Postgraduate Certificate in Global Development Management
Open University
Key Information
Campus location
Online United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
9 months
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
GBP 3,160 *
Application deadline
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Introduction
Development management engages with the multiple challenges of ‘development’ and this qualification builds up the basic capacities for managing those challenges. Building on the global agenda for sustainable development, it assumes that development management is a political and ethical process, a matter of the use of power to bring about desired goals in contexts characterised by conflicts of interests, values and agendas. You’ll learn a range of skills needed by a development manager or practitioner to do with strategic thinking, research, advocacy, planning, policy-making and evaluation.
Key features of the course
- Explores the complexity of ‘development’ locally and globally
- Critically analyses development management challenges conventional thinking and encourages the creation of better approaches
- Builds a range of understandings and skills – conceptual, professional, and practical – for managing development
- Promotes competence in using key tools that contribute to development management practice
- Makes links between academic learning and professional practice, to the benefit of both
Program Outcome
The learning outcomes of this qualification are described in four areas:
- Knowledge and understanding
- Cognitive skills
- Practical and professional skills
- Key skills
Curriculum
Course details
To gain this qualification, you need 60 credits from the following:
Compulsory module
- Global development in practice (D890)
You should note that the University’s unique study rule applies to this qualification. This means that you must include at least 20 credits from OU modules that have not been counted in any other OU qualification that has previously been awarded to you.