SP22054: Conflict, security and development
[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: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 75%, CWRA 25% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Reflective Assessment (CWRA 25%)
- Essay (CWES 75%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
�Understand and explain the concepts of conflict, peace, and security.
�Critically evaluate contrasting theories of conflict and the relationship between conflict and development.
�Understand, explain and evaluate how development and peacebuilding responses to conflict have changed over time.
�Critically assess contemporary humanitarian and peacebuilding responses to conflict.
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| Synopsis: | "Gain introductory knowledge of the main theoretical approaches to the study of conflict and development.
You will critically assess:
- debates surrounding the causes of contemporary conflict and the changing character of war
- academic and policy debates around development and peacebuilding interventions in conflict settings"
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| Content: | This unit introduces the main theoretical approaches to the study of conflict and development. It critically assesses debates surrounding the causes of contemporary conflict and the changing character of war, and academic and policy debates around development and peacebuilding interventions in conflict settings.
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| Course availability: |
SP22054 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AKB67 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB68 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB71 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB72 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB70 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB69 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB67 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (French) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB68 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB69 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AFB53 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB53 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with professional placement (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB53 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with professional placement and study abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB53 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with study abroad (Year 2)
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- UHSP-AFB30 : BSc(Hons) Criminology (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB30 : BSc(Hons) Criminology with professional placement (Year 2)
- UHSP-AFB31 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB31 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics with professional placement (Year 2)
- UHSP-AFB32 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB32 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy with professional placement (Year 2)
- UHSP-AFB37 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB37 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with professional placement (Year 2)
- UHSP-AFB35 : BSc(Hons) Sociology (Year 2)
- UHSP-AFB36 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB36 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with professional placement (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB35 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with professional placement (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses 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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