EC310-15 Topics in Development Economics 3
Introductory description
EC310-15 Topics in Development Economics 3
Module aims
Enable students to obtain an understanding of a range of problems in economic development in low-income countries, and to demonstrate how the tools of economic analysis can throw light on economic behaviour (and especially household behaviour) and help formulate appropriate policies to remedy acute economic problems in low-income countries.
Outline syllabus
This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.
Topics covered may include the following in the context of developing regions:
- agricultural households
- behavioural aspects of poverty
- culture
- child labour
- comparative development
- determinants of growth
- education
- firms
- gender
- health
- institutions
- labour markets
- market failures and microfinance
- policy (migration, industrialization, etc)
- poverty and inequality
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- Professional skills: … Review the relevant literature and evidence.
- Subject knowledge and understanding: … demonstrate an improved awareness of the causes, consequences and possible remedies for serious Third World problems.
- Cognitive skills: … Apply critical analysis to the topics of the module, formulate concepts and hypotheses, and show how they are tested in relevant literature.
- Key skills: … Communicate their knowledge and understanding to others.
Indicative reading list
Please see Talis Aspire link for most up to date list.
View reading list on Talis Aspire
International
The module considers a range of developing economies and hence is international by nature.
Subject specific skills
Students will have the opportunity to develop skills in:
Analytical thinking and communication
Analytical reasoning
Critical thinking
Creative thinking
Problem-solving
Abstraction
Policy evaluation
Analysis of incentives
Concepts of Simultaneity and Endogeneity
Analysis of optimisation
Understanding of Uncertainty and Incomplete Information
Transferable skills
Students will have the opportunity to develop:
Research skills
Numeracy and quantitative skills
Data-based skills
IT skills
Written communication skills
Mathematical, statistical and data-based research skills
Study time
| Type | Required |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 20 sessions of 1 hour (13%) |
| Seminars | 4 sessions of 1 hour (3%) |
| Private study | 126 hours (84%) |
| Total | 150 hours |
Private study description
Private study will be required in order to prepare for seminars/classes, to review lecture notes, to prepare for forthcoming assessments, tests, and exams, and to undertake wider reading around the subject.
Costs
No further costs have been identified for this module.
You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.
Students can register for this module without taking any assessment.
Assessment group D4
| Weighting | Study time | Eligible for self-certification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written Assignment (2000 words) | 20% | No | |
| In-person Examination | 80% | No | |
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Assessment group R3
| Weighting | Study time | Eligible for self-certification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-person Examination - Resit | 100% | No | |
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Feedback on assessment
The Department of Economics is committed to providing high quality and timely feedback to students on their assessed work, to enable them to review and continuously improve their work. We are dedicated to ensuring feedback is returned to students within 20 University working days of their assessment deadline. Feedback for assignments is returned either on a standardised assessment feedback cover sheet which gives information both by tick boxes and by free comments or via free text comments on tabula, together with the annotated assignment. For tests and problem sets, students receive solutions as an important form of feedback and their marked assignment, with a breakdown of marks and comments by question and sub-question. Students are informed how to access their feedback, either by collecting from the Undergraduate Office or via tabula. Module leaders often provide generic feedback for the cohort outlining what was done well, less well, and what was expected on the assignment and any other common themes. This feedback also includes a cumulative distribution function with summary statistics so students can review their performance in relation to the cohort. This feedback is in addition to the individual-specific feedback on assessment performance.
Pre-requisites
Any of:
EC204-30 Economics 2 AND
EC203-30 Applied Econometrics
OR
EC204-30 Economics 2 AND
EC226-30 Econometrics 1
OR
EC201-30 Macroeconomics 2 AND
EC202-30 Microeconomics 2 AND
EC226-30 Econometrics 1
To take this module, you must have passed:
Courses
This module is Core optional for:
- Year 3 of UIPA-L1L8 Undergraduate Economic Studies and Global Sustainable Development
This module is Optional for:
- Year 1 of TECA-L1P5 Postgraduate Taught Economics
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TECA-L1PA Postgraduate Taught Economics (Diploma plus MSc)
- Year 1 of L1PA Economics (Diploma plus MSc)
- Year 1 of L1PA Economics (Diploma plus MSc)
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UECA-3 Undergraduate Economics 3 Year Variants
- Year 3 of L100 Economics
- Year 3 of L103 Economics with Study Abroad
- Year 4 of UECA-4 Undergraduate Economics 4 Year Variants
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UPHA-L1CA Undergraduate Economics, Psychology and Philosophy
- Year 3 of L1CA Economics, Psychology and Philosophy
- Year 3 of L1CA Economics, Psychology and Philosophy
- Year 3 of L1CC Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (Behavioural Economics Pathway)
- Year 3 of L1CC Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (Behavioural Economics Pathway)
- Year 3 of L1CD Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (Economics with Philosophy Pathway)
- Year 3 of L1CD Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (Economics with Philosophy Pathway)
- Year 3 of L1CE Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (Philosophy and Psychology Pathway)
- Year 3 of L1CE Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (Philosophy and Psychology Pathway)
- Year 3 of L1CF Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (Tripartite Pathway)
- Year 3 of L1CF Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (Tripartite Pathway)
- Year 4 of L1CG Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (Behavioural Economics Pathway) (with Intercalated Year)
- Year 4 of L1CK Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (Tripartite Pathway) (with Intercalated Year)
- Year 4 of ULNA-R1L4 Undergraduate French and Economics (4-year)
- Year 4 of ULNA-R2L4 Undergraduate German and Economics (4-year)
- Year 4 of ULNA-R4L1 Undergraduate Hispanic Studies and Economics (4-year)
- Year 4 of ULNA-R3L4 Undergraduate Italian and Economics (4-year)
- Year 3 of UVCA-LA99 Undergraduate Liberal Arts
- Year 3 of UMAA-GL11 Undergraduate Mathematics and Economics
- Year 4 of UECA-GL12 Undergraduate Mathematics and Economics (with Intercalated Year)
- Year 4 of ULNA-R9L1 Undergraduate Modern Languages and Economics (4-year)
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UPHA-V7ML Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Year 3 of V7MR Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite with Economics Major)
- Year 3 of V7MR Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite with Economics Major)
- Year 3 of V7MR Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite with Economics Major)
- Year 3 of V7MP Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite)
- Year 3 of V7MP Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite)
- Year 3 of V7MP Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite)
- Year 3 of V7MP Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite)
- Year 3 of V7ML Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Tripartite)
- Year 3 of V7ML Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Tripartite)
- Year 3 of V7ML Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Tripartite)
- Year 4 of V7MR Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite with Economics Major)
- Year 4 of V7MR Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite with Economics Major)
- Year 4 of V7MP Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite)
- Year 4 of V7MP Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite)
- Year 4 of V7MP Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite)
- Year 4 of V7MP Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite)
- Year 4 of V7ML Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Tripartite)
- Year 4 of V7ML Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Tripartite)
- Year 4 of V7ML Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Tripartite)