SSC3225: Rural Development

Welcome message

Dear students,

welcome to the module of SSC 3225: Rural Development. This This is a module taken in the second trimester of  year three of the BSc in soil sciences. This module has the following 3 components:

Rural Development planning,

Agricultural chain Management 

Gender and Rural Development

Aims

This module aims to demonstrate and to highlight how gender issues impede social and economic development of the country. In addition, to have a holistic view of the development with knowledge of social, cultural and economic development issues. Understand the importance of development endeavors

 Learning Outcomes

 Knowledge and Understanding

This course will acquaint students with knowledge which will enable them to:

- To acquire students skills and knowledge necessary for successful Agri-chain management

- To explore the contributions of different policies, sectors, services and actors to the process of rural development.-  Explain how gender issues hinder development

- Suggest ways of fighting against Gender polarization

- identify gender issues and other obstacles to development and suggest the ways of overcoming them.

-To demonstrate knowledge and understanding of gender issues and other problems that can be hindrances for the social economic development of a country

Having successfully completed the module, students should be also able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of gender issues and other problems that can be hindrances for the social economic development of a country.

Cognitive/intellectual skills/ application of knowledge

Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to identify gender issues and other obstacles to development and suggest the ways of overcoming them.

 Communication /ICT/ Numeracy/ Analytic techniques/Practical skills

Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to communicate with oral or written means the content of the module of rural development

General transferable skills

Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to explain to others gender issues and other social, cultural and economic development issues that facing Rwandan people in general and African people in particular

Activities:

- Provision of reading materials 

-Online lectures

- Provision of Assignments to the students 

Resources

Anthony Giddens, Mitchell Duneier & Richard Appelbarum, Introduction to Sociology, 9th edition, 2005 (pp 415-445).

Bishoyi ,k. (2007).  Dimensions of Gender Problems: Policies and Prospects. New Delhi: Darya Ganj, India

Chapdelaine,  C.F. (2006). Restorative Justice for the Girl Child in Post-conflict Rwanda Journal of International Women’s Studies Vol. 7

Eileen, L. D. (2006). Health and Society: Taking Sides Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Health and Society.3rd ed, McGraw-Hill Companies: NewYork

Ellis, A .(2006). Gender & Economic Growth in Uganda, The World bank, Washington: USA

Galen, K. (2002). Woman in science: The Snark syndrome. New York: Falmer Press.

Gillespie, D.F. (2009). Ethical issues in Research.  [Electronic]. Retrieved on [April 21, 2009] from the UNCP web site. http://www.uncp.edu/home/marson/ethical issues.

Iman,A and al. (1983) Women and the family, Women in Nigeria Editorial committee

Karve, I. (1965). Kinship organization in India. Bombay: Asia Publishing House.

Kayumba, C. (2010).  Threatening& Appropriate bodies in nation building: Paths to World’s First Female Parliamentary Majority in Post-Genocide Rwanda. Doctorate Dissertation, Gothenburg University.

Le- May, S. (1967). Women and Science: Social Impact and Interaction. California: ABC-Clio, Inc.

Linda, O. (2008).Africa: Tradition at the heart of violence.[Electronic].Retrieved on [November 6.2009] from the World wide  web: http//allafrica.com/stories/200803061047.html

Lundberg,S (2005). Sons, Daughters, and Parental Behavior:  University of Washington and IZA: Bonn

Lynn, S. L & Rebecca, S.B. (2002). The development course of Gender differentiation: Conceptualizing measuring and evaluating constructs and pathways. Blackwell Publishing:  New York:

Kathryn M. Y,& Ray L. (2000) . The Effect of Gender Preference on Contraceptive Use and Fertility in Rural Egypt Author(s):, Kenneth Hill Source: Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 290-300 Published by: Population Council Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/172237 retrieved on  05/01/2010

Metta, D.(2006).The media and women’s contribution to economic development Uganda: A critical analysis of the new vision, News paper

Mitscherlich, A. (1993).Society without Father :A contribution to Social Psychology. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Lecturers contacts

Dr. BAZIMENYERA Jean de Dieu, 0785375898

Dr. MUPENZI Christophe, 0788666156