ANY3480

The Third World (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: TBA

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Students can expect to develop: 1. An understanding of the inequalities between the world's nations. 2. An understanding of how the structure of global inequality effects different human groups in different ways. 3. An increased awareness of the long-term historical, cultural, political, and economic forces which created and continue to create global inequalities. 4. Critical evaluative skills with regard to theoretical models which strive to explain unequal development. 5. An enhanced crosscultural knowledge about the dynamics of unequal development and its primary consequences. 6. An understanding of Third World writers' views about these above mentioned issues.

Assessment: One research essay (3000 words): 60% + One review essay (1500 words): 40%

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prerequisites: Appropriate first-year ANY sequence or by permission

Prohibitions: COS3430