Undergraduate Course: International Development, Aid and Humanitarianism (AFRI08001)
Course Outline
School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | YEAR 1 STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO SIGN UP TO THIS COURSE.
This course allows undergraduate students to develop an understanding of social scientific and historical engagements with international development, aid, and humanitarianism. It focuses attention on the global challenges relating to, inter alia, poverty, inequality, human rights, the environment, technology, urbanization, public health, and governance.
The course will explore the histories, impacts and legacies of international development planning and policy, introducing students to foundational issues in development studies and offering them the opportunity to conduct a modest research project on a specific theme. The course will explore the relationships between economic growth and inequality, structures of aid and trade, relationships of power and dependency, conflict, urbanisation and migration as well as approaches to public health and the environment.
At the end of the 10 week course, students will be able to discuss and analyse key debates in the theory and practice of international development and will have a firm grounding in the historical and political contexts that continue to frame 'development' at both the local and global level. |
Course description |
The course aims to give you a brief introduction to a broad range of topics, including the roots of development; the colonial roots of global health; philanthrocapitalism and aid; indigeneity, development and post-development; gender and development; governance, NGOs and civil society; issues of governance as expressed online; microfinance and digital financial services; humanitarianism and 'natural' disasters; informality and urban-rural development; development and infrastructure; mining, agriculture and development; and climate, justice and development.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Year 1 students can sign up to this course. |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
165 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
45 %,
Coursework
45 %,
Practical Exam
10 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
The Degree Examination mark for the course will be based on a combination of:
1) Policy Brief, 45%: Students will be expected to produce a 1,500-2,000-word policy brief by the end of Week 7 on a key development issue. This constitutes a formative feedback event.
2) Exam, 45%: A centrally-scheduled, on-campus exam sat at the end of the Semester.
3) Tutorial Participation, 10%. |
Feedback |
Will be offered on your policy brief and on your exam. |
Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Exam | 2:120 | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Have a critically informed overview of contemporary international development and humanitarianism, policy making and political economy, locating policy agendas historically and within a global context.
- Have an ability to apply the skills and knowledge acquired in social science disciplines to global challenges.
- Have a critical understanding of and engagement with key issues, themes and arenas of policy making and intervention in the arena of international development and humanitarianism.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Thomas Molony
Tel: (0131 6)50 6976
Email: Thomas.Molony@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Karen Leung
Tel:
Email: Karen.Leung@ed.ac.uk |
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