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55 Master's degrees offered by the university
Intellectual Property in Creative and Cultural Industries
Intellectual Property in Creative and Cultural Industries from The University of the West Indies covers both creative industries and cultural industries.
Development Studies
Development Studies from The University of the West Indies is a one-year (two years, part-time) programme offered by the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES).
Management (Public Sector Management)
Management (Public Sector Management) from The University of the West Indies aims to provide you with a learning environment in which you can strengthen your skills as a self-directed learner and enhance your capacity to interact and collaborate with your peers, share experiences, challenge accepted ideas and build new knowledge.
Language and Literacy Education
Language and Literacy Education from The University of the West Indies is the ideal preparation for a rewarding education career that makes a positive impact in both the lives of students and the systems that serve them.
Human Resource Development
Human Resource Development from The University of the West Indies aims to train professionals who can contribute to the strengthening of organisations both through organisational analysis and intervention and through training, team-building and effective leadership.
French
The M.Phil. in French at The University of the West Indies is ideal for students interested in learning a foreign language.
Project Management - Development Projects
At Project Management - Development Projects from The University of the West Indies you will learn how to effectively design, conduct and analyse projects to effect meaningful social, environmental and economic outcomes. Gain a deep understanding of the development sector and the requirements for attracting and maintaining donor funding.
Economics
Economics from The University of the West Indies involves independent study, directed by a supervisor, and the production of a thesis. The essential difference between the master and doctoral levels lies in the quality of a successful Ph.D. thesis, which must be judged to be the result of original research.
Literatures in English
The M.Phil. in Literatures in English at The University of the West Indies is devoted to both the teaching of and research on literatures in English, that is, a wide variety of Anglophone literatures and not just English Literature.
Counselling Psychology
Counselling Psychology from The University of the West Indies was developed to meet the growing need for qualified counsellors in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.
The Psychology of Education
The Psychology of Education from The University of the West Indies provides grounding in Psychology, giving particular attention to its implications for education, teaching, learning and research methods. Thus, the student gains an understanding of the psychological foundations of education and instructional strategies.
Telecommunication and Policy Management
Telecommunication and Policy Management at The University of the West Indies seeks to meet the demand for advanced training of telecommunication executives and technical specialists in the specialized areas of Policy, Technology and Management.
Economics
The M.S. in Economics at The University of the West Indies will impart theoretical knowledge – technical and analytical skills, which will help decision-makers to understand the environment in which they operate and by extension give them the tools to enhance the quality of their decision making.
E-Governance
E-Governance from The University of the West Indies is about the use of information and communication technology (ICTs) to better deliver services and democracy. The programme also seeks to analyse and describe the linkages between government, the business world and civil society and their use of the internet and other digital devices to facilitate effective decision making.
Social Policy
Social Policy from The University of the West Indies is designed to teach the following: The philosophy of science and the research process; Alternative research designs; Time and information management principles; The management of information to support the research process; The use of computer programs written for the selected methods Provide practice in writing; presentation and study skills.
Gender and Development Studies
Gender and Development Studies from The University of the West Indies offers rigorous and advanced training in the inter-disciplinary field of gender.
Integration Studies
The M.S. in Integration Studies at The University of the West Indies is a response to the development of the Caribbean as a regional bloc and the need to understand globalisation and its implications for Caribbean development.
Caribbean Studies - Languages
Caribbean Studies - Languages from The University of the West Indies lets you become an expert on Caribbean culture, language and literature.
Cultural Studies
Cultural Studies from The University of the West Indies aims to unlock the potential of the Caribbean Region and contribute to regional integration through the excellence of its scholarship and the education of the region’s human resources.
Government - Comparative Politics and Political Theory
Government - Comparative Politics and Political Theory from The University of the West Indies aims to illustrate the rich diversity of political life to show available institutional alternatives, to explain differences in processes and policy outcomes, and to communicate to students the importance of global political and economic changes.