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Undergraduate Course: Issues in Global Economics (ECNM08012)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Economics CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course intends to illustrate the usefulness of economic analysis in a global context. The course is divided into 3 main themes: development economics, inequality, and Brexit. The first part of the course focuses on developing countries and relevant principles of economic development. Students are then introduced to measures of inequality and key issues in the study of international trade. In the final part of the course, the focus is on the British economy and economic approaches to the analysis of Brexit.
Course description This course intends to illustrate the usefulness of economic analysis in a global context. The course is divided into 3 main themes: development economics, inequality, and Brexit. The first part of the course focuses on developing countries and relevant principles of economic development.Students are then introduced to measures of inequality, and to some of the key issues in the relationship between economic inequality and international trade. In the final part of the course, the focus is on the British economy and economic approaches to the analysis of Brexit.

Topics covered are likely to include (time permitting): economic development; theories of economic growth; the role of human capital in development; poverty; inequality; international trade; the British economy; the economic impact of Brexit.

The course is taught through a programme of lectures and tutorials.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Economic Principles (ECNM08004) OR Economics 1 (ECNM08013)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Students must have a good knowledge of calculus and basic mathematic tools such as log transformations.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesAn introductory economics course and a good knowledge of calculus and basic mathematic tools such as log transformations.
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2020/21, 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, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 168 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 90 %, Coursework 10 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Assignment (Group Project) 10%
Degree Exam (December diet): 90%

Resit Exam (August diet): 100%
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Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. A knowledge and understanding of principles and models used in the study of development economics, inequality, and the economic impact of Brexit.
  2. Research and investigative skills such as problem framing and solving and the ability to assemble and evaluate complex evidence and arguments.
  3. Communication skills in order to critique, create and communicate understanding.
  4. Personal effectiveness through task-management, time-management, dealing with uncertainty and adapting to new situations, personal and intellectual autonomy through independent learning.
  5. Practical/technical skills such as, modelling skills (abstraction, logic, succinctness), qualitative and quantitative analysis and general IT literacy.
Reading List
The following textbook is highly recommended:

Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith. ¿Economic Development¿ (12th Edition). Pearson.

Readings will be assigned for specific topics as appropriate.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills See Learning Outcomes
Additional Class Delivery Information One weekly, two hour lecture, five tutorials arranged in addition
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Noushin Pouraghaei
Tel: (0131 6)51 5132
Email: N.Pouraghaei@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Emma Craigen
Tel: (0131 6) 51 5936
Email: ecraigen@ed.ac.uk
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