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Interdisciplinary learning for intersectional goals (James Cook University)

Postgraduate program

Project description

James Cook University�s (JCU�s) Master of Global Development (MGD) is Australia�s first pan-university postgraduate program in global development. The Master of Global Development offers specialization streams in health, governance, disaster resilience and natural resource management, planning, indigenous futures, leadership and management, and research for global development.

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Location Australia

Organization James Cook University

Project aims

Offering specialisation streams across all university colleges, the MGD offers an innovative framework for students to acquire the interdisciplinary skills required to address the complex, intersectional, challenges of the SDGs.

Project outcome

Through a multi-faceted approach to learning, the MGD provides students with the technical skills to take action on the SDG agenda, as well as the critical thinking skills and theoretical knowledge in global development that is required to deliver innovate responses to complex challenges.