Course syllabus

Capacity Development
Kapacitetsutveckling

VBRN35, 7.5 credits, A (Second Cycle)

Valid for: 2024/25
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED BI/RH
Date of Decision: 2024-04-04
Effective: 2024-05-08

General Information

Main field: Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Mandatory for: MKAT1
Elective for: R4, RH4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English

Aim

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Contents

Capacity development has been identified as the tool and process to substantially reduce disaster losses and creating sustainable development. Capacity development is here defined as a locally driven change process through which individuals, organisations and institutions obtain, strengthen, maintain and adapt their capacities to set and achieve their own development objectives over time and learn from their efforts.

Through lectures, literature seminars and exercises the course discusses theoretical approaches and challenges to capacity development, change processes and project management. The course also discusses different models how to analyse and assess capacity at various levels, and how to analyse, design and review capacity development projects i.e. project management. The course is to a large extent based on different case studies and real capacity development projects for disaster risk reduction from an international context, undertaken by governmental organisations, international Non-Governmental Organizations and the United Nations.

Examination details

Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Written individual course assignments and approved group project, reflection tasks to mandatory seminars and exercise. The group project shall be reported both orally and in writing.

The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.

Modules
Code: 0124. Name: Group Assignment.
Credits: 1.5. Grading scale: UG - (U, G). Assessment: Approved written assignment and oral presentation.
Code: 0224. Name: Capacity Development.
Credits: 6.0. Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5). Assessment: Individual Paper

Admission

Admission requirements:

Assumed prior knowledge: Societal Resilience VRSN01
The number of participants is limited to: 36
Selection: Completed university credits within the program. Within programs where the course is given as a compulsory course students are guaranteed admission. Thereafter priority is given to students enrolled in programs that include the course in the curriculum.

Reading list

Contact

Course coordinator: Magnus Hagelsten, magnus.hagelsteen@risk.lth.se
Course administrator: Linnéa Ekman, linnea.ekman@ebd.lth.se

Further information

Active participation in group work is mandatory. Each group member must be able to present and answer for the contents of the joint report. A student who does not meet the demands of active participation, or disregard their obligations, can be replaced to another group or failed by the examiner.