Gender and Development/ Philosophy | |
 | University of BergenThe University of Bergen is a young, modern university. Most of its premises are concentrated in the heart of the city of Bergen. There are about 14,500 students enrolled, and 3,200 faculty and staff |
| Course URL | http://link.uib.no/?3LGmZ |
| City | Bergen, Norway |
| Programme duration | 2 years |
| Programme description | The main goal of the programme is to enable you to: 1) understand the significance of gender for development policy and projects and 2) to use gender as a problematised analytical category in your own research. You should be made familiar with key concepts and domains of gender analyses. You should learn to examine local level gendered patterns of social organisation, as well as understanding gender in a cross-cultural perspective. You should be able to understand the gendered aspects of poverty and vulnerability: of global socio-economic and political processes as well as the role of the various institutional actors involved in such processes. You should also be able to understand gender mainstreaming and the gendered consequences of more specifically targeted development policies. A key concept is human development, not only as a concept related to theories of individual psychological development but also as a framework for socio-political and economic development. In this broad sense, human development views the ultimate goal of development processes as enlarging people?s choices and capabilities for achieving not only a decent standard of living, but equality in health and education, and more broadly in achieving an environment supportive of empowerment, democracy and human security. |
| Application deadline | Please note that the Master's programme in Gender and Development admits students every second year. |
| Nokut certification | yes |
| Formal prerequisites | A first degree (bachelor's degree) of three or four years' duration from an approved institution of higher education, as well as proficiency in the English language. You must document special competence equalling one and a half year of study (90 ECTS) in a field or subject of specialisation relevant to gender and/or development issues. Other specialisations can be considered as equivalent. |
| Subject area | Philosophy |
| Degree level | Master |
| Credits | 120 |
| Language of teaching | English |
