2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PIED2201 Development Approaches

20 creditsClass Size: 75

Module manager: Dr. Anna Mdee
Email: a.l.mdee@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Module replaces

PIED2211 Development and Social Change

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

The main theoretical perspectives informing the study of global development will be examined through an historical review which sketches the rise (and fall) of competing theories in the past half century.

Objectives

Students will engage with a range of theoretical debates on the normative underpinnings and implementation of international development. The module provides a historical perspective on the emergence of development as a concept, its changing priorities over the decades, and the winners and losers of different policy approaches.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will:
- have gained an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches to international development and their roots in different disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives;
- be able to use analytical and critical reasoning skills to review competing theoretical approaches;
- be able to assess the contribution of different theoretical approaches to our understanding of how international development can be achieved;
- be able to apply theories and methods of analysis to current issues and debates.

Syllabus

The module will look at the respective roles of the state and market in development history. Theoretical approaches covered include:
- theories of economic development, with a focus on structuralist and neo-liberal approaches;
- competing sociological perspectives on international development, including modernisation, dependency and post-development theories;
- the challenges to mainstream perspectives associated with gender theory and participatory approaches to international development;
- human development and human rights-based approaches to development, including the contribution of A.K. Sen;
- competing perspectives on the global economy and the developing world.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Independent study facilitated by resources on the VLE and resources in the library. Students will also be required to conduct independent research into particular case studies in preparation for seminars, presentations, essays and exams.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Seminar discussions will be centred around student participation, ensuring they have grasped the week’s issues and clarifying any misunderstandings. This will also be a space for students to practice the presentation of ideas and arguments to their fellow students and feeding back to class the literature they have covered. This learning and feedback will be facilitated through small group work and informal presentations of ideas that will serve as a way to develop important skills in a non-assessed context.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Critique	1x1,000 word mid-term critical review	35.00
Essay	1 x 2,500 essay end of semester	65.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 28/07/2017

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