Key Thinkers and Doers in Development (L2145)
Key Thinkers and Doers in Development
Module L2145
Module details for 2025/26.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 4
Module Outline
How did the world get like this? This module examines thinkers and doers whose lives
and work help explain the way we live now. Inequality and poverty arose by design, not chance and
stories of human rights abuses and failures in development have deep roots. In this module we explore
key thinkers whose works have shaped the world and whose works help us to think about how to
unravel global complexities. Students will read original texts from the key thinkers and additional
supporting texts. The module provides students with a broad understanding of different approaches to
development thinkers and doers, and their current applicability under global capitalism.
Module learning outcomes
Demonstrate a basic understanding of the key thinkers and doers in
development
Demonstrate a basic knowledge of why their ideas are pivotal to
development thinking, and how their ideas have been deployed over time
Demonstrate a basic understanding of how these thinkers’ ideas have
been deployed in ways that marginalise and/or that liberate marginalised
peoples through varying development processes
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Essay (1100 words) | Semester 2 Assessment Week 1 Thu 16:00 | 70.00% |
| Coursework | 30.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Essay | T2 Week 5 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Lecture | 1 hour | 11111111111 |
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 1 hour | 11111111111 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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