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Field Seminar – Updated Syllabus

Required Class Readings

• Project Design Manual
• Analysis of the Bright Kids Uganda (BKU) Microfinance Business Model in Generating Income for Poor Families in Uganda
• Savings and Credit Associations
• An Exploratory Evaluation of the Bright Kids Enterprises Microloan Program
• Uganda’s Hidden Children Article

January 10 – Class Overview and Structure

January 17 – Week 1

Readings:

• Peters, B.Savings and Credit Associations – Reflecting on Ethnographic Research in South Africa

Young, L.The ‘place’ of Street Children in Kampala, Uganda – Marginalisation, Resistance, and Acceptance in the Urban Environment

Lecture

• Field Based Research and Organizational Development – An Overview

Business Development Plans (Updated)

Notes
Week 1 Notes

January 24 – Week 2

Lecture:
Week 2 – Grants and Contracts Lecture
Notes:
Week 2 Sidebar Notes

February 6 – Week 5

Lecture
Week 5 – Field Research Methods Lecture
Student Presentation
Education in Post-Conflict Zones