University of the West Indies

This course studies the essential elements of social planning, its theory, methods, design, implementation, and evaluation. Topics include: theoretical issues in social planning; techniques and methods in social planning; problem analysis; building support; program design and development; program implementation; social program evaluation; goals and objectives in social program evaluation; measuring the implementation of social programs; measuring the impact and effectiveness of social programs; social impact assessment and the evaluation report.

This course examines the psychological theories of human development and applications to real-world problems that provide a context for understanding changes in social, emotional, physical and cognitive aspects of human development throughout the lifespan.

This course examines the fundamentals of using and applying technology in the production of music. It covers the elements of sequencing, recording and computer notation, as well as basic composition, arrangement and notation skills.

This course traces the evolution of medicine and health in the Caribbean, exploring the broad question "how have different groups which settled in the Caribbean region shaped Caribbean medicine and health?" It examines the interaction of indigenous, African, European and Asian medical practices and policies, and the relationships which developed among these in Caribbean societies. Building on the interdisciplinary nature of the history of medicine, the course evaluates the emergence of medicine and medical science in the Caribbean as spaces of conquest and contest in which power, race, ethnicity and gender collide to influence the development of medicine and health care provision in the region.