International Development Studies

Key Features

Most students who register in this course have little or no experience of going and living in developing countries. Therefore, this course utilizes various visual materials such as DVD, documentary films, and photos in order for students to, first of all, know problems that many developing countries encounter. The course attempts to review our image on developing counties by utilizing data collected through academic research and in the policy circle and compare developed and developing courtiers. By doing so, it begins with grasping actual situations in developing countries. Then, the course considers how the problems in developing countries occur, what attempts have been made in order to solve the problems, and in what ways academic research contributes to resolving them. The course is structured in order for students to proactively examine the nature of the problems in developing countries.

Course materials provide very details of the themes discussed in each class together with summary and quizzes, so that students can understand when they read later.

Relevant Courses

"Global Era and international society", "Market economy and society", "Good and bad side of development"

Course Schedule

Session	Contents
1	Developing countries and development: 'the truth about cacao'
2	Various perspectives on development
3	Economic development: agriculture, agricultural development / industrialization
4	Economic development: agriculture, agricultural development / industrialization
5	Development politics and governance theory
6	Development politics and governance theory
7	Social Development
8	Development in the globalizing era
9	Global issues: Gender, population, and peace
10	Global issues: Gender, population, and peace
11	Framework for development cooperation: private capital and developing countries
12	Framework for development cooperation: private capital and developing countries
13	Development Ethics
14	Inter-disciplinary approach in international development studies
15	Class sum up

Grading

Mid-term exam and quiz (40%), Final exam (60%)

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