Global Justice in Action- SUD I

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 3	Josep F. Mària Serrano	Ciencias Sociales	ENG

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

This subject serves as one more step to prepare undergrad students who want to carry out the SUD Internship Program. These are considered Compulsory Curricular Internships except for 4th GBD students who can decide whether to consider it as their Compulsory Curricular Internship or their Optional Curricular Internship.

This subject is also open to other students interested in learning about activist reality in Developing Countries (mainly Latin America) and, in large brushstrokes, about the world of development cooperation.

For Business Administration students, it is important to be aware of the economic and human problems of globalisation, including in economically less-developed countries or those with more dire life conditions, in particular, in Latin America with which Spanish multinationals have a special relationship.

Course Learning Objectives

The global objective of this course is to raise students' interest in collaborating professionally in SUD Projects as solidarity-minded consultants, working within a more global framework to highlight the transcendence of their contributions. This global framework includes the following topics:

1. Development dynamics in the impoverished world.

2.The origins of cooperation and geopolitical trends and changes.

3. Latin America: society, culture and poverty.

4. Other geographic areas where SUD Internship Projects take place.

CONTENT

1. Stepping out into the wide, wide world After this session, students will understand the course dynamics as well as how the SUD programme and its internships work. They will also become aware of the reality beyond the classroom.
2. A wounded world Debating on main global problems and the urgency to take action.
3. Development cooperation: What have we done until now? This session serves to help students to understand the framework which encompasses international development cooperation.
4. Close-up to Latin America: history and culture Students should be aware that Latin American countries are very different from each other, though their history and social problems share many of the same root causes. Students should gain a greater appreciation for the grandeur, legacy and cultural diversity of the region, in particular, appreciating the wealth of its literature.
5. Close-up to Latin America: economy Students will be able to better understand the region's economic development expectations and the ups and downs for an eternally promising future.
6. Close-up to Europe and its borders This session helps students to understand the current situation of the different European challenges at its internal and external borders.
7. Alternative development models: reasons for hope. Re-thinking the world we live in and the alternative models for development.

1. Stepping out into the wide, wide world

After this session, students will understand the course dynamics as well as how the SUD programme and its internships work. They will also become aware of the reality beyond the classroom.

2. A wounded world

Debating on main global problems and the urgency to take action.

3. Development cooperation: What have we done until now?

This session serves to help students to understand the framework which encompasses international development cooperation.

4. Close-up to Latin America: history and culture

Students should be aware that Latin American countries are very different from each other, though their history and social problems share many of the same root causes.

Students should gain a greater appreciation for the grandeur, legacy and cultural diversity of the region, in particular, appreciating the wealth of its literature.

5. Close-up to Latin America: economy

Students will be able to better understand the region's economic development expectations and the ups and downs for an eternally promising future.

6. Close-up to Europe and its borders

This session helps students to understand the current situation of the different European challenges at its internal and external borders.

7. Alternative development models: reasons for hope.

Re-thinking the world we live in and the alternative models for development.

Relation between Activities and Contents

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Final exam
Team Project
Class participation and attendance

Methodology

Classes will generally consist of 3 parts:
1. Lectures on the session topics. These will be recorded and sent to students before the online or in-class sessions.
2. Additional material, articles and/or videos to complement the lectures and prepare students for the online or in-class sessions.
3. Sessions with faculty to debate on the contents.

In addition, SUD Alumni will take part in some session to talk about their experiences.

Description	%
Final exam	30
Team Project	40
Class participation and attendance	30

Assessment criteria

Attendance and participation online or in-class: 30% Students' participation and post-session reflections will be considered.
Team Project on a social/economic problem affecting a specific group of people: 40% (minimum grade to pass the course: 4/10)
Exam: 30% (minimum grade to pass the course: 4/10)

In addition, students also have to achieve the following in order to pass this subject:
1. Attend at least 6 of the 7 sessions. No additional justified absences will be accepted unless directly approved and notified by Programme Management.
2. Earn a minimum of 4 out of 10 on the exam and Team Project.

Bibliography

Thorp, Rosemary: Progreso, Pobreza y Exclusión. Una historia económica de América Latina en el siglo XX. Washington, BID, Unión Europea, 1998.

BID, Informe económico y social de América Latina (annual editions).
https://flagships.iadb.org/es/MacroReport2020/Politicas-para-combatir-la-pandemia

CEPAL, Estudio económico de América Latina y el Caribe (annual editions) http://www.cepal.org/es/publicaciones/tipo/estudio-economico-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe

CEPAL, Panorama social de América Latina (annual editions)
http://www.cepal.org/es/publicaciones/tipo/panorama-social-de-america-latina

FAO, El estado de la inseguridad alimentaria en el mundo (Sofi), the latest annual edition.
http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/es

FAOSTAT, Base estadística electrónica:
http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home

UNDP, Informe sobre el desarrollo humano (the latest annual edition).
http://report.hdr.undp.org/es/

UNFPA, State of WorldPopulation (the latest annual edition).
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/

World Bank, "World Development Indicators" (the latest annual edition).
http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators

Type:	OPT	Curs:	3	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	2 ECTS

Global Justice in Action- SUD I (2225.YR.014704.2)

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