GV104-4-FY-CO:
Sustainable Development
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2015/16
Government
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Inactive
30
20 February 2009
Requisites for this module
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BA L900 International Development,
BA L901 International Development (Including Year Abroad),
BA L902 International Development (Including Placement Year)
This module wil provide students with an overview of contemporary Development theories and the key issues that developing countries face. It will critically examine the different ways of thiinking about the Third World and explore the various perspectives on human development and human security.
Students will also be introduced to the specific economic, political and social realities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The module will examine all of the issues that plague countries in the Third World with a special atention to the politics of Sub-Saharan Africa. In particular it will look at the issues that face this area - and understand why it is often characterized as a lost continent, plagued by economic and political crises. In spite of this assessment, there has been variation in performance across the continent and acrosss time. The course will attempt to uncover why this is the case.
In better understanding Sub-Saharan Africa, the course will explore issues that all countries in the developing world face including the legacies of colonialism, the rise of authoritatian rule and personalism, ethnic conflict and violence, economic development and stagnation, the effects of policies reform, political development and democratic consolidation, human rights and humanitarian crises, sustainable development and issues of health and safety, disease and water sanitation. Finally the course will also deal with the role of international actors in shaping Africa's development and contemplate what holds for Afirca's future.
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One hour Lecture and one hour class
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Main exam: 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Natasha Ezrow
nezrow non-essex users add @essex.ac.uk Module Administrator Becky Fray rfray@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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