Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2020_21
Subject WORLD ECONOMY AND ITS ORGANISATION Code 00512038
Study programme
0512 - GRADO EN COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Optional First
Language
Ingles
Prerequisites
Department ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA
Coordinador
ÁLVAREZ FOLGUERAS , CRISTINA
E-mail calvf@unileon.es
amacv@unileon.es
Lecturers
ÁLVAREZ FOLGUERAS , CRISTINA
MACIAS VAZQUEZ, ALFREDO
Web http://
General description IN THIS SUBJECT WE WILL ANALYSE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC MODELS AROUND THE WORLD AND HOW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS ARE ORGANISED. WE WILL ALSO STUDY THE MAIN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS.
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA GARCIA ARIAS , JORGE RAMON
Secretario ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA PARDO FANJUL , ANA
Vocal ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA DIEZ MODINO , JOSE MANUEL
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA ARIAS SAMPEDRO , CARLOS
Secretario ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA FERNANDEZ HUERGA , EDUARDO CLAUDIO
Vocal ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA HIDALGO GONZALEZ , CRISTINA

Competencias
Code  
A6661
A6688
A6691
B787
B789
B797
C3
C4

Learning aims
Competences
A6661
A6691
 B787
B789
B797
 C3
C4
A6661
A6691
 B789
 C3
C4
A6661
A6688
 B789
B797
 C3
C4

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
I.- The World Economy Unit 1.- Intoduction to the main agents of the World Economy
Unit 2.- The globalization framework
Unit 3.- United Nations
II.- Multilateral Organizations Unit 4.- External trade and the WTO
Unir 5.- International Monetary System and the FMI
Unit 6.- The World Bank Group
Unit 7.- Others

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Assignments 20 40 60
 
Tutorship of group 12 24 36
 
Lecture 23 23 46
 
Mixed tests 4 4 8
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Assignments During the course students will be ask to write one or several assignments about certain topics related to the subject contents.
Tutorship of group During this time, students will work on their assingments and the teacher will solve any doubt about the contents studied.
Lecture Theoretical and participative classes to put forward the main concepts and contents of the course with the support of different materials.

Personalized attention
 
Tutorship of group
Description
During this time, students will work on their assingments and the teacher will solve any doubt about the contents studied.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Lecture In/class evaluation based on assistance, shown interest, involvement in debates, etc.(10%) 5%
Assignments Quality of Assignments and their presentation 45%
Mixed tests Written exams to evaluate students knowledge of the concepts studied. 50%
 
Other comments and second call

The evaluation will be done over a scale of 10 points.

Primera Convocatoria Ordinaria (1st Chance):

To pass the subject, students should get a minimun mark of 4 points over 10 in each of the written exams taken and a mininum of 5 points in the final grade.

Those students that having not reached a 4 in some of the exams o that having a 4 in each of them do not get an average grade of 5 for the subject, may retake the failed exams during the Second Chance period.

Segunda Convocatoria Ordinaria (2nd Chance):

Students will retake written exams which marks will be added to the marks obtained in the rest of the evaluation activities of the ordinary teaching period. This exam will be taken at the official date scheduled by the Faculty.

THE USE OF ANY DEVICE DIFFERENT FROM BALLPENS IS ABSOLUTY FORBIDDEN DURING THE EXAMS

Convocatoria de Diciembre

Students will take a wirtten test to evaluate the competences and content knowledge acquired related to the subjetct.

ADDENDUM
Contingency plan due to COVID-19 emergency conditions that prevents from presence based teaching
COVID-19 Teaching Guide Addendum Access Link


Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic

CARBAUGH, R.J. (2011): "Global economics". South-Western Cengage Learning. International Edition. 13th edition.

DICKEN. P. (2011): "Global Shift. mapping the changing contours of the world economy". The Guilford Press. 6th edition.
Complementary


Recommendations


 
Other comments
Open mind and interest for international economic topics.