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- Instructor(s)
- Woodall Brian Earl
- Class Format
- Lecture
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- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Mon1-2(S513) Thr1-2(S513)
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- Course number
- TSE.C205
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2016
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2016/4/27
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
This course provides an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of global development. Students will explore the various meanings and objectives of global development, focusing intensively on problems targeted in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals – which aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. To make sense of the challenges of sustainable development, students will examine and critique the major competing goals of global development and explore the roles of different stakeholders in a cross-national perspective. Using real-world cases and small-group projects, this survey course aims to prepare students to better participate in global development projects and prepare them for more advanced courses on development.
Student learning outcomes
By completing this course, students will be able to:
1) Describe and understand the different goals pursued in global development
2) Understand and critically evaluate the major theories in the field
3) Deploy those theories to analyze problems faced by the different actors involved in the
projects of development
4) Describe how key international financial institutions, states, firms, and civil society organizations are organized and how they perceive development issues
5) Use different sources of data to develop cross-country comparisons along with various
indicators of development
Keywords
Global development, sustainable development, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, developed countries, developing countries, Global North, Global South, state actors, private-sector, multinational corporations, civil society, non-governmental organizations, official development assistance, foreign aid
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Three-quarters of each class is devoted to content-based lectures that introduce key concepts to students; the remaining one-quarter of each lecture is devoted to discussion
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | What is global development? | Issue domain, problems, and puzzles of global development |
| Class 2 | Globalization & UN's Sustainable Development Goals | Identify and understand the UN's SDGs |
| Class 3 | Theoretical lens #1: Cultural theory | Understand cultural theories of global development |
| Class 4 | Theoretical lens #2: Modernization & development theory | Understand modernization & development theories of global development |
| Class 5 | Theoretical lens #3: Dependency theory | Understand world systems (dependency) theories of global development |
| Class 6 | Theoretical lens #4: Rational choice theory | Understand rational choice theories of global development |
| Class 7 | Theoretical lens #5: Institutionalist theory | Understand institutionalist theories of global development |
| Class 8 | Stakeholder #1: The State | Understand the role of state actors in global development |
| Class 9 | Stakeholder #2: The Market (private business) & MNCs | Understand the role of the market and MNCs in global development |
| Class 10 | Stakeholder #3: Civil society & NGOs | Understand the role of civil society (e.g., NGOs) in global development |
| Class 11 | Stakeholder #4: International Actors (ODA Donors, UN & IOs) | Understand the role of international actors in global development |
| Class 12 | Case Study: East Asian Developmental States - Japan, Korea, & China | Understand the East Asian "developmental state" approach |
| Class 13 | Preparation for Group Presentations | Organize student teams; identify issues for group-based assessment |
| Class 14 | Group Presentations | Group presentations |
| Class 15 | Course Review and Wrap-up | Review and discuss material covered in the course |
Textbook(s)
Paul Haslam, Jessica Shafer and Pierre Baudet (eds). Introduction to International Development: Approaches, Actors, and Issues. Canada: Oxford University Press, 2012
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not specified
Assessment criteria and methods
Student learning will be assessed by a final examination
Related courses
- TSE.C301 ： Introduction to International Development
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
None
