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Stellenbosch University

Postgraduate Diploma in Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies

The Postgraduate Diploma in Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 1 YEAR.

Postgraduate Diploma in Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

This new Postgraduate Diploma in Transdisciplinary and Health Development Studies programme aims to create a space for a diverse group of students to develop the theoretical and methodological skills necessary to take on the social and political complexities of health and development in Africa. The postgraduate diploma provides a strong conceptual foundation for theoretically and methodologically grounded engagements with applied concerns around health and development, and sets up students for professional work or further academic study.

Programme Structure

The programme aims to create a space for a diverse group of students to develop the theoretical and methodological skills necessary to take on the social and political complexities of health and development in Africa. The postgraduate diploma provides a strong conceptual foundation for theoretically and methodologically grounded engagements with applied concerns around health and development, and prepares you for professional work or further academic study.

This programme is hosted by the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology in collaboration with the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Division of Community Health, in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The purpose of the programme is to develop your capacity to investigate and think critically about a range of questions to do with health and development broadly conceived.

The programme will pair a core set of required modules with methodological and topical electives. You will be assigned an academic advisor, who will ensure that the programme is tailored to meet your specific needs and interests.

Please note: If you want to follow the programme over a period longer than one academic year you can, in consultation with the programme co-ordinator, enrol for those modules you want to follow in a particular year.

Programme Content

You must select two topical electives and two methods electives from the list below in addition to the compulsory modules. The Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology reserves the right not to offer all elective modules in a particular calendar year.

Compulsory Modules

13187 : Critical Theory for Transdisciplinary Research in Health and Development 771(30)

13189 : History, Politics and Ethics of Health and Develop- ment in Africa 771(30)

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Methods Elective Modules

Choose two of the following modules.

10265 : Survey Methodology 771(15)

13138 : Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS* 771(15)

13139 : Ethnographic Research Methods 771(15)

13140 : Qualitative Interviewing Methods and Analysis 771(15)

13141 : Capita Selecta (Methods) 771(15)

 

*SPSS=Statistical package for the Social Sciences

 

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Topical Elective Modules

Choose two of the following modules.

13143 : Gender Youth and Childhood 771(15)

13190 : Gender, Race and Health in Modern African History 771(15)

13142 : Community Development 771(15)

13144 : Governance and Citizenship 771(15)

13146 : Capita Selecta (Topics) 771(15)

 

Assessment and Examination

A system of flexible assessment is used. A final mark is calculated by means of essays, reading assignments, group and individual participation, and practical assignments for each module.