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HACT40420

Academic Year 2024/2025

Orientation Period - Groningen (HACT40420)

Subject:
Humanitarian Action
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Agriculture & Food Science
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
30
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Pat Gibbons
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The NOHA programme at the University of Groningen is supported by the Globalisation Studies Groningen (GSG) which is an inter-faculty and interdisciplinary institute that spans the entire University of Groningen. GSG connects academic work of research groups and individual issues relating to globalisation, development and humanitarianism. Its aim is to stimulate, support and initiate research projects, educational programmes, North-South linkages and project applications in these related fields, thus contributing to the global profile of the university.

The institute has a NOHA Groningen research group with research projects within the University of Groningen that are related to the Network of Humanitarian Action. The projects share a focus on humanitarian issues, but differ in their disciplinary focus, research questions, and methodological approaches, thereby contributing to the multidisciplinary nature of NOHA Groningen. The projects are located at the various faculties and departments of the University but share an overall interest in matters of humanitarian action and organization.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

The NOHA programme at the University of Groningen is supported by the Globalisation Studies Groningen (GSG) which is an inter-faculty and interdisciplinary institute that spans the entire University of Groningen. GSG connects academic work of research groups and individual issues relating to globalisation, development and humanitarianism. Its aim is to stimulate, support and initiate research projects, educational programmes, North-South linkages and project applications in these related fields, thus contributing to the global profile of the university.

Thematic specialisation: Humanitarian Analysis and Intervention Design (H-AID)

Indicative Module Content:

The modules offered under this thematic specialization are:

Context Analysis and Stakeholder Analysis
Humanitarian Intelligence: Information, Context and Intervention
Humanitarian Intervention & Humanitarian Engineering
Field Trip to Georgia
Qualitative Research Methods for Humanitarian Action
Humanitarian Supply Chain Management

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

400
Small Group

50
Seminar (or Webinar)

30
Specified Learning Activities

70
Autonomous Student Learning

200
Total

750

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
During the second semester specialization of the University of Groningen you will train critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address the humanitarian challenges. The reference point is the H-AID framework, which is steered by an interdisciplinary approach to the subject. The H-AID framework provides students, researchers and practitioners with an assessment tool for complex emergencies (man-made and natural) and the means to design adequate programs and projects. You will learn to perform context analyses of the needs and the security situations – regarding food, health, the environment as well as social, political and economic dimensions – on various levels: from a regional to a state to a local level assessment. In addition, you will be trained in stakeholder and problem tree analysis, as well as matters of evaluation and learning, and intervention design.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

This module is part of the MSc Humanitarian Action (X438, FT) programme, also know as the NOHA Masters. Students need to successfully complete coursework from semester 1 in order to participate in mobility to University of Groningen


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Orientation Period - Groningen (RDEV40420)


 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Report(s): Report prepared by partner NOHA institution detailing the modules taken by each student and the marks achieved in that university. The marks are then applied to the UCD system. Week 15 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% Yes

100

 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

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