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ECO-10025 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2020/21 Last Updated: 25 February 2021

ECO-10025 - The British and Global Economy
Coordinator: Christopher Tsoukis Tel: +44 1782 7 33101
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733094

Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Yes

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None


Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2020/21

The British and Global Economy module provides an introduction to developments in the global economy from an historical perspective.
The module examines how capitalist industrial economies developed from the industrial revolution in Britain and elsewhere.
The module also explores the development of the international economy in the 20th century, exploring themes that include (indicatively) the emergence of the newly industrialised economies, the Great Depression in the inter-war years, and growth and development after World War II.
As an introduction to the module students are encourage to read:
Allen, R (2011) Global Economic History: A very short introduction, Oxford: OUP.

Aims
The British and Global Economy module provides an introduction to developments in the global economy from an historical perspective.
The module examines how capitalist industrial economies developed from the industrial revolution in Britain and elsewhere.
The module also explores the development of the international economy in the 20th century, exploring themes that include (indicatively) the emergence of the newly industrialised economies, the Great Depression in the inter-war years, and growth and development after World War II.

Intended Learning Outcomes

1,2
analyse the growth and decline of international economic activity and the experience of countries other than those that participated in the 'first wave of industrial revolution', particularly those outside Europe: 1,2
describe the post World War II era of development across the world economy: 2
1,2
combine different sources within an assessment and identify the correct ways to reference sources: explain the factors that created the industrial revolution in Britain and elsewhere:

Study hours

20 hours lectures
4 hours tutorial contact time
36 hours private study - tutorial preparation
40 hours of independent study - essay preparation
48 hours of revision and exam preparation
2 hours exam

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Open Book Examination weighted 50%
Take-away Exam
Assessment 1 is a take-away exam which will be available on KLE for 24-hours. Although students are given significant time to complete this exam script, we expect students to spend no more than 2 hours to complete and submit their answers via Turnitin (with a maximum of 1000 words).

2: Essay weighted 50%
1000 Word essay with reflective element
End-of-semester essay on one from a list of topics covered in the module. A reflective element will require students to write how they have approached the module and how that has facilitated their learning, in particular how they engaged with academic reading lists, library searches and referencing. Indicative split of marks: Two-thirds for academic writing and one-third for the reflective element.

This document is the definitive current source of information about this module and supersedes any other information.

Last Updated: 25 February 2021