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SP10204: Introduction to international development

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2014/5
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 75%, OT 25%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework Essay 75% (CW 75%)
  • Coursework Essay Plan 25% (OT 25%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: SP10204 Supplementary assessment 100% CW (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
The course unit provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of International Development and familiarises students with some of its key issues, concepts and methods.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this unit students should:
* Have a clear understanding of the range of issues raised by International Development
* Have a clear grasp of certain key concepts and methods used in the study and practice of Development
* Be able to apply these in the analysis of development contexts.

Skills:
Critical analysis of texts
Clear and logical expression, oral and written
Critical reflection on own experience and connections across text and context.

Content:
The course uses a number of case studies to survey a range of issues concerned with development centred on these four themes:
* The four components of International Development: the 'international'; poverty/disadvantage; change/progress; agency/action.
* Who are the poor/Why are they poor?: Approaches to understanding poverty;
* Change/progress: grand theories and local trajectories; understanding the nature of change
* Agency/action: agencies of development; social movements; dynamics of agency; development critique.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

SP10204 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Economics Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
  • UHPL-AYB13 : BA(Hons) French and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AYB12 : BA(Hons) German and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AYB16 : BA(Hons) Italian ab inito and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AYB14 : BA(Hons) Italian and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AFB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AAB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Study year abroad (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AKB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Year long work placement (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AAB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Study year abroad (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AYB15 : BA(Hons) Russian ab inito and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 1)
  • UHPL-AYB17 : BA(Hons) Spanish and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 1)
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • UHSP-AFB14 : BSc(Hons) Applied Social Studies (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with Year long work placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with Year long work placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 1)

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2014/15 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2015/16 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2014/15.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.