Unit name | Economic History |
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Unit code | EFIM20017 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Cannon |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
EFIM10010: Economic Principles 1 EFIM10007: Economic Principles 2 EFIM 10008: Maths and Stats Methods 1 EFIM 10009: Maths and Stats Methods 2 or, for Economics and Mathematics joint honours, the corresponding first-year maths units. nb no pre-requisites for students on Graduate Diploma. |
Co-requisites |
EFIM20008 Intermediate Economics 1 EITHER EFIM20011 Econometrics OR EFIM20010 Applied Quantitative Research Methods |
School/department | School of Economics, Finance and Management |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The purpose of this unit is to introduce students to various historical economic episodes, to broaden their knowledge of economics and to complement the more theoretical economic units taught in the second year. The unit will be topic-based and emphasise depth at the expense of breadth. Topics will be chosen from the following list:
Topics will be chosen to enable the use and practice of economic and econometric tools taught in the first year (and, to a lesser extent, in the co-requisite units). Topics will be drawn predominantly but not exclusively from Europe in the early modern (1550-1750) and modern (1750- 1939) periods. Material will not be drawn from WW2 or afterwards.
Lectures (20) of whole-group teaching.
Classes (9) of about twelve students for problem solving and discussion.
E-learning via quizzes (9) on necessary technical material.
Summative assessment
Two-hour written examination: one (one-hour) essays from a list corresponding to the topics; one (one-hour) analysis question.
Formative assessment
Two essays (approx 2000 words) – these will allow students to combine analysis and synthesis of historical information, economic theory and statistical analysis.
Supplemented by some electronic quizzes to review relevant economic and statistical material.