MSc: 10 modules (4 core, 4 elective plus 2 research)
Postgraduate Diploma: 8 modules (4 core plus 4 elective)
Postgraduate Certificate: 4 modules (at least 3 core plus up to one elective)
Either Economics and institutions for development (C116)
or Economic
principles (C02) [the chosen module must be taken in the first year]
Agricultural trade and policy (C110)
Food security and social protection (C125)
Political economy of public
policy (C127)
Applied econometrics (CO5)
Climate change and development (C124)
Marketing for small agribusinesses (C138)
Natural resource economics (C105)
Project planning and management (C134)
Rural development (C130)
Socioeconomics of rural livelihoods (C135)
Understanding poverty (C119)
Water resources management (C126)
One module selected from another programme
Research methods (R106)
Research report (RR01)
Modules can also be taken as short courses for professional development or as a taster of the full degree, diploma or certificate programme. In 2009 the cost of taking a module is £925. To apply please fill in the short course application form available on the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (SOAS) website[external link].