The concept is an important tool to organize thoughts, to communicate between people from different areas, to anchor findings when doing research, and to explain the issue. Students can use concepts as tools to do research or examine a concept for their research.
The course will go over a number of key concepts in social development including Risks, the State, Community, the Individual among others. Case studies are also employed to facilitate the understanding and the use of the concepts. The students will be required to explore secondary resources to find relevant readings to the selected concepts and present the points taken from the readings for classroom discussions. Key reading assignments will be also provided during the course.