1. COURSE OBJECTIVES
The course equips students with development issues confronting developing countries and suggests a number of theoretical models to analyze and make recommendations for development problems.
2. COURSE CONTENTS
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No. |
Contents |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments… (3) |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials (4) |
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Lecture (1) |
Practice, Seminar… (2) |
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1-2 |
Chapter 1: Population growth and economic development
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6 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
1,2,3 |
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3-4 |
Chapter 2: Urbanization and rural-urban migration 2.1 The migration and urbanization dilemma 2.2 The urban informal sector 2.3 Migration and development 2.4 Economic theory of rural-urban migration |
6 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
1,2,3,4,5,6 |
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5-7 |
Chapter 3. Education and Health in development 3.1 The central roles of education and health 3.2 Investing in education and health: the human capital approach 3.3 Education systems and development 3.4 Health measure and distribution |
9 |
0 |
4,5 |
16.5 |
1,2,3,4,5,6 |
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8-10 |
Chapter 4. Agricultural transformation and rural development 4.1 The structure of agrarian systems in the developing world 4.2 The microeconomics of farmer behavior and agricultural development 4.3 Core requirements of a strategy of agricultural and rural development |
9 |
0 |
4,5 |
16.5 |
1,2,3 |
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11-12 |
Chapter 5. The environment and development 5.1 Environment and development 5.2 Global warming and climate change 5.3 Economic models of environment issues 5.4 Policy options in developed and developing countries |
6 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
1,2,3,4,5,6 |
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13-15 |
Chapter 6. The roles of market, state and civil society 6.1 Development planning 6.2 Market failures 6.3 Government failures 6.4 The roles of civil society in development |
9 |
0 |
4,5 |
16,5 |
1,2,3 |
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Tổng cộng (giờ) |
45 |
0 |
22,5 |
82,5 |
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3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
– Score ladder: 10
– Type of assessment
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Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
Attendance, answering questions given during lecture hours can be accumulated and added to the mid-term or final test with the weight given to the final test is 50% of that of the mid-term test. |
The number of attendances and participation in lesson and answer question in the class |
3,5,6 |
10% |
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Midterm test |
Mid-term test: from Chapter 1 to Chapter 3 |
Writing test (45-90 minutes) |
1,2,3,4, 5,6 |
30% |
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Summative |
Final test |
All chapters mentioned in the course |
MCQ + Writing Test + exercise (60 – 90 minutes) |
1,2,3,4, 5,6 |
60% |
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Total: |
100% |
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