Programme info
Micro-credential: The political ecology of sustainable development and green policy
- Study load: 3 ECTS credits
- Language of instruction: English
- Location: Stadscampus
- Faculty: Institute of Development Policy
Learning outcomes
This micro-credential focuses on the following learning outcomes.
1. The particopant is able to understand key global evolutions and issues in human-nature debates, relating social changes (and notions of “development”) to ecological processes, while understanding the underlying paradigms within a historical context and broader perspective.
2. The participant develops a critical appreciation of how a wide variety of factors, including politics and power are entangled with and produce ecological and social change.
3. The participant is stimulated to understand, analyse, and critically assess a number of key concepts and cases at different scales, and situate them in broader structural power geographies.
Practical information
The course is organised in 9 sessions of 2 hours. The overall course is organised between mid-January and the end of February, spread out over various sessions per week . Attendance in class is mandatory to allow for interaction, debate and group work. All sessions are organised in Antwerp (city campus).
Students of the micro-credential course will participate in the same session as the students of the advanced master programmes in Development Studies of IOB. This group consists of a group of predominantly international students of about 20 students. The sessions will consist of lectures, debates, class discussions and presentations.
Evaluation
The course is evaluated based on a written essay at the end of the course.
Division of credits: Essay (3 ECTS)
Assessment criteria:
- Knowledge and understanding of content.
- Ability to analyse critically and defend a perspective.
- Ability to apply concepts to practical examples.
- Ability to present content in a structured and attractive way.
- Ability to build and defend an argument
Division of Marks: 3 ECTS for the entire microcredential
Assessment 2nd exam session: Essay exam