SGO2200 - Economic globalisation and regional development
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Course content
This course focuses on economic globalisation and technological changes; these processes are examined in relation to development in Europe and Norway. The book "Global Shift" by Peter Dicken is the main text used in this course; it discusses multinational companies, their histories, the reasons for these companies' spacial mobility and, more generally, issues of localization. Technological developments generally and specifically distance-reducing technologies are explored with particular focus on multinational companies and economic globalization.
The second part of this course relates to changes in European and Norwegian trade and industry, in the light of globalisation and technological developments. The subject is approached through the study of investment streams in and out of Europe and Norway and the roles played by multinational companies. These processes will be exemplified by looking more closely at certain important industries in Europe, such as the car industry, electronics/telecom, and business services. The regional dimensions of trade and industry within both the European Union, applicant countries to the European Union and Norway will be explicitly discussed. Innovation and entrepreneurship have gained a greater importance within both European and Norwegian regional policies in the course of the last decade. Various economic geographical theories and models have been central to the development of these policies.
Learning outcomes
The goal of the course is to provide students with an understanding of how contextual conditions on different levels promote/hinder these processes of change, how they are affected by each other and what consequenses these processes can have for regional development/decline, the role of the nation state, for territorial competition and so on.
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes or individual courses at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in StudentWeb
Admission to this course is done on the basis of specific rules. For further information, please read: Rangeringsregler ved SV-fakultetet.
You may apply to sit for the exam(s) in this course as a private candidate
Private candidates are given a 6-hours school exam.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisites
No obligatory prerequisites beyond the minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway.
Recommended prior knowledge
SGO1001 - Innføring i Samfunnsgeografi
Teaching
This course will be taught at The University of Oslo, Blindern campus. Other location in Oslo may be used. The e-learning tool Fronter will normally be used.
The teaching is organized as eight lectures and six seminars, which will be given in English. The course is part of the regular course provision at The Faculty of Social Science.
Application for change of seminar group
Teaching is mainly held during daytime. Teaching is organised as a combination of lectures and seminars throughout the semester. On the semester page you can find information about time and place of the current semesters lectures and seminars.
It is compulsory for students to write and present one essay outline and one response paper in the seminars. Completed and approved compulsory course work is valid until the course is no longer offered. Students who have failed to complete the compulsory course work cannot take the exam.
Criteria for access to teaching resources
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, contingent on available capacity.
Exam information
The Faculty of Social Science is responsible for the exam(s), and exam(s) are/is normally held at The University of Oslo, Blindern campus. Other locations in Oslo may be used.
The students must submit one individual essay that will count as 40% of the final examination. A 3-hour written examination will count as 60% of the final examination.
Note: From autumn 2011 both exams must be passed the same semester in order to recieve a valid final grade.
When submitting the essay the candidate is also required to submit a statment regarding plagiarism, also called a compulsory statement
Any take home exam or essay etc. handed in at the University of Oslo may be checked for plagiarism by use of the Ephorus text recognition software.
Language of examination
The 3-hour school exam will be given in English only.
The students can choose whether they will answer the exam questions in English, Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.
Assessment and grading
Examination results are available in StudentWeb three weeks after the examination-date, if no other information is given on the Web page for the current semester.
Course grades are awarded on a descending scale using alphabetic grades from A to E for passes and F for fail. Read more about the grading system .
An external auditor regularly evaluates the academic quality of the course, including the form of exam used on the course.
Explanations and appeals
Explanations & appeals at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography
Exam options for students with special needs
If you wish to use a dictionary during the exam, the dictionary has to be checked. Please hand it in to the exam advisor 3 days prior to exam.
Application forms for special examination arrangements on school-exams should be sent to The Faculty of Social Science. Applications for special examination arrangements on other exams should be sent to the Department which organizes the course.
Evaluation of this course
This course is evaluated half way through every semester and every four years the course is evaluated more thouroughly.
An external auditor regularly evaluates the academic quality of the course and he/she makes a written report every year.
Contact us
SV-infosenter
Visiting address:
Moltke Moes vei 31, Eilert Sundt's Building, 1st floor
Visiting hours:
Monday - Friday: 9 - 15
Postal address:
P.O. 1084 Blindern
N - 0317 Oslo
E-mail: sv-info@sv.uio.no
Web: http://www.sv.uio.no/english/studies/contact/sv-infosenter/