RESOURCES AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

GEO 7102

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Graduate Level

Academic Programs:

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND ARTS EDUCATION

College:

College of Education and External Studies

School:

School of Education (SoE)

Department:

Social Science and Arts Education

Course Description & Objectives:

This course focuses on the following issues, Course resources survey and appraisal Resource base and development, Theories of development: ideologies of modernization / capitalists, Socialist approaches. Dependency and development, Core and Periphery theory of development, Socio-economic effects of resource utilization and contribution of the latter on the process of development. Utilization and development of Uganda’s resources base over time and space. Aim of the course:To develop among students a deeper international understanding of world resources and how they affect the political, economic and social cultural development of the world.

Learning Outcomes:

The course will develop in the students’ values of cooperation, teamwork, use of IT in research and interpretation of the world events.
The students will identify and evaluate the major resources of the world and their effects on development.
Students will assess the effect of resource development on the environment, international relations and development as a whole.
Students will internalize alternative methods of exploitation of resources.
Students will explain the development of Uganda’s resources in modern times.