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150141 VU Economic Development in East Asia (2023S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 13.02.2023 10:00 to Mo 27.02.2023 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 27.03.2023 18:00
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
First class on March 07. Make sure not to miss this class.
- Tuesday 07.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 14.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 21.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 28.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 18.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 25.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 02.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 09.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 16.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 23.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 06.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 13.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 20.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Tuesday 27.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Workload
Students will be asked to read a lot throughout the semester; for details, see Moodle. Expect reading at least about 40 pages per week on average, or more if you want to get a deeper understanding of the subject.
Students’ understanding of each of the three blocks will be assessed in a multiple-choice test; you will have to write three such tests in total. More details will be provided during the discussion classes and on Moodle.
Students will be asked to read a lot throughout the semester; for details, see Moodle. Expect reading at least about 40 pages per week on average, or more if you want to get a deeper understanding of the subject.
Students’ understanding of each of the three blocks will be assessed in a multiple-choice test; you will have to write three such tests in total. More details will be provided during the discussion classes and on Moodle.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Assessment
(1) M/C test on block 1 (theories of economic development): The test will cover what has been discussed during the first four classes (classical, neoclassical, and heterodox theories of development, EAD model).
(2) M/C test on block 2 (country cases of economic development): The test will cover what has been presented on the economic development processes of Japan, China, and South Korea).
(3) M/C test on block 3 (comparative aspects of economic development in Northeast Asia): The test will cover what has been presented.
The final grade for the course will be calculated as follows, based on the grades (not the points) for the three m/c tests:
• Test 1: 33%
• Test 2: 49%
• Test 3: 18%
Please note: This is not a lecture course (“Vorlesung”). Tests will thus not be repeated. They can also not be substituted by other contributions. Please make sure that you can participate. If you already know that this will not be possible, you should not register for this course. If you miss a test, for whatever reason, you will be graded “5” for that test. Please consider this when enrolling for this course.
(1) M/C test on block 1 (theories of economic development): The test will cover what has been discussed during the first four classes (classical, neoclassical, and heterodox theories of development, EAD model).
(2) M/C test on block 2 (country cases of economic development): The test will cover what has been presented on the economic development processes of Japan, China, and South Korea).
(3) M/C test on block 3 (comparative aspects of economic development in Northeast Asia): The test will cover what has been presented.
The final grade for the course will be calculated as follows, based on the grades (not the points) for the three m/c tests:
• Test 1: 33%
• Test 2: 49%
• Test 3: 18%
Please note: This is not a lecture course (“Vorlesung”). Tests will thus not be repeated. They can also not be substituted by other contributions. Please make sure that you can participate. If you already know that this will not be possible, you should not register for this course. If you miss a test, for whatever reason, you will be graded “5” for that test. Please consider this when enrolling for this course.
Examination topics
See above.
Reading list
See Moodle.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Tu 14.01.2025 00:16
This course will combine recorded lectures and units in presence.
You must, therefore, ensure that you have the necessary hardware, software, and stable internet access, AND you need to be able to physically participate in the discussion classes and other units taking place in presence. If, for whatever reason, you are not sure whether you can guarantee all this, then you should not register for this course.Contents
Reflecting our integrated teaching and learning concept, this course includes the building of theoretical knowledge as well as its application to specific cases in East Asia in a comparative way. It consists of three blocks, each of which is composed of recorded lectures by the professor, and concluded by a discussion session.
Block 1: Some of the key theories of economic development including the East Asian Development Model.
Block 2: The economic development process of three countries of Northeast Asia: Japan, South Korea, and the PR China.
Block 3: Revisiting the three cases in a comparative way, this time focusing more on the framework of development as extracted from the literature, and highlighting similarities and differences.
If everything goes well, students master the fundamental ideas of various key theories of economic development; in particular classical/neoclassical, Marxist, Keynesian and dependency theory, dirigisme, structuralism, and neoliberalism. They understand the developmental paths of the individual East Asian countries both from a general perspective and with regard to their particularities, and are able to conduct comparative, method-based country case analyses and to apply the acquired knowledge to contemporary developments in the region.