Single degree

Three years full time (144 units) - four courses per semester (24 units)
A Development Studies major (48 units)
A Regional Studies in Development specialisation (24 units)
Either:  One of the following minors (24 units)
•    Advanced French Studies
•    Advanced German Studies
•    Advanced Italian Studies
•    Advanced Spanish Studies
•    Anthropology
•    Arabic
•    Chinese Language
•    Classical Chinese
•    Environmental Studies
•    French Language and Culture
•    Geography
•    German Language and Culture
•    Hindi Language
•    Human Ecology
•    Indonesian Language
•    Italian Language and Culture
•    Japanese Language
•    Korean Language
•    Persian
•    Political Science
•    Russian
•    Sanskrit Language
•    Sociology
•    Spanish Language and Culture
•    Thai Language
•    Turkish
•    Urdu Language
•    Vietnamese Language
Or: 
•    an approved internship (24 units)
Eight Electives from across the ANU (48 units)

Double degree

This degree requires 96 units
A maximum of 36 units of 1000 level courses
A Development Studies major (48 units)
A Regional Studies in Development specialisation (24 units)
Either:  One of the following minors (24 units)
•    Advanced French Studies
•    Advanced German Studies
•    Advanced Italian Studies
•    Advanced Spanish Studies
•    Anthropology
•    Arabic
•    Chinese Language
•    Classical Chinese
•    Environmental Studies
•    French Language and Culture
•    Geography
•    German Language and Culture
•    Hindi Language
•    Human Ecology
•    Indonesian Language
•    Italian Language and Culture
•    Japanese Language
•    Korean Language
•    Persian
•    Political Science
•    Russian
•    Sanskrit Language
•    Sociology
•    Spanish Language and Culture
•    Thai Language
•    Turkish
•    Urdu Language
•    Vietnamese Language
Or: 
•    an approved internship (24 units)

About this degree

Single degree
In a Bachelor of Development Studies degree program you will study a total of 144 units. Typically you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student giving you a total of 24 (6-unit) courses across your whole degree.
You'll need to take the Development Studies major (8 courses), the Regional Studies in Development specialisation (4 courses) and either an approved internship or one minor from the designated list (4 courses). You'll also get to choose eight electives from courses right across ANU. You can use these electives to try a range of courses or to take a major or minor in a non-Arts subject.

Double degree
In a Bachelor of Development Studies degree program you will study a total of 96 units. Typically you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student giving you a total of 16 courses across your whole degree. However, for each semester you are likely to take 2 courses from your Development Studies degree and then 2 courses from the other half of your double degree – still a total of 4 courses a semester.
You'll need to take the Development Studies major (8 courses), the Regional Studies in Development specialisation (4 courses) and either an approved internship or one minor from the designated list (4 courses).

Enrolment Status

While it's possible to enrol in fewer courses per semester, which is called studying part-time, it will take you longer to finish your program and get your degree. If you are an international student you must always be full-time.
•    A course (usually 6 units) can only be counted towards one major or minor/specialisation.
•    You need to enrol in courses for both First Semester and Second Semester.
•    You can’t study more than four courses (24 units) per semester, eight for the year.
•    You need to enrol in courses for the Development Studies major
•    You need to enrol in courses for at least one potential Arts minor/specialisation.
You may take 1000-level courses later in your program. But remember you can’t count more than ten 1000-level courses (60 units) towards your single degree or six 1000-level courses (36 units) towards your Bachelor of Development Studies half of the double degree.

Important things to keep in mind when choosing your 1000-level courses

When you enrol for the first time you will study ‘1000-level’ courses. These courses have ‘1’ as the first number in their course code, such as ARTS1234.

Majors and Minors

See available majors and minors for this program

You need to choose two 1000-level courses from the Development Studies major.  Here is the list to choose from:
•    ANTH1003 – Global and Local in Second Semester
•    POLS1005 – Introduction to International Relations in First Semester
•    SOCY1002 - Self and Society in First Semester or SOCY1004 – Introduction to Social Psychology in Second Semester

Regional Studies in Development consists of 2000/3000-level courses only, no 1000-level courses are listed
•    Look at which courses you would like to do later in your program
•    Choose 1000-level courses which will meet the pre-requisite requirements of your chosen 2000-level courses
•    You may meet the pre-requisite requirements by completing the 1000-level courses listed in the Development Studies major

If your chosen minor has 1000-level courses listed, you should enrol in these courses
•    If you have studied a language previously you will need to take a Language Placement Test to determine the level of courses you should enrol in for 2014.

Following the Language Placement Test you will be issued a permission code from the relevant area to enable you to enrol in the correct level.
•    Some minors (eg Anthropology) don’t have 1000-level courses listed
•    For these minors, choose 1000-level courses which will meet the pre-requisite requirements of your chosen 2000/3000-level courses

Electives

Single Degree
While you only need to enrol in courses for the major, one minor and the specialisation, you can use your electives to enrol in 1000-level courses for other Arts majors or minors. That way you keep your options open. Once you've selected courses for the major, the minor and a course from one of the designated areas listed, you should choose electives to make up the balance of your courses.

Study Options

Bachelor of Development Studies - Single Degree

This is a typical study pattern for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Development Studies.

Study Options

Bachelor of Development Studies - Double Degree

This is a typical study pattern for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Development Studies.

Study Options

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