ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Applied Economics
Areas: Applied Economics
Center Faculty of Business Administration and Management
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
Provide students with a basic Knowledge of the worldwide current economy as a frame where Spanish and Galician economy are placed, field where graduated on Business and Management Administration will develop their activity.
1. Recent evolution of the worldwide economy.
2. International commerce
3. Foreign investment. Multinational companies.
4. Financial and monetary aspects of the worldwide economy.
5. Processes of economic integration: European Union.
6. Globalization.
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
José Antonio Alonso (director), Lecciones sobre economía mundial, Editorial Thomson-Civitas, Madrid, 2007.
Carlos Berzosa; Pablo Bustelo y Jesús de la Iglesia (coordinadores), Estructura económica mundial, 2ª edición, Editorial Síntesis, Madrid, 2001.
Sara González Fernández, Organización económica internacional, Ed. Pirámide, Madrid, 2002.
Cándido Muñoz Cidad, Estructura económica internacional, Thomson-Civitas, Madrid, 2003.
Jaime Requeijo, Economía mundial, 3ª edición, McGraw-Hill, Madrid, 2006.
Ramón Tamames y Begoña G. Huerta, Estructura económica internacional, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 2008.
COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
Donato Fernández Navarrete, Fundamentos económicos de la Unión Europea, Editorial Thomson, Madrid, 2007.
José Carlos Fernández Rozas, Sistema del comercio internacional, Editorial Civitas, Madrid, 2001.
José Manuel García de la Cruz y Gemma Durán Romero (coordinadores), Sistema Económico Mundial, Thomson, Madrid, 2004
Josep Mª Jordán Galduf (coordinador), Economía de la Unión Europea, Editorial Civitas, Madrid, 2008.
Luis Fernando Lobejón Herrero, El comercio internacional, eds. Akal, Madrid, 2001.
Elvira Martínez Chacón y José Mª García Alonso (coordinadores), Economía mundial, Editorial Ariel, Barcelona, 2002.
Javier Martínez Peinado y José María Vidal Villa (coordinadores), Economía mundial (2ª edición). McGraw-Hill, Madrid, 2000.
Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo y Rafael Bonete, Introducción a la Unión Europea: un análisis desde la economía, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 2009.
Enrique Palazuelos, La globalización financiera, Editorial Síntesis, Madrid, 1998.
Sergio Plaza Cerezo, Los bloques comerciales en la economía mundial, Editorial Síntesis, Madrid, 1997.
Jaime Requeijo y otros, Técnica básicas de estructura económica, Delta Publicaciones, Madrid, 2007.
Ramón Tamames y Mónica López, La Unión Europea, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 2002.
Competences about the degree which the subject contributes:
• Ability to elaborate and defend arguments about economic questions at a general level, as well as solving problems about these questions, making use of their knowledge on business reality , theories, models and own scientific methods.
• Knowing the national and international economy, productive sectors, public sector, economic institutions and its evolution.
• Ability to identify, join, and interpret relevant data about questions related to the business field, incorporating in the elaboration of judgements and proposals, the appropriate considerations about its social, scientific or ethical dimension.
• Identifying, having access and handling sources of economic information.
• Develop the analytic ability necessary to raise economic studies.
Specific competences about the subject:
• Knowledge and interpretation of the recent changes in the evolution of the worldwide economy, with special attention to the independent aspect of the elements and relations that shape this reality.
• Understanding the role and working of the international economic institutions.
• Knowledge of the basic concepts of the applied economics necessary to understand the context of the subject.
• Becoming familiar with the economy press, especially topics referred to the worldwide economy.
ON-SITE WORK AT LECTURE ROOM Hours
Teaching in a big group 15
Teaching in a small groups……… 30
Tutoring time in group…………………………………... 10
Other sessions with a teacher: assessment activities…… 5
Total on-site work at a lecture room…………………….. 60
The assessment is based on:
a) continuous assessment system where all the activities that must be made throughout the course, are taken into account (valuing aspects such as clarity and exhibition ability, the commands of the concepts related to the matter or active participation);
b) final exam about the theoretical and practical knowledge developed throughout the concepts explanation related to the matter.
The assessment system will take into account all the activities carried out by students: active participation in the case analysis, discussion and review of readings, articles or press releases, presentation and exhibition of works, completion of review of contents, etc.. Attendance both expositive and interactive class is mandatory (o que especifique o profesorado).
There are two opportunities to pass the subject. Students who do not pass the subject at the first opportunity will be entitled to a second, which will be shown on your transcript when it exceeds the rating achieved.
The assessment system is the following:
First ordinary opportunity
A) Continuous Assessment: Class participation, resolution and participation in the case analysis, discussion of readings, presentation of papers, checks and other activities related to interactive classes. Weight in final grade: 30%.
B) Final exam. Weight in final grade: 70%.
Second opportunity
The same assessment system that at the first opportunity will be used, i.e. there will be a final exam again, with the weighting fixed for the first opportunity, which will add to the score achieved in the continuous evaluation.
According to Normativa de Permanencia at the USC for Bachelor and Master studies (art. 5.2), the mere attendance and / or participation in any of the activities subject to assessment assumed that the student's final grade is different from NO PRESENTED.
STUDENTS INDIVIDUAL WORK HOURS
Autonomous study, individual or in a group………………………… …65
Writing exercises, conclusions and other works……………………… . . .10
Recommended readings, activities at a library or similar……………… . . 10
Preparation of oral exhibitions, debates or similar 10
Total hours students personal work 90
It is recommended the continuous monitoring of on-site classes, as well as the basic and complementary bibliography given by teachers as the programme is developed. Besides it is advisable to look up frequently the main statistics sources recommended by teachers, with the aim of getting used to its use and being able to apply the analysis techniques necessary to the knowledge of the economic reality which is the object of study.
Moreover it is recommended to look up the complementary matter that the teacher indicates as this develops the matter programme. Reading news related to the subject content must be a basic requirement. Furthermore, using tutoring should supply any kind of problem that could arise throughout the learning-teaching process of the matter.
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Luis Castañon Llamas
- Department
- Applied Economics
- Area
- Applied Economics
- Phone
- 982824407
- luis.castanon [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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| 01.16.2023 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 1 |
| 01.16.2023 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 2 |
| 01.16.2023 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Main Hall |
| 06.19.2023 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Main Hall |