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From: TR Young <TR.Young@uvm.edu>
Subject: New Msc Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development
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>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.
>
>For more information and application forms, contact Dr. J. 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@alg.vsl. wau.nl
>or visit the WAU website at: http://www.wau.nl
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TR Young
The Red Feather Institute
8085 Essex, Weidman, Mi.,
  48893  [517] 644 3089
  Email: tr@tryoung.com