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Language of Instruction
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English
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Level of Course Unit
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Bachelor's Degree
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Department / Program
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POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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Type of Program
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Formal Education
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Type of Course Unit
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Elective
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Course Delivery Method
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Face To Face
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Objectives of the Course
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This course offers students a conceptual history of “development”. We will first discuss some nuts-and-bolts issues and then delve deeper to its history, starting from early 20th century perspectives to latest discussions that takes into account environmental and feminist perspectives and issues of sustainability.
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Course Content
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This class consists of the analysis of the intellectual history of sustainable development. Today, we consider the uneven distribution of economic wealth on a global scale as one of the key problems that our world faces. Moreover, we are concerned about the sustainability of further economic growth. This was not always the case. Before World War II, development was not an issue that the vast majority of decision makers around the world saw as a problem to be addressed. Even after a consensus emerged after World War II about the need to solve this problem, the ways it has been conceptualized, as well as the views on its causes and possible remedies, diverged greatly and evolved in time. Also, the view that development as a political project has failed and the time to move on a post-development age has started to become popular in some intellectual circles after the 1960’s. As a more optimistic perspective, the agenda of sustainable development emerged. This course offers students a conceptual history of “development”. We will first discuss some nuts-and-bolts issues and then delve deeper to its history, starting from early 20th century perspectives to latest discussions that takes into account environmental and feminist perspectives and issues of sustainability.
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Course Methods and Techniques
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Video Responses: (40 % of your total grade) Each week, I will upload several video presentations. There will be one or two questions in some of them. I will ask you to write a 1-2 paragraph (Say 200-400 words) answer and upload it on Canvas. Each will be graded on a scale of 2.5. You will automatically get a five if your answer reflects your mastery of the material I discuss in the video. You will get a lower grade if you answer the questions without watching the videos in their entirety. There will be a total of eleven assignments. You can miss three submissions without penalties. If you do all eleven, I will ignore your three lowest scores. The deadline for each response is 18:00 PM on Wednesday of the week they are due. No late submissions of any kind will be accepted.
Mid-term (30% of the total grade): On April 20, we will have an in-class midterm exam consisting of short answer questions.
Take-Home Final (30% of the total grade): On Jun 02, I will ask two open-ended questions and give you four days to answer and upload those. It will cover the entire term. I will continue accepting late submissions with a 10 % (3 pts) penalty for 24 hours. The dates are subject to change depending upon other courses final dates.
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Prerequisites and co-requisities
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None
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Course Coordinator
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None
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Name of Lecturers
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None
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Assistants
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None
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Work Placement(s)
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No
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Recommended or Required Reading
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