UT-203 Global Development and Regional Analysis
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Course Leaders:
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- Aase Jeanette Kvanneid
- Tererai Obey Sithole
- Ida Martine Homane Grødum
- Lecture Semester:
- Autumn
- Teaching language:
- English.
- Duration:
- 1 term
The course is connected to the following study programs
Teaching language
English.Recommended prerequisites
UT-101, UT-107 and UT-113 and UT-114.
Course contents
This course provides students with an advanced introduction to global development at various scales in various regional contexts (Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe). The course emphasizes the importance of different regional contexts and cross-regional comparison in social analysis. More specifically, it will enable students to discern how people and places in the Global South give shape to and are shaped by the dynamics of development trajectories. Presenting perspectives both at a macro and micro level, the course specifically aims to facilitate critical discussion of the relationship between structure and agency in global development.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
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identify and explain central development issues and key development debates in each region
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find and review relevant literature to discuss particular topics and contexts and to apply cross-regional comparison and analysis
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use theories, analytical concepts and social science methods to acquire knowledge of specific countries and regions
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recognise how development processes are marked by interaction between the local, national and global level
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examine and discuss uniformities and variation between countries and among groups in the same region
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use concrete cases to discuss how dynamics of development is marked by contextual factors (for example cultural, political, geographical, historical, social, economic, demographic, ecological, and/or religious)
Examination requirements
Compulsory participation in group work. Further information can be found in Canvas at the start of the semester.
Teaching methods
The course is designed as both a lecture based course and a reading course. Lectures will have different regional and thematic focus. Students will read and work with self-selected literature, also as part of preparing for the final thesis work. There will be seminars with group presentations and discussions, and supervision is provided in groups. Estimated workload is 270 hours.
Evaluation
The person responsible for the course decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.
Assessment methods and criteria
Individual semester assignment (5000 words). Graded A-F.
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| UT-112 – Introduction to Spanish and Latin-American Studies: History, Development and Society | 3 |