Programme And Module Handbook
 
Programme Specification


Date Specification Approved 26/09/2014
College College Arts and Law
School History and Cultures
Department African Studies & Anthropology
Partner College and School
Collaborative Organisation and Form of Collaboration
Qualification and Programme Title B.A. African Studies with Development Full-time
Programme Code 4719
Delivery Location Campus
Language of Study English
Length of Programme 3 Year(s)
Accreditations This programme has no outside accreditations
Aims of the Programme The aims of the programme are:
--to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study and understanding of African change and development;
--to introduce students to core theories and methods of development studies, highlighting both the latters¿ relevance to African studies and the contribution of Africanist research to development thinking and practice;
--to provide students with a grounding in African historical and contemporary subject matter and an understanding of how different disciplinary perspectives on this material intersect, with particular reference to planned socio-economic change;
--to encourage in students a capacity for independent enquiry and critical judgement.
Programme Outcomes
Students are expected to have Knowledge and Understanding of: Which will be gained through the following Teaching and Learning methods: and assessed using the following methods:
A range of sub-Saharan African environments and societies and the dynamics of change overtime
The place of sub-Saharan Africa within the global context.
A range of definitions of socio-economic development and means of measuring, stimulating and analysing it.
The key methods and concepts of the contributory disciplines in African Studies.
The merits of contrasting theories in the analysis of sub-Saharan African societies.
Lectures, seminars, independent reading, project work and individual / group research throughout the degree programme
Group presentations, individual / group project reports, essays, timed exams, independent study / dissertation
Students are expected to have attained the following Skills and other Attributes: Which will be gained through the following Teaching and Learning methods: and assessed using the following methods:
The ability to engage critically with the region under study from a number of disciplinary perspectives, and to apply an interdisciplinary approach to the study of particular societies
The ability to identify a problem or area of enquiry, and to search for, select and evaluate relevant sources of information
The ability to interpret, synthesise, critically interrogate a range of primary and secondary sources, generated within and outside of sub-Saharan Africa, and to reference these appropriately in their academic writing
To communicate their findings and their analysis clearly and coherently, both in written and oral formats
To work with a significant amount of independence, including self-direction, initiative and time-management
To listen effectively, work with others, and respond constructively to feedback
Lectures, seminars, group presentations, independent reading and project work in modules throughout the degree programme
Group presentations, individual / group project reports, essays, timed exams, book reviews, independent study / dissertation