Undergraduate Course: History of Economic Thought 1 (ECNM10025)

Course Outline
School	School of Economics	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The course aims to provide a survey of economic theories from Aristotle to the Classical Economists of the eighteenth century and to give an opportunity to study particular economic ideas and theories in considerable depth. Topics covered include: Ancient Greeks and Aquinas; Mercantilism; Precursors of Adam Smith; Adam Smith; David Ricardo; Classical theories of value and distribution; Classical monetary theory; Malthus; Classical economic policy. As well as a direct knowledge and understanding of major contributions to economics over a long time span, the course provides general insights into economic methodology and reasoning, and helps to deepen understanding of modern economic analysis.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Economics 2 (ECNM08006)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking History of Economic Thought (ECNM10018) OR History of Economic Thought 2 (ECNM10026)	Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students should usually have at least 3 Economics courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. This MUST INCLUDE courses in both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. We will only consider University/College level courses.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 85 %, Coursework 15 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	A 2 hour degree examination in April/May (85%) and one essay (15%). Visiting Student Variant Assessment Two x 1500 word essays (85%) and one essay (15%).
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	A 2 hour degree examination in April/May (85%) and one essay (15%). Visiting Student Variant Assessment Two x 1500 word essays (85%) and one essay (15%).
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No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course students should have developed their general skills of critical analysis and assessment; obtaining and processing information from a variety of sources; presentation and communication skills; interpersonal and groups skills; independent action and initiative; managing tasks and time.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Keywords	HET1

Contacts
Course organiser	Mr Donald Rutherford Tel: (0131 6)50 8357 Email: D.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Dawn Hutcheon Tel: (0131 6)51 5958 Email: Dawn.Hutcheon@ed.ac.uk