TOPICS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY

Course Information
TitleΕΙΔΙΚΑ ΘΕΜΑΤΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗΣ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ / TOPICS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY
Code12ΕΣ03
FacultySocial and Economic Sciences
SchoolEconomics
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorGrigorios Zarotiadis
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID100001499

Programme of Study: UPS School of Economics (2013-today)

Registered students: 65
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
OIKONOMIASElective Course belonging to the selected specialization (Elective Specialization Course)533
DIOIKĪSĪ EPICΗEIRĪSEŌNElective Courses belonging to the other533
Class Information
Academic Year2019 – 2020
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600148860
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in economic theory and especially with respect to the terminology and the methods of analysis used in political economy literature.
Learning Outcomes
Following the successful completion of the respective lecture, the students shall be able (i) to understand and use efficiently modern political economy terminology and methodology, (ii) shall have afull knowledge of basic issues, for instance re-industrialization, reshoring, financialization and internationalization of economic activities and transactions. Finally, (iii) they shall be able to propose welldocumented policy interventions.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
In the frame of the specific lecture we focus on contemporary issues in the literature of political economy - reindustrialization and reshoring, financialization and internationalization social and environmental sustainability. For this, the students will get familiar with the newest methodological framework and the respective analytical tools of political economy.
Keywords
reindustrialization, reshoring, financialization, internationalization, sustainability
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
e-presentations and search for data, information and relevant literature through internet, e-communication with students, evaluation of the studenst through the website of the lecture in "moodle".
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures401.4✓✓
Written assigments200.7✓✓
Exams240.9✓
Total843
Student Assessment
Description
Submission of essays from groups of up to three students plus written or oral exams at the end of the semester cobering all the material that has been discussed during the lectures. The final grade is the average of the two, yet with a precondition: the grade of the final exam will be at least 5 (out of 10).
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ ΚΑΙ ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ ΣΤΗ ΔΙΕΘΝΗ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ, Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 59377408.
Last Update
12-02-2021