Undergraduate Course: Innovation and Catch-up in East Asia: the ICT Sector (ECNM10073)

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 course explores the economic transformation of Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan), Japan and South Korea by examining the birth and growth of the Information and Communication (ICT) Sector in this region. The ICT sector has been one of the most important contributors to the economic development of these countries, hence the course explores some of the key microeconomic underpinnings of macroeconomic performance.
Course description	Topics covered will include: A Schumpeterian/Evolutionary approach to understand the innovation, growth and the dynamics of the ICT Sector conceived of as an ecosystem; Regulation and policy in the ICT Ecosystem; Japan; South Korea; Taiwan; China. 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, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Class essay (1000 words) (20%) Degree Exam (2 hours) (80%) Visiting Student Variant Assessment Class essay (1000 words) (20%) Two x 1500 word essays (80%)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	Innovation and Catch-up in Est Asia: the ICT Sector		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, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Class essay (1000 words) (20%) Degree Exam (2 hours) (80%) Visiting Student Variant Assessment Class essay (1000 words) (20%) Two x 1500 word essays (80%)
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: A knowledge and understanding of the microeconomic underpinnings of economic transformation in East Asia with particular reference to the ICT industry, including the role of institutions, entrepreneurship and innovation, along with a deeper understanding of recent research activity in some more specialised areas. 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
Fransman, M. (2008). The New ICT Ecosystem � Implications for Europe. Edinburgh: Kokoro. Where appropriate other readings will be assigned for particular topics.

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	See Learning Outcomes
Additional Class Delivery Information	1 lecture per week, each class with a duration of 2 hours.
Keywords	InnovEAsia