Module Descriptors
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
ECON60080
Key Facts
School of Justice, Security and Sustainability
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: John Ramsay
Email: J.Ramsay@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 30
Independent Study Hours: 120
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 80%
- GROUP PRESENTATION weighted at 20%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
Two different elements which together comprise 100% of the module's assessment process:
1. The assignment: The assignment will be of no more than 2000 words accounting for 80% of the total marks (LOs 1 and 3)
2. The group presentation: Students will be expected to take an active role in a brief group presentation (LO2) These will be assessed using criteria specified, in detail in the module handbook and in the relevant sections of the blackboard website:
1. The assignment: The assignment will be of no more than 2000 words accounting for 80% of the total marks (LOs 1 and 3)
2. The group presentation: Students will be expected to take an active role in a brief group presentation (LO2) These will be assessed using criteria specified, in detail in the module handbook and in the relevant sections of the blackboard website:
Module Indicative Content
At the end of the Twentieth century the so-called `Tiger Economies¿ of Japan, Taiwan, Hong-Kong,
Singapore and S. Korea achieved very high rates of growth. Japan, for example, went from starvation at the end of the Second World War to become the second richest country on the planet. This module sets out to try to discover how these unusually high growth rates were achieved, and to use that knowledge to predict how other countries, of interest to students, may develop.
Singapore and S. Korea achieved very high rates of growth. Japan, for example, went from starvation at the end of the Second World War to become the second richest country on the planet. This module sets out to try to discover how these unusually high growth rates were achieved, and to use that knowledge to predict how other countries, of interest to students, may develop.
Module Learning Strategies
The learning strategy for the module requires students to commit 150 learning hours (including assessment) of this there will be 30 hours of class support and 120 hours of independent and self directed study. Support will also be given by access to Scheduled Tutor Office Hours to support the module.
6 hours of lectures/large group based activity
12 hours of formal lectures
12 hours of tutor led activity - workshops and case study activity
The module content will be presented using a mixture of staff delivery of material, the preparation and delivery of student group presentations on questions related to the indicative content, directed reading in and out of class and short group problem-solving activities in class.
6 hours of lectures/large group based activity
12 hours of formal lectures
12 hours of tutor led activity - workshops and case study activity
The module content will be presented using a mixture of staff delivery of material, the preparation and delivery of student group presentations on questions related to the indicative content, directed reading in and out of class and short group problem-solving activities in class.
Module Resources
Two related module websites.
Content website:
http://tinyurl.com/y55f42
Learning skills material at:
http://tinyurl.com/dmeyv
Content website:
http://tinyurl.com/y55f42
Learning skills material at:
http://tinyurl.com/dmeyv
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Must have studied a Level 1 Introductory Economics or Business Economics module or equivalent.
Module Texts
Chowdury, A & Islam, I., (2001), The Newly Industrialising Economies of E. Asia, Routledge
Flath, D., (2005), The Japanese Economy, Open University Press
Ito, T., (2001), The Japanese Economy, MIT Press
Flath, D., (2005), The Japanese Economy, Open University Press
Ito, T., (2001), The Japanese Economy, MIT Press