Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis"

Economic History (non attivo)

Economic History

Anno accademico 2015/2016

Sommario insegnamento

• Obiettivi formativi
• Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
• Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
• Programma
• Testi consigliati e bibliografia
• Altre informazioni
• Strumenti didattici

Obiettivi formativi

knowledge and understanding
-- knowledge of the stylized facts of Europe’s economic development from the Stone Age on
-- understanding of the use of economic analysis to explain historical change
-- knowledge of the various schools of thought, of their underlying ideology, and of the relations among them
applying knowledge and understanding
-- the course provides training in the deconstruction of “facts” and interpretations across the entire spectrum of the social sciences
Making judgements
-- the course develops the capacity to make informed, independent judgements by training the reader/listener to search for, identify, and evaluate the author’s hidden assumptions
Communication skills
-- the course aims to develop the capacity to communicate one’s knowledge and arguments in a coherent and comprehensible manner
Learning skills
The course teaches a sophisticated approach to the social sciences, thus developing the capacity for independent study

Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

Knowledge of a basic outline of economic history; capacity to read critically in the social sciences; capacity to apply economic analysis to empirical problems

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

Written exam, with essays on broad themes that bring out the student’s ability to synthesize and argue, as well as her/his knowledge

Programma

Class timetable:

discussion of production, trade, and economic organization from the late Stone Age to the recent past; use of economic theory to understand reality; the nature of the social sciences and the role of ideology

selected readings (journal articles, book chapters)

The reading matter for the course can be found here.

 NB:  students should bring a hard copy of the first reading (00 course notes) to the first class meeting, on October 2.

Altre informazioni

• Materiale didattico
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