This course is designed to provide students with a historical understanding of development and its antecedents of the modern world. We will examine development as a concept and practice in the era beginning around 20th century. This epoch is considered to be the heyday of ‘development thought and practice’. New thinking about social change associated with improvements in the quality of life of the less well off in the global village emerged as major contestants to Development. However, in order to properly understand these and the ways in which post-colonial societies such as Caribbean are changing in the 21st century, it is necessary to understand earlier thinking on the subject.
This course is designed to equip students with a myriad of methods to conduct formative and summative evaluation of social programmes. In so doing, students are exposed to intervention
strategies in contextualizing treatment plans to effect desired change. The efficacy of the methods will be brought into question and their relevance to cultural context will be examined.
Special attention is placed on evaluating the extent to which social programmes address issues of social justice, ethics, diversity and empowerment across diverse populations and settings.
This course is geared towards elucidating the complexities that exist in the systemic nature of capitalism. It underscores the developmental challenges that confront modernity.
This course presents students with the opportunity to comprehensively understand the nature, scope and dynamics of social development and its interplay on the lives of individuals, families, communities and groups. It interrogates the contributions of education, income, health, technology and welfare system in contributing to an egalitarian society with opportunity and mobility for all.
This course presents and examines the social and cultural forces that have implications for the formation and maintenance of social relationships. It exposes students to the concepts,
theories, and methods involved in studying the family. It provides an opportunity for students to critically examine issues associated with marriage and the family so that they can derive a
clearer understanding of marriage and the family as critical institutions in society. The course helps students to apply theoretical perspectives to go beyond personal experiences and view
the family from diverse social contexts.
Topics include time management skills, presenting work at conferences and in journals, career options and pathways, preparing job application materials including cover letters and resume, preparing applications to for postgraduate study (including developing vita and statement of intent), planning a research program, preparing grant proposals, work-life balance, and recognizing obstacles in career development. This course will provide students with a better understanding of what they can do professionally on completion of their 3-year undergraduate course in Psychology and what options they have for future study.
This course will provide the student a clear and strong foundation in the understanding of the normal human aging process evidenced by theories and changes in the body processes that define and describes aging.
This course will provide the student a comprehensive approach to understanding the basic health issues affecting the elderly. Students will be exposed to common health issues and challenges seen in the body system of the elderly.
