Undergraduate Course: Institutional Economics (ECNM10123)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course explores the intersection of politics and economics, examining how political institutions, the political environment, and economic systems influence each other. Students will gain a foundational understanding of how economic thinking is applied to political decision-making and how political forces shape economic outcomes. |
| Course description |
The course refers to the typical educational activities and belongs to the scientific area of Economics. This course analyses the main up-to-date topics on political economics, with a particular emphasis on the institutional environment. The aim is to show how the quantitative toolkit of the modern economist may be used to analyse political decisions and outcomes. Topics covered in this course may include the different role of institutions in democratic and non-democratic societies, institutional reforms, and social conflicts.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
168 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
80 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Group presentation: 20%
Degree exam: 80% |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Institutional Economics | 120 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Display knowledge and understanding of the role played by institutions in the context of economics.
- Display research and investigative skills such as problem framing and solving and the ability to assemble and evaluate complex evidence and arguments.
- Display communication skills in order to critique, create and communicate understanding.
- Display personal effectiveness through task-management, time-management, dealing with uncertainty and adapting to new situations, personal and intellectual autonomy through independent learning.
- Display practical/technical skills such as, modelling skills (abstraction, logic, succinctness), qualitative and quantitative analysis and general IT literacy.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
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