Universität Wien

150089 UE Exercise Course Economic Development in East Asia (2020S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Course will take place on Tuesdays, from 10:15 - 11:45. First session will be on 3 March and last session on 23 June, 2020. Detailed schedule will be updated soon.
**Update - Covid-19: Due to government measures, this course's sessions from March 17 and onwards, will take place in the form of home-learning.

This exercise course (Übung – UE) supplements the Seminar '150057 Economic Development in East' Asia given by Prof. Rüdiger Frank. It is a highly recommended addition to all students participating in Prof. Frank's course.

  • Tuesday 03.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 10.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 17.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 24.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 31.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 21.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 28.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 05.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 12.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 19.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 26.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 09.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 16.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
  • Tuesday 23.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course aims to provide guidance to students who are in the process of researching and writing a term paper for the seminar of Economic Development in East Asia. Thus, this exercise-course (Übung) will run in coordination with the aforementioned seminar.
By successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
- Familiarize themselves with EcoS requirements to write a term paper and understand their relevance when doing academic research,
- Improve their scientific writing skills, including their abilities to identify, understand and contrast scholarly sources needed for their research,
- Improve their collaborative skills and in-group work for presentations and discussions concerning aspects of economic development,
- Develop a research proposal for their term paper.

Assessment and permitted materials

- Assignment on citation (10 %),
- Presentation on Research Topic (individual presentations part of panel - upload file of a narrated presentation on Moodle) (40%),
- Submission Research Proposal (30 %),
- Participation group discussions (20%). For virtual sessions, participation on Discussion forums (Moodleoverflow)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Positive grades (grade 4 or better) for all formal requirements as listed under “Assessment (Art der Leistungskontrolle)” are a minimum requirement for passing this course.
Grading is based on a “continuous assessment of coursework” (“Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung”). Repetition of individual assessment criteria, therefore, is not possible.

The “Presentation on Research Topic” is individual and is part of a panel with a global topic, and counts as a minimum requirement (“Mindestanforderung). The “Submission of the Research Proposal” also counts as a minimum requirement. Therefore, students must pass both of these assignments in order to achieve an overall pass for the course. Deadlines for submission of both tasks, via Moodle, are as follow:
- Presentation on Research Topic: April 16, 22:00 (.pdf or PowerPoint document),
- Submission Research Proposal: May 21, 22:00 (Word-processor file).
The lecturer will provide additional details on these and the other assessment criteria during the first session of this Exercise Course, on May 03, 2020.

Active participation in discussions and class exercises is encouraged and expected from students. Bearing this in mind, regular attendance is mandatory with the following penalties applied to students who miss class sessions:
- Final grade will not be affected if the student is absent up to three class sessions (missing a double session will result in two absences)
- Four absences will result in the final grade being reduced by one full grade; fives absences will be reduced by two full grades. Students with more than five absences will fail the course.
*Please note: To ensure a smooth proceeding of the seminar, please be on time. Students who are late by more than 10 minutes will not be able to sign the attendance list.
**Update of course attendance:
**Attendance will be taken at the end of each Jitsi session (videoconference), when these take place. Otherwise, attendance will be taken based on the contributions to the forum (Moodleoverflow) for each session.

Examination topics

Does not apply

Reading list

Recommended books for this course. Lecturer will post some of the chapters on Moodle:
- Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations. 3. Ed., Rev., 3. Impr.. ed. Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]: U of Chicago, 1969. Print.
- Murray, Rowena. How to Write a Thesis. 3rd ed. Maidenhead :: Open UP, 2011. Open UP Study Skills. Web.
Lecturer will recommend some additional readings as preparation for further sessions of the course in a timely manner.

Association in the course directory

M4

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