Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences


In addition or parallel to its primary research activities, the Flowers' Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences programmes offer career-enhancement certificate courses.

Certificate Courses in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences


The Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences courses are designed to provide hands-on practical approaches to how to successfully master and apply, among others, leadership, conflict management and entrepreneurship skills as well as equipping students to pursue a long-term career within the discipline in a variety of fields

Professor Raphael O. Olaniyan

Course Author & Instructor

Regional Integration

 

African countries are vigorously using regional co-operation and integration as a strategy to achieve sustainable economic growth and development as well as be an effective and major player in the global marketplace. However the pace of integration has been slow and progress is very mixed. Cognisance of the slow pace of a continent-wide integration, African leadership has provided a framework under which the integration agenda would be carried out. This framework is enshrined in the 1991 Abuja Treaty of African Heads of State and Government. Under the framework of the Treaty, Africa would become an economic union by 2027, with a common currency, full mobility of the factors of production and free trade among the 53 countries that make up the continent.

Alfred Latigo, PhD

Course Author & Instructor

Regional Integration

 

To achieve national development plans, the Treaty suggests that the process of integration or the creation of Africa Economic Community (AEC) be carried out over a period of 34 years (1994-2027), in six different stages of different duration: (1) to establish free trade areas and custom unions at the regional level; (2) to stabilize existing tariff and non-tariff barriers, customs duties and internal taxes as well strengthen sectoral integration at the sub-regional and continental levels in areas such as trade, agriculture, transport, money and finance; (3) to create free trade areas and customs unions at the level of the RECs; (4) to coordinate and harmonize tariff and non-tariff barriers among RECs, setting the stage for a free trade area and a customs union at the AEC level; (5) to establish the African Common Market; and (6) to establish the African Economic Community (AEC) culminating in the creation of a Pan-African Economic and Monetary Union with a single currency for the continent.

Christine Lokko, PhD

Course Author & Instructor

International Relations

 

The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the fundamental principles of international relations. We will examine the theories of realism, liberalism and constructivism as they are understood in world politics. We will also explore issues that relate to the politics of conflict, diplomacy, environmental concerns, human rights, and examine the role of Africa in international relations. At the end of this course, you will have a comprehensive understanding of the basic principles and concepts of International Relations, as well as the ability to critically examine the global political system.

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MAINSTREAMING REGIONAL INTEGRATION

A KEY CHALLENGE...

A key challenge in RI is the slow implementation of integration process by African countries arising from lack of necessary institutional mechanisms for achieving their objectives. This is often evident in inconsistencies between national legislation and integration commitments and mechanisms and in the absence of strong enforcement mechanisms. RI initiatives require a large degree of public management and implementation at national levels. Without an absolute commitment to implementation at the national level, there can be no progress at the sub-regional and continental levels. Therefore, doing nothing or little to implement agreed programs at the national level can severely hamper the integration agenda.

COURSE SCOPE
COURSE TOPICS
LEVERAGING INTEGRATION

To foster integration and turn it into leverage for development, member States have to come out with clear “mainstreaming” strategies for domesticating the Africa-wide RI agenda into National Development Plans (NDPs). The process of mainstreaming refers to the systematic integration of the objectives and related initiatives of RI as well as the process of creating ownership of the agenda into the overall NDPs, poverty reduction strategies and in the society in order to attain the “popular legitimacy” necessary for the success of RI. More broadly, the concept of mainstreaming RI should ultimately contribute to economic growth, poverty alleviation and overall socio-economic development. Though crucial to Africa’s development, the concept of mainstreaming RI is still little understood or practiced, hence the need to build the capacity to implement it in African countries.

PRINCIPLES OF COUNTRY-LED PROCESS
PREREQUISITES AND OBJECTIVES

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

International Relations

The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the fundamental principles of international relations. We will examine the theories of realism, liberalism and constructivism as they are understood in world politics. We will also explore issues that relate to the politics of conflict, diplomacy, environmental concerns, human rights, and examine the role of Africa in international relations. At the end of this course, you will have a comprehensive understanding of the basic principles and concepts of International Relations, as well as the ability to critically examine the global political system.

 

Course Topics
Introduction to international relations; the nation-state system; realism; liberalism; constructivism; globalisation; clash of civilisations; human rights; environmental issues; diplomacy; non-state actors; Africa in international relations.

 

Objectives

 

  • Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
  • Discuss and explain key theories in international relations.
  • Outline the historical development of interstate relations and the place of the nation state in that development.
  • Describe the differences between national and transnational actors in the international arena.
  • Identify and discuss issues related to human rights.
  • Identify and discuss global environmental issues.
NEGOTIATION AND MEDIATION
ORGANISATIONAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
DEMOCRACY AND LEADERSHIP
CREATIVE WRITING & AUTHORPRENEURSHIP
BASIC RESEARCH METHODS
APPLIED STATISTICS
ACADEMIC WRITING AND PUBLICATION