(Project) in the last semester.
- Achieve a minimum grade point average
of 2.0
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