PTKT1119 — Kế hoạch hóa Phát triển 1
Course description
The Development Planning 1 course plays a foundational role within the set of major-knowledge courses of the Bachelor's program in Development Economics. The course provides learners with fundamental and systematic knowledge of the theory of development planning in a market economy, as well as the nature, principles, and system of modern development planning. In addition, the course helps learners understand the necessity of renewing planning thinking and methods in the context of Vietnam's transition to a socialist-oriented market economy. Through this, learners are able to apply the acquired knowledge to understand and analyze the basic content of the process of formulating, organizing the implementation of, and monitoring and evaluating socio-economic development plans in Vietnam in the current period.
The main content of the course includes:
(1) Introduction to development planning; (2) Theoretical foundations of development planning; (3) The nature, functions, and principles of development planning; (4) The development planning system by content; (5) Development plan formulation; and (6) Organizing the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of development plans.
Through the above content, the course helps learners acquire the tools and methods to apply to practical work after graduation, meeting the increasingly high demands of the labor market in the field of development planning and management.
Course requirements
Regulations on class attendance
Students must attend at least 80% of the course duration (excluding the time of the final examination) and have an attendance score of 5.0 or higher to be eligible to sit for the final examination.
Students who participate fully and actively in class activities will be awarded additional attendance points.
Regulations on individual assignments
Students must complete all individual assignments by the prescribed deadlines.
Each student's individual assignment score is based on the quality of the work according to the criteria in the corresponding assessment rubrics.
Regulations on discussion and group work
Students must participate actively in discussion and group work activities as assigned by the lecturer.
Learning outcomes and assessment
The training management system automatically assesses the level of CLO attainment according to the University's general algorithm. The learning outcomes of the Development Planning 1 course are assessed through the following methods and tools:
9.1. Process assessment
Attendance score, assessing participation in class sessions and group activities: 10%
Individual assignment, assessing the ability to apply theory to practice: 20%
Midterm test, assessing the level of CLO attainment at the mid-course stage: 20%
9.2. Final assessment
Final examination, providing an overall assessment of the level of CLO attainment: 50%
The specific rubrics for each assessment method are presented in detail in Appendix 2. The assessment result is a score on a 10-point scale, rounded to 0.5, in accordance with the current training regulations of the National Economics University.
Lecturers
- Prof. Ngo Thang Loi
- Assoc. Prof. Vu Thanh Huong
- Dr. Phi Thi Hong Linh
- Dr. Ngo Quoc Dung
Teaching plan
Week 1
Week 2
Learning resources
- Textbook on Development Planning, National Economics University Press — Ngo Thang Loi (Editor-in-Chief), 2019
- Textbook on Development Economics — Ngo Thang Loi (Editor-in-Chief), National Economics University Press (NEU library cataloguing code: Vb/92 15983), 2012
- Guidelines for formulating five-year and annual local development plans using the new method. (available at: https://www.unicef.org/vietnam/vi/Planning_Manual_TV.pdf) — Ministry of Planning and Investment, 2013
- ; Strategic planning for local economic development. Hanoi. (access link: https://app.box.com/s/1pg6f08a9zs838mrnoowzcq8by5gt5t9) — Ministry of Planning and Investment, 2007