Course title: World Economic Geography
Course code: TMAE201
Department: International Trade - School of Economics and International Business
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): None
- COURSE OBJECTIVES
The discipline equips students with basic knowledge about natural and socio-economic characteristics of some countries and typical regions in the world. In addition, the discipline also equips students with knowledge about socio-economic issues in the current period such as the political map; the characteristics and effects of scientific and technological revolutions to the socio-economic context; political, social and environmental changes; outstanding economic development characteristics of some countries in the world.
- COURSE CONTENTS AND SCHEDULE
No. |
Contents |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments... |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials |
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Lecture |
Practice, Seminar... |
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1-2 |
Chapter 1: Overview of World Socio-Economic Issues |
4 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
1; 3; 6 |
3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 |
Chapter 2: Socio-Economic geography of some countries in the world |
16 |
8 |
8 |
40 |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6 |
11-12-13-14-15 |
Chapter 3: Socio-Economic geography of some regions of the world |
10 |
5 |
15 |
30 |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6 |
Total (hour) |
30 |
15 |
25 |
80 |
- COURSE ASSESSMENT
- Score ladder: 10
- Type of assessment
Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
Students have to attend all the lectures, complete all the assignments and express their opinions in the lectures
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The number of attendances and participation in lesson |
1; 2; 3; 5 |
10% |
Midterm test |
Subjects covered in this course |
Writing test/ assignments/ presentation/ group work |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5 |
30% |
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Bonus Points |
Correctly answering questions in class will be awarded a bonus point of 0.2 pts in the mid term or 0.1 in the final test |
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Summative |
Final test |
Subjects covered in this course |
Writing exam (Multiple-choice and/or essay questions), Assignments, Report, Project, Oral Examination, or a combination of the above |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5 |
60% |