2021-2022 / SOCI0088-1

Introduction to international cooperation and humanitarian aid

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in human and social sciences (New programme)5 crédits 
 Bachelor in sociology and anthropology3 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences)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, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Additional information:

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.
Book required: 
PIROTTE Gautier (2021), La Fabrique de l'aide internationale, Liège, Presses Universitaires de Liège, 192p. 

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