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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Economic and Social History

Undergraduate Course: Economic History 2: the Global Economy since 1500 (ECSH08035)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThis course explores the rise of the global economy over the last 500 years.
Course description The course examines the forces of economic globalization and is concerned with issues surrounding trade, the international migration of labour, capital, and technology and their impact on incomes throughout the world economy. Ultimately it seeks to understand the processes of economic development and why some economies grow more quickly than others and how connections within the world economy have stimulated or retarded growth over the last millennium. The work of the 1st semester considers the foundation of the global economy 1500-1800. The 2nd semester focuses on the rise of the global economy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy Part 1 (ECSH08040) OR Economic History 2.2: The Global Economy Part 2 (ECSH08039)
Other requirements A pass in any first level course achieved no later than August of the previous academic year
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, a sound knowledge of the subject considered in the course.
  2. Demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to assimilate a variety of sources and formulate critical opinions on them.
  3. Demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to research, structure and complete written work of a specified length, or within a specified time.
  4. Demonstrate an ability to make informed contributions to class discussion and give an oral presentation as required.
  5. Demonstrate an ability to organise their own learning, manage their workload, and work to a timetable.
Reading List
M. Graff, A.G. Kenwood and A.L. Lougheed, The Growth of the International Economy, 1820-2015: an Introductory Text (2015)
R. Findlay & K. O'Rourke, Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (2007).
J. Foreman-Peck, A History of the World Economy: International Economic Relations since 1850 (1995).
K.G. Persson, An Economic History of Europe: Knowledge, Institutions and Growth, 600 to the Present (2010).
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information To attend one tutorial group each week.
KeywordsEcon Hist 2
Contacts
Course organiserDr Nuala Zahedieh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3836
Email: N.Zahedieh@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Caroline Grevers
Tel: (0131 6 )51 1783
Email: Caroline.Grevers@ed.ac.uk
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