Undergraduate Course: Issues in Global Economics (ECNM08012)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course is intended to illustrate the usefulness of economic analysis in a varied range of applied contexts. The contexts covered may vary from year to year. A typical year might include 2 contexts drawn from: international macroeconomics and financial globalisation; international development; international trade and globalisation; the economics of global climate change; the economics of financial markets and institutions; the distribution of income and well-being. |
| Course description |
The course is intended to illustrate the usefulness of economic analysis in a varied range of applied contexts. The contexts covered may vary from year to year. A typical year might include 2 contexts drawn from: international macroeconomics and financial globalisation; international development; international trade and globalisation; the economics of global climate change; the economics of financial markets and institutions; the distribution of income and well-being.
The course is taught through a programme of lectures and tutorials. Reading material for the course will be drawn from a variety of sources.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Economics 1 (ECNM08013)
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Co-requisites | Students MUST also take:
Economics 2 (ECNM08006)
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | If the pre-requisite is not met, permission of the course organiser is required before enrolling on the course. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | An introductory economics course and a knowledge of calculus. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- A knowledge and understanding of key global economic and social issues, including principles, models and associated mathematical and statistical techniques, along with applications and policy implications of those models.
- 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 and to collaborate with and relate to others.
- Personal effectiveness through task-management, time-management, teamwork and group interaction, 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 and quantitative analysis and general IT literacy.
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Reading List
| Reading material for the course will be drawn from a variety of sources. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
See Learning Outcomes |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
One weekly, one and a half hour tutorial to be arranged in addition. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Fiona Wainwright
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Course secretary | Ms Dawn Mcmanus
Tel: (0131 6)50 6946
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