NGO Education Survey

Addis Ababa University

Contact Information:

Addis Ababa University
Institute of Development
PO Box 1176
Addis Ababa
Adis Abeba
Ethiopia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
http://www.aau.edu.et/index.php/colleges/3141


Tel: 0114-349392
Fax: (251-1)-23 10 73
development.studies@aau.edu.et

Comparative Social Organization
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Graduate

Kinship systems, arrangement of roles associated with statuses in society; the dynamic, situational and decision-making aspect of social relations;

Development Anthropology
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Graduate

Processes and theories of economic and social change, departing from global realities, inter dependencies and causes of underdevelopment and development;

Development Perspectives*
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Graduate
Development Policies and Strategy Analysis*
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Graduate
Economic Anthropology
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Graduate

The meaning of ?economy? and ?economics? from an anthropological perspective

Gender and Development++
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Graduate
Political Anthropology
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Graduate

Centralized and other political systems; state societies, acephalous societies and bands; stratification, caste societies and hierarchy;

Project Planning and Evaluation++
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Graduate
Rural Development
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Undergraduate

Objectives and significance of rural development; factors influencing rural development; the various approaches of rural development;

Social Development
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Undergraduate

Explores basic themes, concepts and major theoretical perspectives in Sociology and Anthropology of Development

Social Issues in the Contemporary World I & II
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Undergraduate

The first part of a year-long course in which students begin to apply sociological and anthropological perspectives to a set of global issues and debates;

Social Policy and Planning I & II
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Undergraduate

siders definitions of the concepts of Social Policy and Social Planning; Social Policy and Social and Economic change

The Anthropology of Pastoral Societies
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Undergraduate

A general introduction to pastoralism, survey of the distribution of pastoralists worldwide, defining basic characteristics of pastoralist societies in terms of the physical and social environments they inhabit;

Program Information:

College of Development Studies

Degree and Certificate Information

Degrees

Degree: Masters
Level: Graduate
Title: Masters of Regional and Local Development

Working Language: English

History:

The general objective of the program is to produce highly qualified persons in the fields of Regional and Local Development Studies who will be competent in promoting and managing socio-economic developments at sub-national levels in Ethiopia, through the development of interdisciplinary education and research. In the long-run it is envisaged that the program would be broadened to include development studies for countries in the Horn and Eastern Africa.

No certificates listed.

Information on Training and Other Services

None listed

Additional Information

The Regional and Local Development Studies program was established in 1996 jointly by Addis Ababa University and the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), as a capacity building project for training and policy research in Regional and Local Development. The University embraced the program in 2004as one of its teaching department upon the phasing out of the project. The Master’s program is an interdisciplinary program focusing on different dimensions of development at sub-national level. Currently sub-national entities or regional and local governments have, in many cases, achieved autonomy while at the same time expectations on the performance of civil servants and officials at these levels have increased. This calls for high quality development managers and experts from governments at regional and local levels, private sector organizations, NGO’s and various civil organizations. The decentralization drive of the country further demands trained personnel conversant with various development issues at sub-national levels.