Courses Bachelor Display 2024-2025
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| Course title | Economics and Society in Contemporary Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBC2160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 6,5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | Whole/Half Grades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Intermediate/Advanced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Kaj Thomsson For more information: k.thomsson@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
The goal of this course is to understand economic issues in contemporary Latin American society in their social, cultural and political context.
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| Description |
This course provides an overview of the environment shaping business incentives and economic trajectories in Latin America, by integrating culture, economics and politics. “Standard” topics in economics and business, such as the recent macroeconomic performance and the microeconomic competitiveness of Latin American countries, are covered. However, the course also transcends the borders of academic disciplines and deals with topics such as social change, violence, national identity and the political underpinnings of long-run prosperity. A common theme of the course is that current political and economic structures can only be understood in a historical context.
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| Literature |
The literature for this course consists of a collection of academic articles and book chapters, plus other materials such as podcasts, newspaper articles and policy reports.
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| Prerequisites |
This course is in transition for the bachelor Fiscal Economics.
See the Bachelor Education and Examination Regulations for more information. The following rule applies to bachelor Fiscal Economics students. TRANSITIONAL REGULATION (EBC2160): The bachelor Fiscal Economics has been discontinued. There will be repeat education for year 1 and year 2 courses up to and including academic year 2025-2026 and exam-only up to and including academic year 2026-2027. For year 3 courses there will be repeat education up to and including 2026-2027 and exam-only up to and including academic year 2027-2028. Whether a course is in transition, cancelled, or replaced may depend on the cohort you are in. Sometimes there are additional criteria. It is therefore very important to carefully read the EER and any addendum so you can apply the rules to your individual situation. PREREQUISITES: First-year courses in economics in either the International Business bachelor or in the Economics and Business Economics bachelor, or equivalent courses from other programmes. |
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| Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | PBL / Presentation / Lecture / Assignment / Papers / Groupwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Final Paper / Attendance / Participation / Written Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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