Chapter 2 Structure and schedule

2.1 Weekly schedule

This is how the general structure of a week looks like:

Activity	Deadline	Description
Guide topic covered	Before each session	This is your introduction to the topic
Readings topic covered	Before each session	We will cover about two topics per week
Commentary	Friday 11:59 pm	Use the overarching questions on the topic to write your commentary.

2.2 Tentative Calendar

Here is a tentative calendar of the topics that we will cover during the course:

Week	Dates	Topic
1	Jan 9-15	Introduction
2	Jan 16-22	What is development?
2	Jan 16-22	Choose your team and topic for the final project
2	Jan 16-22	Development Theories
3	Jan 23-29	Poverty, Inequality and Development
4	Jan 30-Feb 5	History and development: Pre-colonial Africa and trade of enslaved persons
4	Jan 30-Feb 5	History and development: The Legacies of Colonialism
5	Feb 6-12	Development policies after Independence
5	Feb 6-12	Assessment 1: Thursday 1:30 pm- Friday 5 pm
6	Feb 13-19	Politics and Development
6	Feb 13-19	The role of institutions
7	Feb 20-26	Corruption and Development
7	Feb 20-26	Ethnic diversity and fractionalization
8	Feb 27-Mar 2	Conflict and development
9	Mar 6-12	Spring Break
10	Mar 13-19	Structuring the economy: Agriculture
10	Mar 13-19	Structuring the economy: Industrial policy
11	Mar 20-26	International trade
11	Mar 20-26	Investment and financial development
12	Mar 27-Apr 2	Foreign aid
12	Mar 27-Apr 2	Assessment 2: Thursday 1:30 pm- Friday 5 pm
13	Apr 3-9	Gender and Development
13	Apr 3-9	Religion and Development
14	Apr 10-16	The ‘curse’ of natural resources
14	Apr 10-16	Environmental Degradation and Development
15	Apr 17-23	The rural-urban divide and migration
15	Apr 17-23	Assessment 3: Thursday 1:30 pm- Friday 5 pm
16	Apr 24-30	Final project due by Friday, Apr 28th- 11:59 pm