Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC Global Development Challenges I
School	Government
Department	Political Sci & Intern'tl Stud
Module Code	08 34184
Module Lead	Fiona Nunan
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites	LC Global Development Challenges II - (08 34189)
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-5 hours Seminar-10 hours Guided independent study-85 hours Total: 100 hours
Exclusions
Description	What are the key global development challenges and why do they persist? What is being done to address these challenges? This module provides key insights into and analysis of some of the world’s most pressing development challenges, including climate change, poverty, inequality, and migration. We will critically examine each of the Sustainable Development Goals, which form the basis of an international consensus on action to address these challenges. We will analyse the scale of the task for each goal, and explore the feasibility of a range of possible ways to achieve it, from international commitment through to community action. Lectures will be complemented with participatory seminars, giving students the opportunity to understand the scale and complexity of the global development challenges, debate progress towards the SDGs, and understand the key barriers and opportunities for meeting these development goals in the future.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Outline the scale and complexity of the key global development challenges. Describe and critique the Sustainable Development Goals. Describe and critique approaches to monitoring and measuring progress towards development goals.
Assessment	34184-03 : 2,000 Word Country Report : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 1 x 2000 word essay. Reassessment: 1 x 2000 word essay.
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