________________________________________________________________________________________________ Modulhandbuch B.A.-Studiengänge 2024/25; Stand 12. Juni 2024 Seite [204] B4402 Contexts of International Development Code CID Workload 150 h ECTS 5 CP (P) or 4 CP + 1 CP for Evaluation (WP) Subject semester TDS 2, TSA 6 or 8 Frequency Annually Duration 1 Semester Class type (Core Course: P / Elective: W / Partial Elective: WP) P: TDS; WP: TSA Teaching Mode Lecture Contact Hours 4 SWS/ 60 UE Individual Study 90 h Additional Time Requirement Course objectives: Professional expertise Students acquire knowledge of: • The major supernational and international stakeholders in development • Their missions, functions and policies • The current international economic and trade system • The informal sector and urban/rural dichotomy • The global planetarian challenges (migration, environment, resource shortage etc.) • Current trends in economy and trade policies • The role of mass media and digitalisation in international development Course objectives: Skill set Students are able to • Understand the basics of the international and supernational development system • Explain missions, functions and strategies of the major stakeholders • Critically assess the global economic and trade system • Analyse major endogenous challenges of developing countries • Understand the global struggle for resources in a growing world with quickly changing environmental parameters Contents • Multilateral / supernational Organisations of Development: UN-Organisations, WB and other Development Banks, IMF, OECD/DAC, WTO, etc. • Important Governmental Donor Agencies: US AID, EU, BMZ etc. • Major INGOs and German NGOs • The international trade system and financial flows (public as well as private, direct investments and remittances) • International Development Agendas (MDG / SDG / Climate Agenda etc.) • The role of the informal sector of economy in the context of development • The difference between rural and urban development • Effects of mass media and global information flow • Planetarian resources: population growth, food security and environment Teaching Mode Lecture, students presentations, group work and group discussion, reading assignments Prerequisites none Forms of examination and assessment • Qualified participation (pass/fail) in the course is required to ensure that the module objectives are achieved and to earn credit points. (4 CP) • Nine-to-Five-Essay (10.000 characters; 1 CP) – 100 % Literature will be announced at the beginning of the course Scoring for the final grade TDS: Single valuation, TSA: Double valuation
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