The course investigates the tools used in the management for development programs in a critical fashion. In particular, the course focusses on how different perspectives in aid programming (including women, beneficiary, administrator and donor), and the level of their participation will influence program outcomes; and how these perspectives can be better incorporated in the tools used for designing development projects
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Design a small scale development project and be able to contribute to the design of major projects;
- Defend, in a policy setting, the different perspective of stakeholders in a development program;
- Demonstrate an understand of the difficulties of including gender perspectives in development work;
- Critically analyse a complete Logical Framework Analysis in a national policy or development program context; and
- Apply the most appropriate monitoring and evaluating approach to a particular development program.
Other Information
Course materials will be delivered online including a pre-recorded daily lecture; a live classroom session (one hour) as a seminar/tutorial, and the posting of discussion reflections, and questions based on the readings on-line.Indicative Assessment
Project Design, max 10 pages plus annexes (45%) [Learning outcome 1, 4, 5]Literature Review, 2000 words (25%) [Learning outcomes 2, 3]
Contribution to Daily Online Forums (20%) [Learning outcomes 2,3,4,5]
Tutorial participation (online or in class) (10%) [Learning outcomes 1,2,3,4,5]
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Workload
130 of total student learning time made up from: a) 20 hours of contact over 12 weeks delivered over 10 days: 10 hours of lecturers and 10 hours of live classroom seminar/tutorials; and, b) 110 hours of independent student work including online discussion, research, reading and writing.Requisite and Incompatibility
Specialisations
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $3180 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $4860 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Summer Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1002 | 01 Jan 2018 | 19 Jan 2018 | 19 Jan 2018 | 31 Mar 2018 | In Person | N/A |
| 1792 | 01 Jan 2018 | 19 Jan 2018 | 19 Jan 2018 | 31 Mar 2018 | Online | N/A |
