EDS210 Environment, Development and Climate Change in Tanzania
Credits (ECTS):10
Course responsible:Lars Kåre Grimsby
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk
Limits of class size:20
Course frequency:Biennially (odd years)
Nominal workload:250 hours.
Teaching and exam period:This course has teaching and assessment in the June block.
About this course
The course is conducted over four weeks in Tanzania, and focuses on issues at the interface between developmental, environmental and climate change issues. The course is organized by Noragric in collaboration with Sokoine University of Agriculture, and is conducted in Morogoro, Tanzania.
The students will have presentations from specialists and researchers explaining relevant theories and Tanzanian policies. A series of field visits will provide the students with direct observations, experiences, discussions and interactions with villagers, and impressions that illustrate the actual practices related to the theories and policies from different perspectives. This combination of theory and practice is intended to offer the students a deeper understanding of various livelihood, development, environment and climate challenges facing Tanzania.
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
The student is able to describe/explain
- principal environmental challenges, development concerns and climate change issues in Tanzania
- historical, socio-ecological and political economic perspectives relevant for understanding development in Tanzania
- agriculture’s role in development in Tanzania
- ways in which rural livelihoods in the Global South are inter-linked with national and global governance and environmental issues
Skills:
The student is able to
- apply real-world examples to illustrate theoretical perspectives from International Environment and Development Studies
- apply theories of development to explain environmental and social injustices in Tanzania
- evaluate interventions aimed improving rural livelihoods and reducing vulnerability
- engage in practical work aiming at improving rural livelihoods
General competence:
The student has a general overview the principal environmental challenges, development concerns and climate change issues in the Global South, with emphasis on the agricultural sector, and an ability to evaluate and implement interventions aimed at improving rural livelihoods in a low-income country context.
- Short lectures and presentations by Tanzanian specialists and researchers will be given, with visits to key institutions and organisations. There will be group discussions, group activities og presentasjoner. The course includes field stay in village communities. The students will conduct a small group project to understand development in a local context.
- Noragric has the overall responsibility for the course. Lecturers at Sokoine University of Agriculture will be involved in organizing activities.
The course has portfolio assessment. The portfolio includes: A group paper based on fieldwork, and an oral presentation of the paper contents, and continuous assessment of individual performance throughout the course.
Grade: Pass/Fail.
- The external examiner will be present for the final oral exam.
- Participation in all classroom activities, excursions, related lectures, and fieldwork.
2nd year students in the B-IEDS programme.
Students who have attended EDS272 will not be prioritized.
- Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)