SGO2200 - Economic globalisation and regional development
Course content
This course studies economic globalisation and technological change and these processes are examined in relation to development in specific economic sectors. The book "Global Shift" by Peter Dicken is the main text used in this course. It starts with a discussion of recent global economic changes where we have witnessed a strong growth in economies that used to be termed developing countries, such as China and Brazil. The second part is more theoretical, discussing the role of multinational companies, their histories, the reasons for these companies' spatial mobility and, more generally, issues of localization. Technological development and specifically distance-reducing technologies are explored with particular focus on multinational companies and economic globalization. The role of the state in regulating and facilitating economic globalization will be discussed.
The second part of this course relates to changes in specific economic sectors such as transportation and logistics, natural resource based industries, the automobile industry and financial services. These sectors will be exemplified by looking more closely at certain important industries in Norway and Europe. Critical questions concerning who are the winners and losers in the ongoing global shifts are reflected upon together with environmental problems related to economic globalization.
Learning outcome
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
- The goal of the course is to provide students with an understanding of some of the major changes going on in the world economy and the key actors making these changes happen.
Skills
- To be able to analyze the role of technological change global and regional economic change
- To be able to analyze the role of transnational corporations in global and regional economic change
- To reflect upon the positive and negative consequences of economic globalization
Competences
- To be able to distinguish between normative accounts of economic globalization and real changes that affect people’s lives.
Admission
Id does not exist in shared textStudents 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.
Id does not exist in shared textYou 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 prerequisite knowledge
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Recommended previous knowledge
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 eleven 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.
The deadline to apply for change of seminargroup is January 25th 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. Information on compulsary presentations will be given in the first seminar.
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.
Access to teaching
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, depending on available capacity.
Examination
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: Both exams must be passed the same semester (starting Spring 2012) 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.
Examination support material
Id does not exist in shared textLanguage of examination
Id does not exist in shared textThe 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.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
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.
Explanations and appeals
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Resit an examination
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Id does not exist in shared textIf you wish to use a dictionary during the exam, the dictionary has to be checked. Please hand it in to the exam advisor 3 work 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
Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.