Programme Summary and Regulations 2011-2012 - EMFSS Access Route (New Regulations)

Table of Contents

1. University of London International Programmes Programme Summary and Regulations Access route to the degrees and diplomas in Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences
2. Important information regarding the Programme Summary and Regulations
3. Programme Summary
4. Detailed Regulations
5. Annex A Syllabuses
   1. DV1171 Introduction to international development
   2. GY1009 Human geography
   3. GY1147 Physical geography: fundamentals of the physical environment
   4. GY1148 Methods of geographical analysis (half course)
   5. IR1011 Introduction to international relations
   6. IR1034 World history since 1917
   7. IS1168 Introduction to computer systems architecture and programming
   8. PS1130 Introduction to modern political thought
   9. LA1031 Common law reasoning and institutions
   10. MT105A Mathematics 1 (half course)
   11. MT105B Mathematics 2 (half course)
   12. MT1174 Calculus
   13. PS1114 Democratic politics and the State
   14. SC1021 Principles of sociology
   15. SC1158 Reading social science (half course)
   16. ST104A Statistics 1 (half course)
   17. ST104B Statistics 2 (half course)
6. Annex B Assessment Criteria
7. Glossary of terms
8. Related documents and other sources of information
9. Corrections

DV1171 Introduction to international development

Syllabus

Part 1: A framework for the course

Ideas of development: Enlightenment origins; academic specialisation and colonialism; ideas of development after 1945.

Part 2: Theories of development

Theories of the State and market: Founding theories of the state; theorizations since 1945; founding theories of the market; theorizations since 1945.

Theories of institutions and civil society: Founding theories of institutions; recent theorizations; founding theories of civil society; theorizations since 1945.

The origins of Capitalism and the rise of the West: Why Europe?; the non-European world and early European imperialism; the age of empire.

The rise and fall of the era of national development: The Cold War and the Long Boom; political independence and 'Third Worldism'; the crisis of the 1970s and its consequences.

Part 3: Key themes in development policy and practice

Late development and industrial policy: Industrialisation - meaning and early approaches; implications for other aspects of development; late industrial policies; managing trade and investment.

Agrarian change and rural development: Land reform and agrarian reform; the 'Green Revolution'; newer approaches to rural development.

Governance and public policy: Governance; Governance and corruption; understanding democracy; democracy and economic growth; democracy and poverty.

The international order: Understanding globalisation; how old is globalisation?; how does globalisation affect development?; has globalisation affected poverty and inequality?; understanding the international system - the United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Fund.