2019-2020 / SOCI0088-1

Introduction to international cooperation and humanitarian aid

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in human and social sciences (Nouveau programme)5 crédits 
 Bachelor in sociology and anthropology3 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté des Sciences sociales)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Gautier Pirotte

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course proposes an introduction to the international cooperation and the humanitarian aid by offering first of all a panorama of the actors and contemporary stakes mobilising these sectors. The seminars also approach several current  debates on cooperation sector. 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course aims at familiarizing students with actors and stakes of development cooperation and humanitarian aid by approaching different topics. Students should also acquire some critical faculties.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is mainly organised via a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). This MOOC propose some podcast, quizz and debats.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

This course is organized for a large part on Internet (MOOC) and partly in the form of some face to face seminars.

Recommended or required readings

No Syllabus.
Powerpoint files, quizz, test and complementary readings progressively distributed at each lesson.

Assessment methods and criteria

On going evaluation linked to the MOOC + Final Report.
Second session: written work, the concrete modalities of which are to be agreed with the teacher.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Gautier Pirotte
Gautier.Pirotte@uliege.be
Tel : 03/66.27.80
 
Pierre Beaulieu (assistant)
Pierre.Beaulieu@uliege.be  
Tél.: 04/366.52.69

Véronique Fettweis (assistante MOOC)
Veronique.fettweis@ulg.ac.be 
 
Secretariat :
Nathalie Pulgar
npulgar@ulg.ac.be
Tel : 03/366.36.18

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Courses already organized largely at a distance and therefore little impacted by containment. 
The few sessions of courses in the presence of students have been eliminated. The initially planned "World Café" has been replaced by a "Facebook live". 

Assessment subjects

Identical

Assessment methods

No change

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

No change

Assessment methods

Parliamentary report due August 16. Precise modalities on the MOOC platform available this summer.

Contacts