Numbering Code	G-AAA02 52603 LB31	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	1st & 2nd year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese and English	Day/Period	Wed.2
Instructor name	TAKAHASHI MOTOKI (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	The term and phenomenon of development is often used and penetrating into in everyday lives of African people, apart from very frequent reference in the circle of African governments, aid agencies, and international organizations. It is now very difficult to find places where any glimpse of development phenomenon cannot be observed in Africa. In this sense, researchers cannot ignore development to study contemporary African societies. We should note that development phenomenon has diverse and complex aspects in contexts of agents, implication for people, and outcomes. This class is aimed at obtaining basic knowledge to understand such complicated phenomenon of development.
Course Goals	1. To acquire basic understanding on various thoughts on development emerged from the beginning of the modernization to modern times; 2. To acquire basic knowledge on agents and stakeholders of development and their mutual relations in Africa; 3. To acquire basic understandings on international development assistance and its historical changes in Africa; 4. To understand implication of major development indicators and ways of application of them for the purpose of analyze socio-economic situation of African countries 5. To build the basic viewpoint to figure out relations between a student's own issue of research in his/her field in Africa and development phenomenon.
Schedule and Contents	In the former half of the class (seven sessions), the lecturer discusses basic knowledge corresponding to the five aims of the class listed above. In the latter half of the class (seven sessions), the students is to deliver presentations which discuss relations between their own research topics, fields in Africa, or African countries which they plan to visit, with reference to the lecture.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	50% of evaluation is based on students' performance including attendance, participation, and contribution in the class. 50% of evaluation is based on students' presentations.
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Students are supposed to prepare their presentations, in accordance with the lecturer's instruction, Also, they have to review the lecture every time, so that contents of the lecture is well reflected in their presentation.
References, etc.	Students will be instructed to refer to relevant literature by the lecturer in the class.