Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
150400307104WORLD ECONOMYElective474
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To have information about different periods and regions of the world economy and to deploy a comparative perspective.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1The students will be able to use different concepts about the world economy.
2The students will be able to analyse global change of economic indicators.
3The students will be able to analyse the international institutions in the context of the network of global coordination.
4The students will be able to discuss on the causes and consequences of different financial crises such as 2008 global crisis.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
NONE
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
An history of the formation of the world economy as a commercial and financial whole by periods and a zoom in to the contemporary economy by the focuses of themes and regions.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1 Periods: Gold Standard (1870-1914)
2Periods: Interwar Period (1914-1946)
3 Periods: Bretton Woods (1946-1973)
4 Periods: Flexible Accumulation (1973-2008)
5 Periods: 2008 Global Crisis and Post-Crisis Period
6 Themes: FDI
7 Midterm Exam
8 Themes: Infrastructure
9Themes: International Movement of People
10Themes: Working Regimes
11 Regions: East Asia
12Regions: Latin America
13 Final
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Self Study148112
Individual Study for Mid term Examination111
Individual Study for Final Examination111
Homework155
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)121
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