MPhil in Development Studies, specialising in Urban Challenges in East Africa
- Programme components
The core courses are GEOG3053 Theories of Development and Globalization, GEOG3003 Methodology and the Research Process, UCEA602 Urban Livelihoods and UCEA604 Master course in Qualitative Methods.
Students can choose electives worth 45 credits from a number of courses offered at both NTNU and AAU. Courses other than those listed can be chosen as electives if approval is given by the Department of Geography at NTNU.
The students will spend their first term at NTNU and the second term at Addis Ababa University. Between the second and the third term (preferably) they will carry out data collection for their master thesis in the region of East Africa. The third term is spent at AAU while the fourth term is spent at NTNU.
Programme structure 2010-2011
| Term | Courses (7,5 credits) | Courses (7,5 credits) | Courses (7,5 credits) | Courses (7,5 credits) |
| 4th term (spring) | GEOG3930 | |||
| 3rd term (autumn) | GEOG3930 | Electives (15 credits) | ||
| 2nd term (spring) | UCEA602 | UCEA604 | Electives (15 credits) | |
| 1st term (autumn) | GEOG3053 | GEOG3003 | Electives (15 credits) | |
Course outline for academic year 2010-2011
| Code | Title | Credits | Term | Admission |
| GEOG3053 (NTNU) | Theories of Development and Globalization | 7,5 | Autumn | |
| GEOG3003 (NTNU) | Methodology and the Research Process | 7,5 | Autumn | |
| UCEA602 (AAU) | Urban Livelihoods | 7,5 | Spring | |
| UCEA604 (AAU) | Master Course in Qualitative Methods | 7,5 | Spring | |
| GEOG3930 (NTNU) | Master's Thesis | 45 | Autumn/Spring | |
| Electives | ||||
| GEOG3506* (NTNU) | Geography, Health and Development | 7,5 | Autumn | |
| GEOG3521* | Urban Applications of GIS | 7,5 | Autumn | |
| GEOG3519* | Geographical Information System I | 7,5 | Autumn | |
| GEOG3520* | Geographical Information System II | 7,5 | Spring | |
| GEOG3518* (NTNU) | Knowledge Management in a Global Economy | 7,5 | Autumn | |
| UDMT603 (AAU) | Theory and Practice of Urban and Regional Planning | 7,5 | Spring | |
| DEST730 (AAU) | Gender and Development | 7,5 | Spring | |
| UDMT652 (AAU) | Housing in Developing Countries | 7,5 | Spring | |
| UDMT656 (AAU) | Introduction to Urban Transportation Planning | 7,5 | Spring | |
| UCEA603 (AAU) | Urban Governance | 7,5 | Autumn | |
| SOCI541 (AAU) | Urban Sociology | 7,5 | Autumn | |
| UCEA605 (AAU) | Urban Children and Youth | 7,5 | Autumn |
* Courses may be cancelled due to the teaching capacity at the Department of Geography or if less than 5 students register for the course. Check "Student information" for updated information about which courses are running. Information about cancellations will be given no later than January 10th in the Spring semester and August 10th in the autumn semester.
Information about the programme structure will also be made available in Studiehåndboka2010-2011 . For information about the courses at AUU, please contact the Department of Geography.
Contact information
Visiting address:
Department of Geography
Building 7, level 4
Dragvoll
Telephone: + 47 73 59 19 10
Fax: + 47 59 18 78
E-mail: geo@svt.ntnu.no
Web: www.ntnu.edu/geography
Postal address:
Department of Geography
NTNU-Dragvoll
NO-7491 Trondheim
Norway
