International Economic History, 15 Credits

Contents

The course concerns long-term international economic and social change. In focus are economic growth, economic thought, crises, globalization, gender division of labor, and sustainability, from the medieval period up to present day.

Expected learning outcomes

After completing the course the students have acquired:

Knowledge and understanding
1. Basic knowledge and understanding concerning economic growth, transformation, and crises
2. Basic knowledge and understanding concerning the role of the factors of production, patterns of industrialization, as well as technological, institutional and structural change
3. Basic knowledge and understanding concerning changes of economic thought, economic integration and gender division of labor
4. Basic knowledge and understanding concerning historical connections and contradictions between economic growth and sustainable development

Skill and ability
5. Basic ability to analyze historical connections and contradictions between economic growth and sustainable development

Evaluation ability and approach
6. Ability to express and critically assess - in writing - the different perspectives, interpretations and explanations that have been presented during the course

Required Knowledge

Form of instruction

Web-based teaching and communication in english. No physical meetings are included

Examination modes

Examinations are conducted in the form of individually written reports. Students who do not pass the regular exam are offered a re-examination in close proximity to the regular exam. The course is graded according a three-step scale: pass with distinction, pass, or fail. Normally, pass is the highest grade for late submissions. Re-examination and other examinations based on the same syllabus as the regular exam is guaranteed for two years after the first registration on the course. After two failed re-examinations, the student has the right, at a written request to the head of the department, to change examinator.

Credits
The course can be part of a bachelor's degree in economic history. Students have the right to be tried on prior education or equivalent knowledge and skills acquired in the profession if it can be credited for the same education at Umeå University. Application for credit is submitted to the Student Services unit at Umeå University. For more information on credit transfer available at Umeå University's student web, www.student.umu.se, and the Higher Education Ordinance (Chapter 6). A refusal of crediting can be appealed (Higher Education chapter 12) to the University Appeals Board.

The course can be combined with any other undergraduate economic history class of 15 credits and thereby correspond to 15 + 15 credits of undergraduate level studies in economic history. For foreign students the ECTS seven grade transcription model is used.

The course can be combined with any other undergraduate economic history class of 15 credits and thereby correspond to 15 + 15 credits of undergraduate level studies in economic history. For foreign students the ECTS seven grade transcription model is used.