432050 VO Economic and Social History: Global History of the World Economy

winter semester 2017/2018 | Last update: 04.09.2017 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Economic Theory, Policy and History

Instructor:

assoz. Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Andreas Exenberger, +43 512 507 71017

Course number:

432050

Title:

VO Economic and Social History: Global History of the World Economy

Type/hours:

VO 2

ECTS credits:

Module allocation(s):

SVWL (G) Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte

prerequisite(s):

The lecture is principally open for all those interested, crucial prerequisite for participation in the proseminar are interest in the topic and openness for an interdisciplinary approach. The whole module is generally open to students also from other programmes than economics. For reasons of fairness and because of its interdisciplinary character, formal pre-requisites ("Theory of Economic Decisions 1" and "Fundamentals of Macroeconomic Activity") are thus only relevant in case of over-booking.

Period:

weekly

Mode of repetition:

each semester

Language of instruction:

German

Learning Outcome:

Aquirement of special knowledge in economic and social history, focus on the description and discussion of global developments (trends and structurs) and stimulation of critical reflection of the these developments (in history and at present).

Contents:

The lecture provides an overview on world economic and social history from a global historical perspective. Departing from a critical analysis of the present, trends and structures of general developments are explained and some selected aspects (development of living standards and associated challenges, resource and energy use, demography, migration, climate change, conflicts, catastrophes, etc.) are discussed in more depth.

Methods:

Lecture and discussion

Assessment:

written exam (Modulprüfung)

Literature:

to be announced

Prerequisites:

The lecture is principally open for all those interested.

Remarks:

Students from programmes other than economics, especially from sociology, political science and history, are explicitly welcome due to the interdisciplinary character of the course. In these cases, enrollment for the PS will also be possible online, but a later enrollment in person in the first unit at October 3 is also likely to be possible!

OLAT:

https://lms.uibk.ac.at/url/RepositoryEntry/4237000863

Start:

03.10.2017

Dates

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Date	Time	Location
Tue 2017-10-03	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-10-10	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-10-17	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-10-24	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-10-31	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-11-07	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-11-14	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-11-21	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-11-28	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-12-05	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-12-12	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-01-09	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-01-16	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-01-23	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-01-30	10.00 - 11.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free