The Bachelor of Development Studies (Honours) degree exemplifies the ANU commitment to research-led education. Building on the Bachelor of Development Studies, it gives high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles and methods and theoretical concepts of development studies, and through the design and implementation of a research project, typically a 20,000 word thesis, that leads to the development of new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems.

Honours in Development Studies is an entry pathway into employment in overseas aid delivery, community development, immigration, indigenous affairs, and cross-cultural communication in both government and non-government sectors.

Learning Outcomes

1. pose a significant research question relating to Development Studies;
2. investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to Development Studies, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and
3. communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.
4. consolidate learning of methodologies specific to one of the core disciplines of development studies
5. deepen knowledge of theoretical literature in one of the core disciplines of development studies