Students who have completed his/her BSS (Honors) Degree in Development Studies in University of Dhaka can be admitted in the Program under the Faculty of Social Sciences as per the University Rules.
1. Duration of the Program: 1 (ONE) YEAR
2. Number of Semester: 2 (TWO)
3. Semester Activities:
- Total number of weeks: 19 (Nineteen) of which,
- 15 week will be for class teaching,
- 1 week break for preparation, and
- 3 week for holding the semester final examination.
4. Duration of Class/ tutorial/ lab work:
- For a 4-credit course unit, there shall be two lecture classes of 90 minutes each,
- one 60 minutes discussion class/ tutorial class/ lab work / group presentation/ class test every week.
5. Number of Courses: 10 course units (8 taught courses, one internship and one comprehensive course)
6. Total Marks: 1000 (100 marks per course unit)
7. Total Credit: 40 credit hours.
8. Credit Per Course: 4 credit hours
9. Comprehensive exam has two parts: written and oral . Each unit shall be of 50 marks.
20 courses · 65 credit hours across 2 terms
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DS 501 | Advanced Economic Theories | 4 | |
| DS 502 | Advanced Political Theories | 4 | |
| DS 503 | Advanced Socio-Anthropological Theories | 4 | |
| DS 504 | Advanced Research Methodology: Qualitative and Quantitative | 4 |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DS 541 | Diversity, Equality and Inclusive Development | 3 | |
| DS 542 | Social Development in Practice | 3 | |
| DS 543 | Ethnographic Analysis of Social Development | 3 | |
| DS 581 | Internship | 3 | |
| DS 582 | Research Paper | 3 | |
| DS 583 | DataAnalysis and Presentation | 3 | |
| DS 590 | Comprehensive Examination (Written and Viva-voce) | 4 | |
| DS 511 | Advanced Econometrics | 3 | |
| DS 512 | Advanced Economics: Micro and Macro | 3 | |
| DS 513 | Institutional Economics | 3 | |
| DS 521 | Politics and Public Policy Process | 3 | |
| DS 522 | Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation | 3 | |
| DS 523 | Advanced Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy | 3 | |
| DS 531 | Environmental Economics | 3 | |
| DS 532 | Natural Resource Management: Approaches, Models and Practice | 3 | |
| DS 533 | Sustainable Resource Management: Models and Methods | 3 |