Undergraduate Course: Policy for Economic Development (ECNM10065)

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 emphasis in this course is on making and implementing policies for economic development in developing countries. The course recognises that there is often a divergence between the crisp conclusions of economic theory and economic models and the 'fuzzier' formulation and implementation of policy in seeking to ask, in a particular area: What should be done? The course will also provide an opportunity to examine both the applicability and some of the limitations of conventional economic reasoning with the context of developing countries.
Course description	The meaning of 'development'; theories of development; rural-urban migration and industrial clusters; trade theory and policy; industrial policy; science and technology policy with reference to China; and making poverty history. The course will be supported by a programme of lectures and tutorials. Classes will comprise an introductory lecture, followed by interactive class discussion based on pre-assigned readings.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Economics 2 (ECNM08006)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		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.
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, 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 4, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 170 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	1,500 word essay (20%) Degree examination (80%) Visiting Student Assessment 1,500 word essay (20% of final mark) Two 1,500 word essays (80% of final mark)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Academic year 2015/16, 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, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 172 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	1,500 word essay (20%) Degree examination (80%) Visiting Student Assessment 1,500 word essay (20% of final mark) Two 1,500 word essays (80% of final mark)
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: A knowledge and understanding of key issues in formulating and implementing policies for economic development in developing countries, along with an understanding of the limitation of conventional economic analysis in this context. Research and investigative skills such as problem framing and solving and the ability to assemble and evaluate complex evidence and arguments. Communication skills in order to critique, create and communicate understanding. Personal effectiveness through task-management, time-management, dealing with uncertainty and adapting to new situations, personal and intellectual autonomy through independent learning. Practical/technical skills such as, modelling skills (abstraction, logic, succinctness), qualitative analysis and general IT literacy.

Reading List
The main textbook that will be used is M.P. Todaro and S.C. Smith, Economic Development (eighth edition or the equivalent in subsequent editions), although A.P. Thirlwall, Economics of Development (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2011) will also be referred to. Further material, particularly on East Asian countries, is to be found in M. Fransman, The New ICT Ecosystem (Cambridge University Press, 2010). These textbooks will be supplemented by further readings where appropriate.