(Fwd) New Msc in Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development

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Date:          Sat, 24 May 1997 13:43:33 +0100
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From:          tiny at xs4all.nl (Martijn Beekers and Dominique)
Subject:       New Msc in Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development
Reply-to:      tiny at xs4all.nl (Martijn Beekers and Dominique)

International Msc in Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development

Wageningen Agricultural University is now accepting applicants for the
first International Masters Degree Programme in Gender, Agriculture and
Rural Development (GARD) to be inaugurated in September 1998. This M.Sc. is
the first in the world to focus on gender, rural change processes, the
environment and sustainable agricultural development in developed and
developing countries, providing students with conceptual and methodological
approaches to research, policies, programmes and project formulation and
implementation that permit these to become more gender sensitive.

The programme is organized into three blocks. The first block consists of
required courses in Gender Studies, Rural Sociology and Economics, where
students are exposed to the principle theories, concepts, comparative
empirical research, research methods and related debates in Gender,
Agriculture and Rural Development.

The second block consists of optional courses which permit students to
pursue a specialization. The three possibilities are:
        * Gender, Environment and Natural Resources Management
        * Gender, Institutions and Development Interventions, or
        * An Independent Specialization.
In the Independent Specialization, students can create their own area of
special concentration, for example in rural marketing, employment, credit,
extension, animal production, irrigation, land use, plant protection, etc.

The third block consists of thesis preparation. With the support of special
courses, workshops and supervision, students will design and carry out in
their area of specialization a field research project usually conducted in
the home country, which will culminate in the presentation of a Master's
thesis.

A social science background is not required, but students are expected to
have a vivid interest in social questions and  be committed to the subject
matter. Applicants from both developed and developing countries worldwide
are welcome. The Programme will prepare students for professional academic
or development work as gender and agriculture/rural development specialists
with a strong social science emphasis, able to professionally apply a
gender perspective in their particular technical or social
agriculture/rural development specialization. Graduates of Gender Studies
in Agriculture at WAU currently hold positions in international
organizations, government institutions, universities, research institutes,
consultancy firms, and NGOs.

Wolffensperger, Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development, Wageningen
Agricultural University, De Leeuwenborch/Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN
Wageningen, The Netherlands, Fax ++31-317-483990, Email
Joan.Wolffensperger at alg.vsl. wau.nl or visit the WAU website at:
http://www.wau.nl