Introduction to Development Studies
100 Marks
Duration 48 Hours
This paper consists of THREE (3) pages.
Instructions:
This is a portfolio examination conducted on the myExams platform. As this is an open-book
examination, you must use your study guide and feedback from your marked assignments.
You should also consult and integrate material from additional sources into your essays.You
must use examples in your discussions to substantiate your arguments, and to show that
you understand.
This module is NOT using the invigilator app. Please note that your answer will be submitted
to the Turnitin (a plagiarism detector) platform automatically.
Follow the guidelines in Tutorial Letter DVAALLD/301 for essay writing, citation and referencing.
You must provide evidence-based arguments and acknowledge the sources of your information
by means of consistent and correct in-text citations. Direct quotations must be placed in inverted
commas (“…”) with a page reference as explained in Tutorial Letter DVAALLD/301. All sources
cited in your text should also be listed in the list of references at the end of each answer. NB
Each answer must have its applicable reference list, do not consolidate it into one list.
Please keep this tutorial letter (DVAALLD/301) at hand and read it carefully. You can download
the tutorial letter from the module site on myUnisa. It is available in English, Sepedi, and isiZulu.
Plagiarism will be severely penalised. Your essays must be your own work, in your own
words. Group work will be equally penalised as will any form of copying from any student, or
any attempt to commit academic dishonesty. No hand-written scanned-in exam answer
scripts will be accepted in this exam. Submit only word-processed, PDF-converted scripts.
Before uploading your answers (exam file), you will be asked to first agree to an Honour
Pledge online. The Department of Development Studies feels very strongly that you need to abide
by the pledge and we therefore attached an additional Departmental Honesty Declaration at the
end of this exam question paper as Annexure A. Please read and reread it as you work on your
exam answers (i.e. exam file). Please attach a signed or initialled copy of the Departmental
Honesty Declaration to your completed exam file. If you do not attach the signed Departmental
Honesty Declaration to the exam file, it will not be marked. An MS Word version of the
Departmental Honesty Declaration will be available under the “Additional Resources” tab on
the module site for you to download and attach to your exam file before uploading.
You have 48 hours in which to submit your portfolio on myExams.
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DVA1501 September-December 2021
, Answer any TWO questions below. Each essay should be a minimum of 1000 words and a
maximum of 1500 words, excluding the cover page, honesty declaration, table of contents,
and list of references. Use Arial 12 point, 1.5 spacing. Your answer to both questions and the
Departmental Honesty Declaration must be submitted as a single document in PDF format.
Each answer must have an introduction, a body with applicable sub-headings, a conclusion,
and a list of references.
Create a cover page with the following information:
• Your full name
• Your student number
• The module code
• The module name
• List the two questions you answered (for example, Question 2 and Question 3)
• The date of the exam
_______________________________________________________________________________
QUESTION 1
Discuss the concept of sustainable development. Then, discuss pollution as a problem affecting
sustainable development.
(50)
Required reading for Question 1
• Study guide, study unit 2
QUESTION 2
Examine the different views on human rights in relation to the socio-economic development of the
Global South.
(50) Required reading for Question 2
• Study guide, study unit 4
QUESTION 3
“Development is a difficult concept to define.” Critically discuss this statement by focusing on the
definition of development in relation to the following:
• Economic growth
• Modernisation
• Dependency
• Human well-being
• Positive change in a democracy
(50)
Required reading for Question 3
• Study guide, study unit 1
QUESTION 4
“The world’s wealth and power are concentrated only in 20% of the earth’s surface, while the rest is
engulfed in poverty and inequality” (Du Plessis & Zulu, 2018: 71). Critically discuss this statement
by:
• defining and differentiating between poverty and inequality
• explaining how poverty and inequality are measured
• providing examples to substantiate your discussion of the two concepts
(50)
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