New Course: Advances in Communication for Development

This autumn, several of our Ørecomm participants will be teaching on a brand new course in Advances in Communication for Development: Social Action, Planning and Evaluation offered at Malmö University. The course responds to the needs of ComDev graduates that have requested a deeper level of study in this field, as well as development professionals seeking group work and peer learning, hands-on participation, self-reflection, and critical analysis.

The course includes the following modules:

• Communicating and Planning Social Action (7.5 ects)

  Explores social action as an agenda setting process offering specific tools to assess and critically analyse different communication strategies for social change including a breakdown of behaviour change theories.

• Evaluating Social Action (7.5 ects)

  Focuses on monitoring and evaluation of ComDev interventions, including critical engagement with a range of different approaches and analytical methods. Students will apply the knowledge and skills they acquire to the evaluation of both their own and others communication initiatives.

Entry requirements

30 credits on advanced level in Communication for Development, Media- and Communication Studies, Development Studies or other Social Science discipline. English B.

Study Form

Flexible 50% distance, with 2 compulsory meetings.

Application will open on 15 March on www.antagning.se