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SP12008: International development: social and cultural perspectives

[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Credits: 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 100
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CWES 40%, CWPF 60%
Assessment Detail:
  • Portfolio (CWPF 60%)
  • Essay (CWES 40% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit students should be able to:
* appreciate how Sociology and Social Anthropology can illuminate Global Development debates
* discern the Western cultural influences and notion of modernity underlying International Development
* describe a range of ways in which class, race/ethnicity, disability, and gender have been understood by classical and contemporary theorists, and use these concepts in exploring inequality and difference in practical contexts
* critically discuss the role of culture in shaping identity in community-based development
* Identify and describe key formative concepts used in analysing social life, such as: structure and agency; social institutions, social order and social relations; production and reproduction; inclusion and exclusion; power; culture and identity.


Synopsis: Develop your understanding of social inequality: class, race/ethnicity, gender, disability, and analyse forms of solidarity: families, households and communities. You will be introduced to some of the classical theorists with analysis of the contemporary situation and also reflect critically on your own experience of living in society and consider how it is similar or different from that of people living in different parts of the world.

Content: This unit will develop your understanding of social inequality: class, race/ethnicity, gender, disability, and analyse forms of solidarity: families, households and communities. It will introduce some of the classical theorists with analysis of the contemporary situation and also reflect critically on your own experience of living in society and consider how it is similar or different from that of people living in different parts of the world.

Course availability:

SP12008 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • UHSP-AFB31 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB31 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics with professional placement (Year 1)

SP12008 is Optional on the following courses:

Department of Economics
  • UHES-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Economics (Year 2)
  • UHES-AFB11 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics (Year 2)
  • UHES-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics with professional placement (Year 2)
  • UHES-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics with professional placement and study abroad (Year 2)
  • UHES-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics with study abroad (Year 2)
  • UHES-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Economics with professional placement (Year 2)
  • UHES-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Economics with professional placement and study abroad (Year 2)
  • UHES-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Economics with study abroad (Year 2)

Notes:

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