{"id":3940,"date":"2020-06-24T12:55:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblog.wur.eu\/international-students\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2021-08-06T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T08:25:31","slug":"masters-student-in-international-development-studies-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblog.wur.eu\/international-students\/2020\/06\/24\/masters-student-in-international-development-studies-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Master\u2019s Student in International Development Studies: Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before starting my master\u2019s in international development studies at Wageningen University, I wondered; Can I survive to learn all courses? Can I pass the exam? Will I have a lot of readings before starting the class? Will I have a nice classmate? How is thesis life? And other questions and doubts before coming to Wageningen.<\/p>\n

Here, I will share my experience as an International Development student.<\/p>\n

Following courses\u2026..and group work<\/strong><\/h3>\n

During my first year, I followed several courses, both common courses and specialization courses. All common courses usually in a big class, consisting of students from different specialization. My first course in Period 1 was Perspective and Theme in International Development Studies. This is an introductory course, where professors from different specialization background gave lectures in this class. As I have my bachelor\u2019s in political science, I was really struggling to study the material from other specializations. However, in this class, there are group works where the members are from different specialization. I used these opportunities to learn from them and also to know new people.<\/p>\n

ACT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What I like from studying at Wageningen University, the students are encouraged to work with people from different background and being an open-minded person when learning other science. I think the experience of studying with people from different background in my first year has familiarized me with this. However, ACT is a more complex and difficult course. This is because students were assigned to a group with different study background. Then, we need to give a consultancy to an external party (can be government agencies, organizations, companies, or research institutions).<\/p>\n

For me, ACT was challenging but I learn a lot from this course. I was assigned to a group where we need to give a consultancy to a biodynamic certification body, Stichting Demeter. I learned from the project and dynamics of group work!<\/p>\n

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Group photo at BioFair 2020 in Zwolle \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

Thesis Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Finishing my thesis was one of the happiest moments in my Master journey. It all started with an idea and write it into a proposal! My thesis is about the interactions of Indonesia and the EU over the EU Renewable Energy Directives and palm oil trade. During the proposal writing phase, I planned the framework that I will use and how to get data. Here, I make the planning for my fieldwork. I went to my country, Indonesia, to do interviews with my thesis respondents. I also went to Brussels to collect data about the EU policy.<\/p>\n

After the data collection phase, I need to analyse the data and write the thesis report. This was very exhausting for me. However, I learned a lot of new things besides my thesis topic, such as academic writing, asking questions, handling feedback from my supervisor, and time management.<\/p>\n

I finally finished writing my thesis report in March. Then, I have the final presentation and thesis defence in April. I had the virtual thesis defence with my examiners. In my country, passing a thesis exam is one of a milestone for students. Usually, students who passed the thesis exam will take a photo with their supervisors and friends who watched the exams. As it is an online exam, I only took a photo with my Indonesian corridor-mate who also had her exam in that period.<\/p>\n

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with my corridor-mate, after passing the exam<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, these are so far the highlights of my WUR journey. I am now having my work-from-home internship and hopefully, I can graduate in August. I am curious where all these experiences will bring me in the future! But, I had a lot of fun and learn a lot by studying at WUR!<\/p>\n

More information on my study program can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n

Siti!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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