Course Overview

The Rural Planning III (fieldwork & studio) course is designed for providing field experience to the fourth year students on rural development theories and policy options.

Course Objectives

The students will enhance his/her capacity to analyze theories and policy options on rural non-farm sector, rural employment, women empowerment, rural power structure, rural-urban linkage  and rural livelihood by using the field experiences. Students of this course are expected to identify the theoretical concepts in the field. This course will be conducted simultaneously with its theoretical counterpart URP 4111. Students of this course are expected to apply the acquired theoretical knowledge from URP 4111.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

After completing the module students are expected to be able to:

·       Apply quantitative and qualitative methods to explore rural problems and economic, social, cultural and political dynamics in rural area;

·       Write rural development survey reports;

·       Analyse rural development policies and strategies by applying different lenses;

·       Analyse rural employment, performance of rural non-farm sector, status of women empowerment, rural-urban linkages, rural power structure and rural livelihood in the context of Bangladesh.