Postgraduate modules
Below is a thematically grouped list of modules which are available to students in the Graduate Institute with the agreement of Course Directors and module convenors. Modules are drawn from schools and departments across the University to offer students a multi-disciplinary approach to their subject area. Students are encouraged to select their optional modules from this list on the basis of their current learning needs and career aspirations, subject to any restrictions of the timetable and satisfying any module pre-requisites.
- Agriculture
- Applied Economics
- Education and Training
- Environmental
- Finance
- Policy and Planning
- Research Methods and Study Skills
- International Development
* for students following Applied Economics programmes only
** for students following the MSc Research Agricultural and Food Economics programme only
Agriculture:
- Agriculture in the Tropics
- Environmental and Ecological Weed Management
- Nematodes as Pests and Beneficials
- Principles and Practice in Biological Control
- Rethinking Agricultural Development
- Tropical Environments
- Vegetation, Agriculture and the Atmosphere
- Water, Agriculture and Irrigation
Applied Economics
- Advanced Marketing
- Advertising and Branding
- Climate Change Economics
- Consumer Policy
- Consumer and Producer Theory
- Consumer Behaviour and Food Marketing
- Econometrics
- Economics of International Food Markets
- Macroeconomics for Developing Countries
- Market and Trade Analysis
- Microeconomic Analysis for Industrial Development
- Microeconomics for Developing Countries
Education and Training:
- Comparative and Adult Literacy for Development
- Contemporary Debates in International Education and Training for Development
- Education Policy in a Globalised World
- Human Resources Management
- Non-Formal and Informal Education
- Quality Assurance and Improvement in International Education
Environmental:
- Climate Change Economics
- Climate Change and Food Systems
- Environment and Development: Problems and Policies
- Environment and Development: Case Studies
- Extractive Industries, The Environment and Developing Societies
- Resource and Environmental Economics
- Rural Policy and Planning
Finance:
- Banking and the Macroeconomy
- Banking in Transition Economies
- Corporate Finance
- Development Finance
- Financial Development in Emerging Economies
- Financial Markets
- Financial Markets and Corporate Governance
- Financial Regulation
- Microfinance
- The Microeconomics of Banking
Policy and Planning:
- Agricultural Project Planning and Management in Developing Countries
- Appraisal of Agricultural and Rural Development Projects
- Food Policy
- Governance, Accountability and Development
- Policy Analysis
- Regional Integration and the Developing Countries
- Practice of Entrepreneurship
- The WTO and the Developing Countries
- Trade Policies for Developing Countries
Research Methods and Study Skills:
- Essentials of Research Methods*
- Generic Transferable Skills for Social Sciences*
- Marketing Research Methods
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Quantitative Methods
- Quantitative Methods for the Life Sciences
- Research Methods for Communication and Development
- Research and Study Skills for Independent Learning
- Dissertation
International Development:
- Approaches to Gender and Development Policy and Practice
- Communication and Innovation for Development
- Food Security and Development
- Gender and Development
- Interdisciplinary Seminar on Recent Developments in Euro-Asia
- Participatory Interventions in Development
- Perspectives on Development
- Poverty and Development: Concepts and Intervention
- Poverty, Inequality and Livelihoods
- Principles of Communication Design for Development
- Social Policies for Development
* for students following the MSc Research Agricultural and Food Economics programme only