AIP211 - Politics of Poverty and Prosperity
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 3: Francis Tarpey-Brown |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | AIS302 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week 1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided) 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit asks urgent and important questions about why it is that some parts of the world are poor while others are rich. With human suffering, power and inequality as its central concerns, the unit covers key historical and contemporary processes that contribute to these dire social, political and economic problems. The unit is organized into three modules: colonialism, capitalism and development. It explores these ideas in historical and conceptual terms, and draws extensively on case studies from Africa and Latin America, with some case studies also from Asia. Assessment tasks allow students to develop a deep knowledge about a country of their choice.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Accurately define and explain colonialism and critically evaluate its enduring impacts on development prospects for formerly colonised countries | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Accurately define and explain capitalism and development, and critically evaluate their impacts on prospects for prosperity in formerly colonised countries | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Critically analyse real-life private, public or non-government actors work in contexts shaped by colonialism, capitalism and development | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO4 | Critically synthesise an understanding of colonialism, capitalism and development to explain why some people are impoverished, and others enjoy prosperity, and critically evaluate strategies for overturning processes of impoverishment | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Research and writing exercise | 1000 words | 25% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2: Research and writing exercise | 2000 words | 50% | Week 11 |
| Assessment 3: Oral assessment | 1000 words or equivalent | 25% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for AIP211 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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