Course ARK227

Human Rights and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa

7.5 Credits
Second Cycle

Starts week 4, 2025

After the course the student should be able to:
  • express deep knowledge of varying relationships between Human Rights issues, religions, and local traditions in Africa south of the Sahara, and the ability to convey this knowledge to various persons and groups
  • critically and independently analyze theories of Human Rights and democracy and their relevance for different societies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • articulate and consider hypothetical developments in the area of Human Rights and democracy in some Sub-Saharan contexts
  • show respect for the equal value of all human beings as well as for different cultural and religious traditions while relating them to Human Rights issues
  • evaluate one’s own learning process.
Starts and ends:
week 4, 2025 - week 13, 2025
Study Rate:
50%
Location:
Flexible (Falun)
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
English
Other:
Only for Exchange Students (Erasmus)
Entry Qualifications :
  • At least a Bachelor of Arts consisting of 180 higher education credits within the areas of Hu-manities, Social sciences or Education, or the equivalent.
Application Code:
HDA-V3L3Y
Main field of study:
Online Education
Compulsory meetings:
0 physical
5 online
Computer Skills:

Surf on the Internet, read and send emails, use a word-processing programme (e.g. Word). Connect a camera and headphones to the computer and install a programme using instructions.

Computer Capacity:

Access to a computer (Not a mini pc, tablet or similar) that is not older than three years (or equivalent) and broadband connection, at least 1 Mbit/s (not mobile broadband, because mobile broadband can vary considerably in speed).

Means of Education:

Higher rate of web-based communication where our learning platform (Learn/Canvas) is a natural element of the course. Web-based meetings with sound and image where simple presentations can be held. Lectures can be broadcast live or can alternatively be made available afterwards online.

Literature List

Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

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