LundU:Sociology of Human Development

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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On completion of the course, students shall be able:

• to analyse existing theories within the field of the sociology of development and how they have evolved since the Second World War;
• to distinguish development problems and to apply different development theories and central sociological concepts while analysing those;
• to examine existing literature and to independently search for and assess relevant texts;
• to apply the acquired knowledge in a professional setting;
• to communicate knowledge both verbally and orally;
• to compare an evaluate scientific texts as well as to master the basic principles of references management; and,
• to have knowledge of research ethics related to sociological research.

The first part of the course is assessed by an individual exercise. The second part of the course is assessed by continuous assessment in the case of taking the course as a basic course. The paper should also address one or more of the problems discussed in sub course 2 and the student must be able to show that she/he has a capability to reflect in a critical way as well as coming up with realistic and manageable solutions relating to the problems that are chosen.

Assessment will be based on:

• individual reflective reports on the student's learning process, written throughout the course;
• group presentations and active participation in seminars; and,
• an individually written course paper in which the student chooses a specific development issue and analyses it using one (or more) theoretical perspectives.

• Vandana Desai and Robert B. Potter. (2002). The Companion to Development Studies, London, Hodder Arnold.
• McMichael, Philip. (2004). Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, London, 3rd Edition, Pine Forge Press.
• UNDP, Human Development Report, 2007/2008. Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World, http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008.
• Chambers, Robert. (1997). Whose Reality Counts? Putting the First Last, London, ITDG Publishing.
• Spicker, Paul. (2007). The Idea of Poverty, Bristol, Policy Press.
• UNDP, Human Development Report 2008/2009.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.