Course Objective: The main objective of the course is to focus on the key development challenges of the developing countries. It deals with the concepts and theories of development, poverty analysis, problems of education, health, aid, role of NGOs and civil society in development. It will equip students with insights on the challenges of development and formulating policies to address them.
Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students would be able to:
-Explain the problems of the developing world and the poor.
-Analyze the disadvantages of the developing countries and their reasons.
-Critically assess the current policies and draw some suggestions on policy changes and practices.
- Teacher: Prof. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad Mokbul
- introduces descriptive and inferential statistics applied to analysis of data from development studies, and
- familiarize with key statistical concepts and acquire practical skills for understanding and conducting quantitative research in areas related to sustainable development.
- Teacher: Professor Rajendra Shrestha
The course is intended to introduce students to the main components of a research framework i.e., scientific inquiry, problem statement, research design, ethical issues in research, report writing, and presentation. Once equipped with this knowledge, the students would be well‐placed to conduct graduate level research under supervision in an area of their choosing in the Department of Development and Sustainability.
- Teacher: Sohee Kim
- Teacher: Professor Rajendra Shrestha
Course Objectives:
With increasing need for evidence-based policies, understanding of fundamental statistics has become a requirement for those inspiring to work in the field of international development. This course introduces descriptive and inferential statistics applied to analysis of data from development studies. It will allow students to familiarize themselves with key statistical concepts and acquire practical skills for understanding and conducting quantitative research in areas related to sustainable development.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Understand basic statistics and their importance for development and sustainability
- Apply relevant statistical analysis techniques for quantitative studies in international development
- Use SPSS for basic statistical analysis
- Have a strong foundation in quantitative analysis, which will allow them to pursue more advanced courses in statistics
- Teacher: Dr. Sylvia Szabo
Course objective: As the natural resources are shrunken, global population is growing, and climate change is threatening our existence, achieving sustainable development needs new thinking. To harmonize human and nature for long-term co-existence and to address the socio-economic, political and cultural development in the region, it is important to have a broad-based understanding of development and sustainability. This course provides basic concepts related to development and sustainability especially in analyzing the situation in Asia. It equips students to have a sound basis to go further into their own specializations, by understanding the interlinkages of the frameworks and issues pertaining to development and sustainability.
- Teacher: Prof. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad Mokbul
- Teacher: Prof. Vilas Nitivattananon