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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
No.
Contents
Time Allocation
Contribution to CLO
Hour(s) on the class
Essays, exercise,
Assignments...
(3)
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials
(4)
Lecture
(1)
Practice, Seminar…
(2)
1-2
Chapter 1: Population growth and economic development
- The basic issues: population growth and the quality of life
- Demographic transition
- Causes and consequences of high fertility in developing countries
- Policy recommendations
6
0
3
11
1,2,3
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
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
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
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
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
Tổng cộng (giờ)
45
0
22,5
82,5
3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
- Score ladder: 10
- Type of assessment
Form
Content
Criteria
CLO
Proportion
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%
Midterm test
Mid-term test: from Chapter 1 to Chapter 3
Writing test
(45-90 minutes)
1,2,3,4, 5,6
30%
Summative
Final test
All chapters mentioned in the course
MCQ + Writing Test + exercise (60 - 90 minutes)
1,2,3,4, 5,6
60%
Total:
100%