Online Degree in Business & Management

PgC Global Development Management

Build the skills needed by a development manager and learn to analyse the complex contexts in which development takes place with this postgraduate certificate.

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  • Degree title

    Postgraduate Certificate in Global Development Management

  • Type

    Postgraduate Certificate

  • Duration

    40 weeks

Gain a framework for analysing development management practice

What are the challenges of development? How do we overcome them? This postgraduate qualification addresses the complexities of development and will help you build the skills needed to manage these challenges.

This degree builds on the global agenda for sustainable development and assumes that development management is a political and ethical process. It addresses how to achieve goals in contexts affected by conflicts of interests, values, and agendas.

You’ll learn skills related to strategic thinking, research, advocacy, and policymaking that are necessary for a career as a development manage

Postgraduate Certificate

You’ll have qualified for this certificate on successful completion of the OU’s global development in practice module.
Duration
40 weeks
Overview
4 programs
Language
English

What do I need to apply?

You must be prepared for study at postgraduate level. This usually means holding a bachelors degree or its equivalent or have had experience of working, in a paid or voluntary capacity in a development agency (international or local).

All teaching is in English, and your proficiency in the language needs to be adequate for postgraduate study and for contributing to online discussions by text and voice. If English is not your first language, we strongly recommend that you make sure you can achieve an IELTS score of at least 7.

Pricing

UK course fee: £2,950 (higher fees apply for students living outside the UK). The fee information provided here is valid for modules starting before 31 July 2022.

What are the learning outcomes?

By the end of your studies, you have studied the:

  • different conceptualisations of development and its management in theory and practice
  • key concepts and theories that reveal development management as a process that is personal, political and professional
  • tools, methods and frameworks for investigation and analysis aimed at informing development policy and practice.

Programs on this degree

ProgramDate
Global Development in Practice: Bringing about change
Global Development in Practice: Designing an intervention
Global Development in Practice: Discovering development management
Global Development in Practice: Understanding development contexts
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