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COMMUNITY RELATIONS 3 CREDITS

 

This course introduces students to the intricate web of relationships that exist among members of a community as well as those between communities and local organisations. It examines the concept and theory of community, organization and structure of community, and community entry protocol.  Rights and responsibilities of individuals, social networks, social capital, social systems, and corporate social responsibility are also discussed.

Course Code: 
PSB 314
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 150
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Social Behaviour and Conflict Management

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

 

This course introduces students to basic and fundamental concepts of international relations. It examines the major theories and issues in the study of international relations such as realism, foreign policy, international behaviour, actors in the international system (nation-state, sub-state and non-state actors, such as IGOs and NGOs) human rights, and  gender.

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Course Code: 
PSB 313
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 150
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Social Behaviour and Conflict Management

POLITICAL ECONOMY

 

This course discusses issues relative to the concepts of politics, economics, orthodox political economy and heterodox political economy. It also discusses the theories of liberalism, neo-liberalism, Marxism, dependency and their relevance to national and global development trajectories. This course further exposes students to emerging political economy issues such as state-market integration, the role of civil society, social innovation and social entrepreneurship in shaping development agenda. Finally, this course highlights how subjective framings may mould political and economic decisions within national and international contexts.

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Course Code: 
PSB 312
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 150
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Social Behaviour and Conflict Management

COUNSELLING

 

The course covers topics such as the difference between counselling and advice in the context of conflict management, theories of counselling,

tools for counselling such as religion, psychiatric tools, and occupational therapy, and forms of counselling and application of counselling skills, and dispute resolution.

Course Code: 
PSB 311
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 150
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Social Behaviour and Conflict Management

THEORIES OF SOCIAL CONFLICT

 

This course covers topics such as basic concepts and theories of social conflict, conflict resolution, management, transformation,

mapping, and containment. In addition, the course deals with the theoretical bases of various types of social conflict.

Course Code: 
PSB 310
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 150
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Social Behaviour and Conflict Management

SOCIAL STATISTICS

 

The course covers topics such as statistical concepts, data tabulation and graphical presentation. In addition, other statistical measures

such as central tendency, dispersion are taught. Students are also taught the normal curve, the null hypothesis, the correlation coefficient, regression analysis and chi-square statistic.

Course Code: 
PSB 309
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 150
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Social Behaviour and Conflict Management

ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN AFRICA

 

This course exposes students to concepts such as ethnic group, ethnicity, conflict, and peace. In addition, the ethnic composition of the African nation states from the Berlin Conference through pre-independence to the post-independence era is examined. Theories associated with ethnic prejudices and stereotypes as well as the nature and functions of conflict in Africa are discussed.

Course Code: 
PSB 307
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 150
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Social Behaviour and Conflict Management

INFORMATION LITERACY

 

The course covers the following topics: accessing, retrieving  and evaluating information both manually and electronically, academic databases, library support systems,

management and use of online journals and other electronic resources.

Course Code: 
PSB 306
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 150
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Social Behaviour and Conflict Management

UNDERSTANDING PEACE AND PEACE BUILDING

 

The course discusses the following topics: understanding the concepts of peace and peace building, negotiation of peace and the approaches to peace and peacebuilding. It also looks at the role of peace in development.

Course Code: 
PSB 305
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 150
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Social Behaviour and Conflict Management

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