150086 SE Economic Systems in East Asia (2023W)
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 13.09.2023 10:00 to We 27.09.2023 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.10.2023 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
04.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
11.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
18.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
25.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
08.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
15.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
22.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
29.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
06.12.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
13.12.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
10.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
17.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
24.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Wednesday
31.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Workload
In its first part, this is a text-based seminar. Accordingly, in preparation of each unit, students will be asked to read related book chapters or articles. This will create a foundation for active participation during the seminar. Expect reading about 40 pages per week.
You will have to write one multiple-choice test on the key elements of the first, theoretical part of this seminar.
In addition, each student will be required to actively contribute to six group presentations during which selected aspects of economic systems will be compared among China, Japan, and South Korea. This task includes the preparation and uploading of recorded PPT presentations on Moodle. Details of the assignments are specified on Moodle.
The main student contribution will be a term paper (see below).
Many of you are interested in knowing more about other countries of East Asia, including Southeast Asia. For reasons of time, our case studies focus on China, Japan and Korea. However, you are free to use the knowledge gained during the seminar to explore the economic systems of other East Asian countries in your term paper.
In its first part, this is a text-based seminar. Accordingly, in preparation of each unit, students will be asked to read related book chapters or articles. This will create a foundation for active participation during the seminar. Expect reading about 40 pages per week.
You will have to write one multiple-choice test on the key elements of the first, theoretical part of this seminar.
In addition, each student will be required to actively contribute to six group presentations during which selected aspects of economic systems will be compared among China, Japan, and South Korea. This task includes the preparation and uploading of recorded PPT presentations on Moodle. Details of the assignments are specified on Moodle.
The main student contribution will be a term paper (see below).
Many of you are interested in knowing more about other countries of East Asia, including Southeast Asia. For reasons of time, our case studies focus on China, Japan and Korea. However, you are free to use the knowledge gained during the seminar to explore the economic systems of other East Asian countries in your term paper.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Assessment
(1) The m/c test will be held online via Moodle. The date will be 08.11.2023. There will be no alternative date for this test; please make sure that you can participate. The test cannot be substituted by any other contribution.
(2) For the group presentations, every member of the group will receive the same grade.
(3) Students are required to write a term paper (Seminararbeit). Details including structure, layout and grading criteria will be discussed in great detail during the exercise course. The term papers are due at 23:59 on 28.02.2023. Term papers will only be accepted in electronic form via Moodle as a WinWord .docx file.
Late submission of term papers: A delay in term paper submission of up to 1 week will result in downgrading by one full grade. A delay in term paper submission of up to 2 weeks will result in downgrading by two full grades, and so forth.
The final grade for the course will be calculated as follows:
• M/C test: 14%
• Group presentations: 6% each (total: 36%)
• Term paper: 50%
(1) The m/c test will be held online via Moodle. The date will be 08.11.2023. There will be no alternative date for this test; please make sure that you can participate. The test cannot be substituted by any other contribution.
(2) For the group presentations, every member of the group will receive the same grade.
(3) Students are required to write a term paper (Seminararbeit). Details including structure, layout and grading criteria will be discussed in great detail during the exercise course. The term papers are due at 23:59 on 28.02.2023. Term papers will only be accepted in electronic form via Moodle as a WinWord .docx file.
Late submission of term papers: A delay in term paper submission of up to 1 week will result in downgrading by one full grade. A delay in term paper submission of up to 2 weeks will result in downgrading by two full grades, and so forth.
The final grade for the course will be calculated as follows:
• M/C test: 14%
• Group presentations: 6% each (total: 36%)
• Term paper: 50%
Examination topics
see above
Reading list
See Moodle.
Association in the course directory
WM2b
Last modified: Tu 08.08.2023 14:07
This course is planned in hybrid mode, i.e., it will include classes in presence at the University, as well as e-learning elements. To participate, you need to be physically present in Vienna, and you will need a stable internet connection, a computer with a webcam, speakers and a microphone (or a headset), and regular access to Moodle (will be granted to you automatically once you are registered for this course). Before registering for this class, make sure you meet all these requirements.Contents
Reflecting our integrated teaching and learning concept, this course includes the building of theoretical knowledge as well as its application to specific cases in East Asia. In a first step, students learn about (or refresh their knowledge of) key elements of various types of economic systems including market economies, socialist systems, and market socialism, and the merits of different approaches towards their classification. In a second part, this theoretical knowledge will be applied to cases in East Asia on a comparative basis. The analytical framework for that comparison will be provided by the instructor. Teams will be formed in which students prepare short presentations on selected issues. In the third part, students will be asked to apply and expand what they have learned by writing a term paper.
IMPORTANT: You need to participate in the “Exercise Course on Economic Systems in East Asia”. All consultations on the term paper will take place during that Exercise Course. You can only register for this Seminar if you have already registered for the Exercise Course.
We will develop an understanding of the types of economic systems and especially of their various components. The focus of this seminar is on a static analysis of the current status quo. The economies in East Asia are constantly developing, however. We therefore focus as much on useful but relatively short-lived empirical knowledge of the structures and sectors of East Asian economies, as we aim at developing and testing a more enduring framework for their analysis.