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                      | Original study plan | 
                      Master's programme Joint Master's Degree Programme in Comparative Social Policy and Welfare 2020W | 
                    
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | 
                      Students specialise on important themes in global development and development cooperation. They gain academic competences in key concepts of development studies and develop a global perspective on the world. The students get professional capacities to work in an international environment.
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                      | Subject | 
                      Students select courses in international development studies from a variety of courses offered each year. For example, students can select courses from the virtual studies courses offered by UniPID (Finnish University Partnership for International Development): https://www.unipid.fi/ The course selection will be confirmed separately for each academic year.
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | 
                      Active participation during the Intensive Programme and/or in Moodle on-line learning environment, written assignments. 
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                      | Methods | 
                      Introductory lectures during Intensive Programme, afterwards on-line learning methods supported by Moodle OR a course organized fully on-line in Moodle learning environment without a face-to-face introduction. 
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                      | Language | 
                      English | 
                    
                      
                    
                      | Study material | 
                      Readings are provided by the instructor. 
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                      | Changing subject? | 
                      No | 
                    
                                        
                      | Further information | 
                      Students can choose a specific class under this heading from a pool offered in Tampere University´s Global Society Programme.
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