Undergraduate Course: Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy Part 1 (ECSH08040)

Course Outline
School	School of History, Classics and Archaeology	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate)	Credits	20
Home subject area	Economic and Social History	Other subject area	None
Course website	None	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	The course explores the rise of the global economy. Our chief concerns are with the forces of economic globalization, in particular with the issues surrounding trade, and the international migration of labour, capital, and technology, and their impact on incomes throughout the world economy. Ultimately we seek to understand the processes of economic development, why economies grow and why some have grown more quickly than others, and how the connections within the world economy have stimulated or have retarded economic development

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Economic History 2.2: The Global Economy Part 2 (ECSH08039) OR Economic History 2: the Global Economy since 1500 (ECSH08035)	Other requirements	A pass in any first level course.
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)						WebCT enabled: Yes		Quota: 19
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Central	Lecture		1-11	15:00 - 15:50
Central	Lecture		1-11				15:00 - 15:50
Central	Lecture		1-11		15:00 - 15:50
First Class	First class information not currently available
Additional information	Tutorial will be time-tabled at the start of the session. Tutorials must attend one tutorial per week. Lecture Venue: Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			1:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Resit Paper		1:30

Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)						WebCT enabled: No		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Central	Lecture		1-11	15:00 - 15:50
Central	Lecture		1-11		15:00 - 15:50
Central	Lecture		1-11				15:00 - 15:50
First Class	First class information not currently available
Additional information	Tutorial will be time-tabled at the start of the session. Tutorials must attend one tutorial per week. Lecture Venue: Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower
No Exam Information

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course it is intended that students should be able to demonstrate, by way of essays and the end of course examination: - familiarity with the contours of world economic development. - an understanding of the forces shaping economic development. - awareness of the evidence on which the historical record is based. - literary skills, and the ability to construct coherent argument and analysis. and by way of tutorials, written assignments and examination, they should be able to develop and demonstrate: - presentational and verbal skills.

Assessment Information
Essay 26%, shorter assignment 14%, and degree exam 60% of final assessment Visiting Student Variant Assessment Essay 26%, shorter assignment 14%, and take-home exam 60% of final assessment. The take-home exam will be issued in week 11 of the semester.

Special Arrangements
None