GEOG351-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020

Rethinking Development

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 24 July 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 25 September 2020

Description

This course explores the ways in which people across the globe are building community economies based on ethical concerns for more sustainable and equitable futures. It will provide students with a theoretical basis for rethinking economies and some practical skills in organising for community-based development interventions.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Appreciate the diversity of economic practices that are found in the Majority and Minority worlds.
2. Compare the different theoretical approaches used to frame these diverse economic practices.
3. Analyse the contribution of these diverse economic practices to more sustainable and equitable forms of development.
4. Critically reflect on written materials from a variety of perspectives
5. Plan and critically evaluate a community development case study project based on fostering economic diversity and environmental sustainability

Prerequisites

Any 30 points of 200 level Geography, or
approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

GEOG212

Course Coordinator

Kelly Dombroski

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Annotated Bibliography 15% Peer-reviewed then moderated - individual, in-class. Due Weeks 3, 5, 8
Take home test 35% Due Week 6
Annotated Bibliography with critical reflection 02 Oct 2020 15% Final, complete
Community Project Proposal 16 Oct 2020 35% Group assignment

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $867.00

International fee $4,250.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

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