| Course title | Economic history of the modern world |
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| Course code | KHI/EHM |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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1) Introduction 2) Liberalism and industrial revolution 3) Second industrial revolution and Black Friday 4) War economies 5) Great Depression - US 6) Great Depression - the World 7) Economic Miracle 8) Oil crisis 9) Reaganomics 10) Communist answer 11) Asian Tigers, LA Jaguars 12) Globalization 13) World in crisis 2008
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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| Learning outcomes |
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This course focuses on the modern economic history, i.e., roughly from 1776 to 2008. It will be told from the Western perspective, but attention will be placed also on the global development: in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Although the focus will be on economy, the social history will be taken into consideration as well. This course will also try to present the important milestones of the economic development of the World: the so-called Industrial revolution(s), Great Depression of 1929, War economies, ideological battle between capitalism and communism during the Cold War, and globalization after 1980s.
After the completion of this course, students will be able to understand the economic and social development of the World in past 250 years and place them into the proper context of history. They will understand, how the economy influenced the societies and what were the important turning points in the economic history. They will also comprehend how has economy worked from the global perspective because they will present a paper on some important issues of it. |
| Prerequisites |
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None.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary), Seminar Work
Attendance and activity in class - 20 % (Only two unexcused absences will be permitted) Presentation - 30 % (Student will explain in the class one of the important economic terms: GDP: nominal, per capita and PPP; Inflation, stagflation, deflation, devaluation; Informal and formal economics; Interest rates; Trade balance; Payment balance; Exchange rate and its development; Mercantilism; Physiocratism; Classical liberalism; Classical conservatism; Socialism; Modern liberalism - Keynesianism; Neoliberalism) Test - 30 % (Multiple choice and short semi-open questions) Book Review - 20 % (2 to 3 normpages - 3600 to 5400 characters with spaces of a book about the Economic history) |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA19) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (2019) | Category: History courses | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (2019) | Category: History courses | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA20) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA19) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA21) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA20) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA21) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (2019) | Category: History courses | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |