MS DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Course Curriculum
| CORE COURSES | ||||||
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| No | Code | Title | Credit Hours | Related SDG | Pre Requisite | Contents |
| 1 | DVST-801 | Theory and Concepts in Development Studies | 3+0 | 1,2,8,9,10,12,17 |  |
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| 2 | DVST-802 | Social Research: Methodology, Ethics, and Design | 3+0 | 4 | |
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| 3 | DVST-804 | Social Policy for Development | 3+0 | 3,4,5,8 | |
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| 4 | DVST-803 | South Asia: State and Security Challenges to Development | 3+0 | 16 | |
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| 5 | DVST-805 | Trade vs. Aid: The Political Economy of Globalization | 3+0 | 8,11,12,16 | |
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| Electives Courses of Peace, Conflict and Development Stream | ||||||
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| No | Code | Title | Credit Hours | Related SDG | Pre Requisite | Contents |
| 1 | PCS-921 | Peace, Multilateralism and the UN | 3+0 | 10,16,17 | |
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| 2 | DVST-813 | Participation, Power and Social Change | 3+0 | 1,3,4,5,8,10,16 | |
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| 3 | DVST-812 | Conflict and Development | 3+0 | 16 | |
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| 4 | DVST-842 | Migration and Development | 3+0 | 8,10,13,16,17 | |
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| Electives Courses of Social Work and Community Development Stream | ||||||
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| No | Code | Title | Credit Hours | Related SDG | Pre Requisite | Contents |
| 1 | DVST-846 | Gender and Development | 3+0 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | |
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| 2 | DVST-822 | Community Mobilization | 3+0 | 1,2,3,8,11,13 | |
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| 3 | DVST-821 | Theories and Models in Social Work | 3+0 | 1,2,3,4,5,8,10 | |
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| Electives Courses of Climate Change and Development Stream | ||||||
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| No | Code | Title | Credit Hours | Related SDG | Pre Requisite | Contents |
| 1 | DVST-832 | Global Resource Politics | 3+0 | 13,17 | |
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| 2 | DVST-855 | Globalization and Food Security | 3+0 | 1,2 | |
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| 3 | DVST-831 | Climate Change | 3+0 | 13,14,15,17 | |
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| 4 | DVST – 806 | Global Development Agenda and Sustainability | 3 | 1,2,3,………..17 | |
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| List of General Electives | ||||||
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| No | Code | Title | Credit Hours | Related SDG | Pre Requisite | Contents |
| 1 | RM-898 | Research Methodology | 2+0 | 4,6,8,9,11,13,16,17 | |
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| 2 | DVST-846 | Gender and Development | 3+0 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | |
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| 3 | PCS-921 | Peace, Multilateralism and the UN | 3+0 | 10,16,17 | |
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| 4 | DVST-855 | Globalization and Food Security | 3+0 | 1,2 | |
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| 5 | DVST-852 | Environmental Policy and Planning | 3+0 | 2 | |
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| 6 | DVST-847 | Rural Development and Agrarian Change | 3+0 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,13,15 | |
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| 7 | DVST-849 | Project Management | 3+0 | 4,8,9,10,17 | |
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| 8 | DVST-842 | Migration and Development | 3+0 | 8,10,13,16,17 | |
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| 9 | DVST-851 | Environmental Science for Sustainable Development | 3+0 | 12,13,14,15 | |
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| 10 | SEM/WKSP-897 | Seminar / Workshop | 1+0 | 4,5,9,11,16,17 | ||
| 11 | MC-837 | Conflict Peace & Media | 3+0 | 10,16 | |
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| 12 | DVST-857 | Geographic Information Systems | 3+0 | 4,9 | |
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| 13 | DVST-811 | The Politics of Development | 3+0 | 10,16 | |
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| 14 | DVST – 807 | Population, Urbanization and Development | 3 | 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11 | |
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| MS Thesis | ||||||
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| No | Code | Title | Credit Hours | Related SDG | Pre Requisite | Contents |
| 1 | DVST-899 | MS Thesis | 6+0 | 1,2,3,4.....17 | ||
| General Mandatory Courses | ||||||
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| No | Code | Title | Credit Hours | Related SDG | Pre Requisite | Contents |
| 1 | HU-131 | Understanding of Quran-I | 0+1 | 4,16 | |
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| 2 | HU-132 | Understanding of Quran-II | 0+1 | 4,16 | HU-131 | |
| 3 | HU-136 | Introduction to World Religions (for Non-Muslims) | 2+0 | |
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| Additional Courses | ||||||
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| No | Code | Title | Credit Hours | Related SDG | Pre Requisite | Contents |
| 1 | RM-898 | Research Methodology | 2+0 | 4,6,8,9,11,13,16,17 | |
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| 2 | SEM/WKSP-897 | Seminar / Workshop | 1+0 | 4,5,9,11,16,17 | ||
| 3 | HU-138 | Optimal Health and Wellness | 1+0 | |||