SFB13509 Topics in International Economics (Spring 2013)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible faculty:
- Avdeling for økonomi, språk og samfunnsfag
- Course Leaders:
-
- Ivar Bredesen
- Joachim Minge Thøgersen
- Danuta Aniela Tomczak
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is affiliated to the following study programme
Optional for students on other study programmes/bachelor programmes.
Prerequisites
Microeconomics. Macroeconomics. Introduction to Business Economics.
Teaching semester
Content
The student's learning outcomes on passing the course
Knowledge outcomes
Students will learn theories on economic integration and how they work in different regional and institutional arrangements in contemporary world economy. Students should be able to analyze selected problems in international economy, using theory and case-study approach and also interdisciplinary approaches. They should also understand limits of a model-based analysis and be able to accumulate the real world knowledge. Combining theory and practice should be an important benefit of the course.
Skills
The students should be able to construct graphic models, list the assumption for the models, discus limits of model approach. They should be able to collect and selects relevant information, statistics and data, verify and evaluate their reliability and so to structure it according to the purpose and present the results professionally.
General competence
Better understanding of ongoing world economic development and its dilemmas.
Teaching and learning methods
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
Exam
Term-paper (group work) 40% and written 3h exam (individual) 60%.
Aids allowed: Mother tongue - English - mother tongue dictionary. Grades: A - F.
Two partial marks will be given. These will be merged into one final mark. Each part of the portfolio assessment must be passed in order to pass the whole course. Each partial mark can be appealed. At a new exam it is only necessary to retake one of the parts.
If a student gets F, the re-sit exam might be arranged in December, in case three students sign up for the re-sit. If less than three apply for re-sit, the next exam will be a regular exam next Spring. Students must be aware of that the content, requirements and textbooks may have changed, and it is a student's responsibility to check it and get updated. Students have to sign up for the exam within the deadline
Course evaluation
To improve the course, we need the evaluations from the students. The course is evaluated by the students in the middle and in the end of the semester.
The evaluations from the students are treated by the staff and the comitee for programme quality and internationalization.
Reading list
The readinglist was last updated 2 Feb 2012.
Feenstra, Robert C.,Taylor, Alan M.(2011) International Economics, 2nd ed., Worth Publishers, New York, 904p (parts of the book)
Or
Carbaugh, Robert J (2013) International Economics, 14th ed., South-Western CENGAGE Learning, 550 p (parts of the book)
Supplementary text books:
Baldwin Richard and Wyplosz Charles (2012) The Economics of European Integration, 4th edition, McGraw -Hill Higher Education, 560 p
Laursen Finn (ed) (2010) Comparative regional integration: Europe and beyond , Ashgate , 282 p
Library and web resources. Textbooks may differ, depending on the course content and will be announced at the start of each academic year