Duration
45h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The aim of this course is to enable students to deal with a central theme in development science - poverty - from different points of view (disciplinary, theoretical and practical).
The seminar takes place throughout the year and aims to put students in a learning position, but also in a position to articulate the concepts and practices seen in the course.
Students will work in sub-groups to carry out a 'multi-dimensional' analysis of the poverty situation in a southern country. To do this, they will have to mobilise the concepts, tools and disciplinary approaches that they will have covered during the course (theoretical sessions and practical work).
They will have to conduct interviews with ad hoc stakeholders, carry out economic analyses using quantitative indicators relating to poverty, and carry out socio-anthropological analyses using qualitative data gathered during interviews. They should be able to write a research report and present their main findings to a jury.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Understand the concept of poverty and its different dimensions
- Use tools to analyse and understand poverty in a given country
- Conduct research and write a research report
- Present results
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Reading capacity
- writing capacity
- Articulation between theoretical framework, practical exercises, and work theme.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
During the first or second session, students will be assigned a country for which they will have to carry out a poverty analysis (in sub-groups).
Throughout the year, students will be given the tools they need to carry out this country analysis, thanks to the contributions of several specialists in poverty issues (economists, sociologists, anthropologists).
The first semester will be devoted to theoretical and practical courses, with a focus on economics through presentations on monetary and multidimensional poverty, the concept of material deprivation and inequality.
A partial assessment is scheduled in January: written examination.
The second four-month period will be devoted to the follow-up of presentations by southern practitioners and/or specialists in the field, this time with a more socio-anthropological focus. This four-month period will feature experts from the 'South' and socio-political analyses of the construction of the concept of poverty.
This second phase of the course will also include compulsory group follow-up sessions.
During this second term, students will be required to continue their data collection work for the country analysis (work in sub-groups).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
This course is given mainly face-to-face throughout the year (timetable available on CELCAT). Attendance and participation in the course are compulsory (absence to be justified, 1 unjustified absence is tolerated).
Recommended or required readings
Exam(s) in session
January exam session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
May-June exam session
- In-person
oral exam
August-September exam session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
In addition to the written part-examination in January, which accounts for 40% of the final grade, students will be required to hand in regular homework assignments (10%) and submit a written group research report in May, presenting their findings to a jury (50%).
Students will therefore be assessed in a number of ways:
- Homework to be handed in via eCampus
- Partial written exam in January
- Submission of a collective written report
- Collective oral defence of results.
In the event of failure or absence from either the mid-term or the written report, the student will be disqualified and will have to retake the part that was failed or not submitted.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Mélissa Schneider - melissa.schneider@uliege.be
Frieda Vandeninden - f.vandeninden@uliege.be