Courses Exchange Display 2020-2021
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Kaj Thomsson For more information: k.thomsson@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| 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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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT METHOD(S) USED IN THIS COURSE IS WITH RESERVATION. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED HERE IS BASED ON THE COURSE SETUP PRIOR TO THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE CRISIS, COURSE COORDINATORS MAY BE FORCED TO CHANGE THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT METHODS USED. THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHING/ASSESSMENT METHOD(S) WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE COURSE SYLLABUS.
This course on contemporary Latin America focuses on the integration and synthesis of culture, economics and politics in Latin American societies in order to develop an understanding of the region in its contemporary social-political and cultural setting. This course transcends the borders of academic disciplines and deals with topics like history and public policy, political obstacles for intra-regional cooperation, social change and prosperity, and cultural forces in society. |
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| Literature |
Collection of articles and book chapters.
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| 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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