Bachelor of Social Science Honours in Economic History
Human and Social Studies - Traditions History and Legacies
Purpose and Rationale
Qualification Overview
Purpose
The purpose of this qualification is to:
- Broaden learners' critical understanding of economic change over time and the transformation of Third World economies.
- Contribute to ongoing efforts by nations to achieve economic growth, construct new economic structures, and promote economic development.
- Provide learners with a grounded understanding of African economic relations and their evolution over time to aid in future economic planning.
- Develop skills in economic research, analysis, and teaching in the context of African economic relations.
- Enhance skills capacity among postgraduates to meet national skills needs.
Rationale
The rationale behind this qualification includes:
- Meeting the market demand for researchers to support decision-making.
- Providing knowledgeable individuals to analyze economic change over time and forecast future trends.
- Addressing the need for educators to teach about past economic changes, current economic structures, and future trends.
- Encouraging independent research projects to enhance research skills.
- Creating a pathway for learners to progress to Master's qualifications in related fields.
- Contributing to skills development and academic excellence.
- Fostering knowledge building for the benefit of the country and the African continent.
Outcomes
- Demonstrate the ability to access, outline, evaluate and synthesise the current state of critical/theoretical debate.
- Demonstrate the personal engagement and become familiar with the critical reviews of recent literature on relevant topics within the national and international context of policy and development studies.
- Develop a research proposal, identify, collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information.
- Communicate effectively in written presentation by implementing different research styles, data presentation, and referencing material correctly.
- Demonstrate the application of the theoretical knowledge gained in a practical setting.
- Demonstrate and undertake independent research projects with an understanding of the fundamentals of research, including research design, methods, research processes and methods of data analysis.
- Apply knowledge and skills by conceptualising a research problem and developing a cogent research proposal, design (and where applicable to the degree requirement conduct) applied quantitative or qualitative research.
- Analyse, summarise, present and interpret qualitative and/ quantitative data.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the theoretical material covered in class, and the ability to apply this to practical examples in a limited time period.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria:
- Conceptualise, design, construct, and complete a research project with ethical and research clearance.
- Critically engage with and analyze economic change over time and prominent development issues.
- Identify key impediments to social development and economic growth.
- Critically analyze paradigms of economic change and development in African countries.
- Identify measures of economic growth and conduct independent research.
- Demonstrate detailed knowledge in specific areas of inquiry within the general field.
- Understand interrelationships among various areas of knowledge.
- Summarise, compare, and evaluate a substantial body of knowledge.
- Command the conceptual discourse of the field through constructing sustained arguments.
- Contextualise the study within the social environment and demonstrate discipline understanding.
- Develop a clear understanding of historical, contemporary, and future disciplinary states.
- Demonstrate proficiency in academic English, information technology, and presenting findings orally and in writing.
- Understand diversity through individual study capacity.
Integrated Assessment:
- Assessment methods are multi-mode, incorporating formative and summative assessments.
- Continuous assessment through research, written assignments, seminars, attendance, oral presentations, and participation in discussions and workshops.
- Assessment designed to evaluate specific competencies aligned with learning outcomes.
- Performance assessment includes research proposals, seminar papers, classroom discussions, research papers, individual and group research projects, oral presentations, and examinations.
- Formative assessment includes research proposals and seminar papers, while summative assessment includes research papers, oral presentations, and examinations.
Qualification Details
- Type
- National First Degree(Min 480)
- NQF Level
- 08
- Min. Credits
- 120
- SAQA Source
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University of KwaZulu-Natal
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