SP10204: Introduction to international development
[Page last updated: 01 August 2022]
| Academic Year: | 2022/23 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 20%, PF 80% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Assessment Group N: CW 20% - SPS Students (CW 20% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
- Assessment Group N: PF 80% - Portfolio SPS Students (PF 80% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
- Assessment Group O: CW 20% - Non SPS Students (CW 20%)
- Assessment Group O: CW 80% - Non SPS Students (CW 80%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- SP10204 CW Reassessment 20% (where allowed by programme regulations)
- SP10204 CW Reassessment 80% CW (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Skills: | Critical analysis of texts
Clear and logical expression, oral and written
Critical reflection on own experience and connections across text and context.
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| 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.
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| Programme availability: |
SP10204 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- UHSP-AFB21 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics (Year 1)
- UHSP-AKB21 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 1)
SP10204 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Economics
- UHES-AFB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics (Year 1)
- UHES-AAB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Study year abroad (Year 1)
- UHES-AKB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UHES-ACB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Combined Placement and Study 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)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2022/23 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2023/24 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2022/23.
- Programmes and units are subject to change 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.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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