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# Structure and schedule
## Weekly schedule
This is how the general structure of a week looks like:
| Activity | Deadline | Description |
| -----------| -----------| -----------|
Guide topic covered | Before each session | This is your introduction to the topic |
Readings topic covered | Before each session | We will cover about two topics per week |
Seminar questions | Thursday 7 pm | Answer the seminar questions of **every** topic covered during the week |
Seminar feedback | Friday 11:59 pm | You need to provide feedback to at least 2 of your peers [here](https://app.eduflow.com/join/C38K2B) |
## Tentative Calendar
Here is a **tentative** calendar of the topics that we will cover during the course:
| Week | Dates | Topic |
| ------| ---------| -------------------|
| 1 | Feb 1-6 | Introduction
| 1 | Feb 1-6 | What is development? |
| 2 | Feb 7-13 | **Choose your team and topic for the final project** |
| 2 | Feb 7-13 | Development Theories |
| 3 | Feb 14-20 | Poverty and Poverty Traps |
| 3 | Feb 14-20 | Geography |
| 4 | Feb 21- 27 | History and development: Pre-colonial Africa and trade of enslaved persons |
| 4 | Feb 21- 27 | History and development: The Legacies of Colonialism |
| 5 | Feb 28- Mar. 6 | Development policies after Independence |
| 5 | Feb 28- Mar. 6 | Structural Adjustment Period |
| 6 | Mar 7-13 | Conflict and development |
| 6 | Mar 7-13 | Politics and development |
| 7 | Mar 14-20 | The role of institutions |
| 7 | Mar 14-20 | *Informal check-up final project: Book an appointment with me* |
| 7 | Mar 14-20 | **Assessment 1: Thursday 3 pm- Friday 5 pm** |
| 8 | Mar 21-27 | **Spring Break** |
| 9 | Mar 28-Apr. 6 | Structuring the economy: Agriculture |
| 9 | Mar 28-Apr. 6 | Structuring the economy: Industrial policy |
| 10 | Apr. 7-13 | International trade |
| 10 | Apr. 7-13 | Investment and financial development |
| 11 | Apr. 14-20 | Foreign aid |
| 12 | Apr. 21-27 | Environmental Degradation and Development |
| 13 | Apr. 28- May 3 | The rural-urban divide and migration |
| 14 | May 4-10 | Tentative: Ethnicity, culture and development
| 15 | May 11-17 | **Assessment 2: Tuesday 3 pm- Wednesday 5 pm** ||
| 15 | May 11-17 | **Analysis paper due by Friday, May 13- 11:59 pm** |