Universität Wien

070267 UE Foreign Languages in Historical Science 1 (2009S)

Economic Theory and Economic History

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 10.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 17.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 24.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 31.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 21.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 28.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 05.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 12.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 19.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 26.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 09.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 16.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 23.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 30.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The first aim of this course is to introduce students to some important and wide- ranging economic theories as well as to their historical and economic problem situations. The discussions will be based on literature referring to economics and economic history and will remain on an introductory level. The other major aim of this course is to make students familiar with the language of economics and to provide a training space for particioning already existing English language skills.

Assessment and permitted materials

Examinations will take place in June 2009 at the last meeting of the course by one 90 minute invigilated examination paper. The examination paper contains about 10 questions, of which the candidates are required to answer more than 50% correctly in order to pass.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Diligent students will learn to make sense of and evaluate the historical background, achievements, main criticisms and later developments of these different ideas which implicitly cover much ground even in modern economic textbooks and historical investigations.

Examination topics

Teaching consists in one unbroken 90-minute lecture/seminar weekly. Students are required to contribute in a lively manner to discussions at all classes and to produce one substantial talk and seminar presentation (about 30 minutes). Before presenting their talk in class, students are required to prepare and discuss their talks with the lecturers of this course. In order to initiate discussions students will have to prepare answers to problems for each meeting. English will be the only accepted language for all activities (lectures, discussions, presentations, written exercises, examinations) in the context of this course. All relevant texts will be made available on a special space of the e-learning device "Fronter". Students are expected to have basic knowledge of handling this tool.

Reading list

Robert L. Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers, 7th ed., Touchstone, New York 1999, chaps. III, IV, VII, IX.
Thomas Sowell, On Classical Economics, Yale Univ. Press, New Haven & London 2006, pp. 22 ¿ 79.
G. R. Hawke, Economics for the Historians, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 1980, chaps. 4, 6.
J. M. Keynes, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, MacMillan, 1974, chaps. 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14. 15

Association in the course directory

Alle MA: Fremdsprachen in der Geschichtswissenschaft 1 oder 2, MWG 12

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