PGCert in Poverty Reduction: Policy and Practice
Distance Learning Programme
Overview
Mode of Attendance: Distance Learning
Most of the world’s poorest people live in rural areas. These programmes will give you the scientific, technological and economic knowledge and the skills to analyse and tackle the poverty suffered by these people. You will be able to work on real issues, using the specialist expertise gained from your course.
The programmes integrate theory and practice and provide an understanding of how to manage organisations within their own cultural, political, technological, social, and institutional contexts, with the ultimate aim of solving problems of poverty reduction.
Specialist professionals from CGIAR, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, have taken part in the design of the programme.
Structure
For the Postgraduate Certificate in Poverty Reduction: Policy and Practice you will choose to study:
- 3 core modules
- 1 elective module
Core modules
- Economics and Institutions for Development (C116)
- Understanding Poverty (C119)
- Managing Knowledge and Communication for Development (C123)
- Climate Change and Development (C124)
Elective modules
- Agricultural Trade and Policy (C110)
- Water Resource Management (C126)
- Political Economy of Public Policy (C127)
- Rural Finance (C128)
- NGO Management (C132)
- Project Planning and Management (C134)
- Socio-economics of Rural Livelihoods (C135)
- Marketing for Small Agribusinesses (C138)
- Gender and Social Development (C140)
- Sustainable Land Management(C168)
- Environmental Science and Management (C200)
- Natural Resource Economics (C205)
- International Environmental Law (C214)
- Food Security and Social Protection (C225)
- Rural Development (C230)
- Management in Rural Development (C231)
How to Apply
There are two ways of submitting an application.
Online application
Submitting an electronic application is easy. Please complete and submit the CeDEP electronic application form. It is important that you submit your application as early as possible. Once it has been reviewed, you may receive a conditional offer. An unconditional offer will only be made once we have received from you the supporting documentation specified in the conditional offer. We will keep you informed of the process in writing.
If you have not received the acknowledgement from CeDEP within 10 working days, please contact the CeDEP Administrator on cedepadmin@soas.ac.uk to ensure your application has been received.
Printed application
If you prefer, you can complete a hard copy distance learning application form and send it to us by mail with all of your supporting documentation. Please contact us using the above email, or call us on +44 (0)207 898 4273 to request a copy of the application form.
For more information about our application procedure, application deadlines, and the supporting documentation required, please visit our 'How To Apply' webpage.
A Student's Perspective
Caroline Makasa, ZambiaWhen I discovered the MSc course in Sustainable Development on the internet I was thrilled because I could study part-time and work, all at the same time. The fact that the degree can be studied over a five year period is excellent especially as I have a very busy schedule.
