Leadership & Development

Course detail Description

Through our Leadership & Development MSc, you will investigate various forms of leadership from key individuals to institutions, including states and key international development organisations and networks. You will study the various patterns of development in developing societies, with some references to emerging economies and the developed world, in great detail, through the perspective of leadership. In addition to the focus on development and leadership, our course investigates area studies as it cross-references various developing regions including Africa, Asia and Latin America. Our course provides you with high-quality postgraduate training that builds your critical analysis skills and your independent judgement on leadership and development.

If you have an interest in understanding how leadership patterns interact with historical factors, local cultures and global influences as they inform and are informed by development outcomes and processes across the world, or if you are interested in the debate which surrounds the interaction between leadership and development globally, particularly in the global south, this course is ideal for you.

Course purpose

Our course provides high-quality postgraduate training that builds the capacity for critical analysis, independent judgement and engagement with critical audiences on leadership and development.

It will appeal to students with an interest in pertinent debates on the interaction between leadership and development globally, with an emphasis on the global south. As such, you will develop your skills for a career in academia, public and private sectors as well as with non-governmental and international organisations among others.

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Course format and assessment

Teaching

For every 20-credit module we will typically provide 20 hours of lectures and seminars, and we will expect you to undertake 180 hours of independent study. For your dissertation, you will usually have 10 hours of discussion time with a tutor, and you will undertake 590 hours of independent study.

As part of their two-year schedule, part-time students typically take the Leadership & Society modules and 40 credits of optional modules in Year 1, and the Dissertation module and 40 credits of optional modules in Year 2. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Assessment

We assess our Leadership & Society module through two essays and one seminar presentation. We assess our 20-credit modules through two essays each. We will assess your dissertation through a 1,000-word dissertation outline and a 14,000-word piece of writing.

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Structure

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

Required Modules You are required to take the following modules:

• Leadership & Society (40 credits)
• The State & Development in Africa & Asia (20 credits)
• Emerging Powers in Global Leadership (20 credits)
• Leadership & Development Dissertation & Research Methods (60 credits)

If you are a part-time student, you will take Leadership & Society in your first year, and your dissertation in your second. You must choose two more modules each year, from both the list above and the list below. Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take two modules (totalling 40 credits) from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:

• Youth and Society in the Development World (20 credits)
• Gender, Leadership & Society (20 credits)
• Interpreting India (20 credits) [King's India Institute]
• Globalisation, Development, and the Americas (20 credits) [King's Brazil Institute]
• Poverty, Inequality and Inclusive Development (20 credits) [Department of International Development]
• You may replace up to 20 of these credits from modules offered by other departments/institutes across the university, subject to approvals