The programme aims to prepare students for senior positions in the field of development studies both as researchers and policy analysts with the primary aim of making the development process meaningful, interactive and sustainable. The students will be expected to participate in seminars and conduct in depth research on a development topic falling within the research priorities of the Institute.
Entry requirements for admission to the University of Nairobi for the above programme are:
1. A holder of at least an upper-second bachelor’s degree from the University of Nairobi in any discipline;
2. A holder of an equivalent degree or an equivalent qualification recognized by University of Nairobi Senate to be of comparable academic status.
Course Outline
Development Management - Theory
Development Management - Practice
Research Foundations
Research Techniques & Computer Applications
Electives
Module 1: Technology & Natural Resource Management
Natural Resource and Environment Management
Energy Policy & Planning & Development
Science, Technology and Policy
Political Economy and Industrialization
Comparative Industrial Strategies, Land use
Determinants Urban & Regional Planning
Module 2: Development and Change in African
Societies
Rural Societies and Change
Issues in Urban Development
Rural-Urban Linkages
Entrepreneurship and Development
Economics of African Agriculture
Migration and Urbanization
Social-Economic Indicators
Social Change & Development
Module 3: Human Resource
Issues in Human Resource Development
Health and Development
Population Policies and Programme Development in African Countries
Education and Development
Nutrition and Development
Women in Development - (IAS)
Module 4: International Development
Issues in International Development
Global institutions & Development
Politics, Institutions & Development
Development & Regional Integration
Political Economy of International
Commodity Markets
International Economics
Advanced Intern’l Relations
Module 5: Planning for Development
Development Strategies and Planning
Computer Applications for Development Planning
Agricultural Planning and Food Security
Industrial Planning
Human Resource Planning
Physical Planning
Land Development
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