CDS Swansea draws on its own experience and teaching resources, and on those of partner departments at Swansea University, to offer an exciting range of study schemes that combine innovative professional methods and best practice with academic rigour. All our degrees, diplomas and certificates are based on multi-disciplinary approaches and draw on CDS’s long experience of development work and research and on its many global engagements. Professional practice helps guide the development of the curriculum and the component modules and learning processes. Academic research and rigour ensure that professional skills are always subject to review and take advantage of new discoveries about what works best in international development policy and practice. The Centre offers taught postgraduate programmes with an established international reputation but in a supportive and friendly environment in a pleasant setting by the sea. As part of its ongoing commitment to international development and its integration with the School of the Environment and Society, CDS offers the following multi-disciplinary programmes exploring key issues and challenges currently facing global society:
Masters Degrees Full-time Masters degree schemes run for 12 months, including four months of work on a dissertation or applied project. Students take six taught modules totalling 120 credits for Part One of the scheme. Masters students then proceed to work on a dissertation or project that must be submitted by mid October. Students have the opportunity of completing their degree in 12 months. Part-time degrees are normally completed over a three-year period. The Masters degree can be used as an entry-level qualification to working in international development. Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates are eight-month and three-month modular programmes respectively, and share much of their curriculum with their corresponding Masters programmes. Diploma students take six modules over two semesters while Certificate students take three modules over one semester. The Diploma scheme is intended for staff in government and non-government agencies whose academic qualifications might not be sufficient to allow entry to the Masters programme, but who have relevant work experience. The Certificate is a free-standing qualification, but module credit transfer is possible so that successful candidates can use the Certificate as a spring-board for study to Diploma and/or Masters level. Departmental and University funding available.
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