1. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is an introduction to international economics, which provides you with the most fundamental and important concepts of international economics. You will understand the principles; basis and patterns of international trade and investment, and then you will be able to explain phenomena and trends in world trade system.This course provides skills for anlysis, critical thinking of enviromental issues in term of scientific, logic and creative manner. This course also provide the students the practical skills, decision making skills and solving the trading problems. The students use, improve the theory and practice, necessary skills to learn, to do the research, to work indipendently and to effectively to meet the requirements of industrialization, modernization and international economic integration and the English working environment.
2. COURSE CONTENTS
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No |
Contents |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, assignments, (3) |
Self-study with teacher tutorials(4) |
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Lecture (1) |
Practice, Seminar (2) |
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1 |
Introduction to International Economics |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
1 |
|
2 |
The Ricardian model |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
1,2 |
|
3 |
The Ricardian model (cont.) |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
1,2 |
|
4 |
Exercises |
0 |
1 |
5 |
4.5 |
5,6 |
|
5 |
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
1,2 |
|
6 |
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model (cont.) |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
1,2 |
|
7 |
Exercises |
0 |
1 |
5 |
4.5 |
5,6 |
|
8 |
Discussion on free trade and trade protectionism |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
9 |
Tariffs |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
10 |
Exercises |
0 |
1 |
5 |
4.5 |
5,6 |
|
11 |
Non-tariff Trade Barriers |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
12 |
Excercises |
0 |
1 |
5 |
4.5 |
5,6 |
|
13 |
Economic Integration |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
2,3 |
|
14 |
Economic Integration (cont.) |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
2,3 |
|
15 |
Revision |
0 |
1 |
2,5 |
4.5 |
7,8,9,10 |
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Total |
30 |
15 |
22,5 |
82.5 |
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3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
– Score ladder: 10
– Type of assessment
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Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
Take responsiblity to attend the class
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The number of attendances and participation in lesson |
9,10 |
10% |
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Report |
Presenting |
Group or individual assignment |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,89,10 |
15% |
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Summative |
Final test |
Choice question, exersice and short essay questions. |
MCQ + writing (90 mins) |
1, 4,5,7 |
60% |
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Total: |
100% |
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