Applied Economics in East Asia
Code: 101532 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| East Asian Studies | OB | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Didac Cubeiro Rodriguez
- Email:
- didac.cubeiro@uab.cat
Teachers
- Maria del Roser Alvarez Klee
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
Students must be able to read and understand academic texts in English. It is advisable, though not mandatory, to have passed the first-year "Introduction to Economics" course.
Objectives and Contextualisation
On successfully completing this subject, students will be able to:
- Understand economic texts from general economics magazines and newspapers with particular reference to East Asia.
- Understand the position and role of East Asia in the world economy.
- Understand the political economics of the different patterns of growth and development of the countries of East Asia.
- Submit a report on a specific economic aspect of a country in East Asia.
Competences
- Describing and analysing in a contrastive way the systems of business organization, administration, and management in East Asia.
- Designing and managing projects.
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Developing self-learning strategies.
- Ensuring the quality of one's own work.
- Following the characteristic code of ethics of the professional practice.
- Knowing and understanding the social relations, protocol and negotiation in the decision making process in East Asia.
- Knowing and using the information and communication technology resources (ICT) in order to collect, produce, analyse and present information related to the East Asian Studies.
- Knowing, comprehending, describing, analysing and assessing the structures and economic processes of East Asia and its inclusion in the global economy.
- Promoting the sustainable development.
- Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students must be flexible and capable of adapting to new circumstances.
- Working in interdisciplinary and intercultural groups.
- Working in teams in an international, multilingual and multicultural context.
Learning Outcomes
- Assessing the obtained results in the search information process in order to update the knowledge about political sciences, economy and sociology.
- Describing and analysing in a contrastive way the systems of business organization, administration, and management in East Asia.
- Designing and managing projects.
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Developing self-learning strategies.
- Ensuring the quality of one's own work.
- Following the characteristic code of ethics of the professional practice.
- Knowing and understanding the social relations, protocol and negotiation in the decision making process in East Asia.
- Knowing, comprehending, describing, analysing and assessing the structures and economic processes of East Asia and its inclusion in the global economy.
- Promoting the sustainable development.
- Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students must be flexible and capable of adapting to new circumstances.
- Using different tools for specific purposes in the fields of political sciences, economy and sociology.
- Using the specific terminology of political sciences, economy and sociology.
- Working in interdisciplinary and intercultural groups.
- Working in teams in an international, multilingual and multicultural context.
Content
Topic 1: Economic environment of East Asia: globalisation and regional integration
Topic 2: Japan: the Meiji Restoration. Imperialism and war economy
Topic 3: Japan: the Japanese economic miracle and the lost decades
Topic 4: The four Asian tigers: South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore
Topic 5: China: planned economy. Economic reform and development
Topic 6: China and the global economy. Trade, investment and external projection
Topic 7: The emerging Southeast Asian economies
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures, theoretical and practical exercises, presentations and discussions. | 50 | 2 | 1, 9, 2, 13, 14 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Exercises, compulsory reading assignments. | 34 | 1.36 | 7, 4, 3, 11, 12, 16, 15, 6 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Reading assignments and written essays. | 45 | 1.8 | 7, 5, 4, 3, 11, 12, 16, 15, 6 |
1. Directed activities:
- Lectures on general topics. To achieve the established objectives, this subject mainly involves lectures.
- Theoretical and practical exercises, in groups or individually.
- Discussions on the subject matter of lectures, based on previous reading or explanations.
- Presentations in class.
2. Supervised activities:
- Exercises at home, compulsory reading assignments.
3. Autonomous activities:
- Reading and written work, individually or in groups.
- Written summary of classes, comments on texts, articles, books, etc.
Students must keep abreast of the news and information published on the Virtual Campus / Moodle.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual or group assignment | 20% | 17 | 0.68 | 7, 5, 4, 3, 11, 12, 16, 15, 6 |
| Midterm exam I | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 9, 8, 2, 10, 13, 14 |
| Midterm exam II | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 9, 8, 2, 10, 13, 14 |
Continuous assessment
Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing various tasks and tests. These activities are detailed in the table at the end of this section of the Study Guide.
Review
When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5.
The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for. In case of retaking, maximum grade will be 5 (Pass[JM1] ).
Classification as "not assessable"
In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.
Misconduct in assessment activities
Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the student involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject. Assessment activities in which irregularities have occurred (e.g. plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from recovery.
Single assessment
Single assessment will include a minimum of three assessment activities of different typology, as stated in the evaluation guidelines.
Use of artificial intelligence
For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information research, text correction, or translations. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced the process and the outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in this assessed activity will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in partial or total penalization of the grade for the activity, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.
Bibliography
International economics : theory and policy / Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld / Pearson / 2018 ( electronic document and book on paper available in the Biblioteca de Ciències Socials)
El Nuevo orden internacional en Asia-Pacífico / coordinadores Pablo Bustelo, Fernando Delage / Piramide / 2002 (book on paper available in the Biblioteca de Ciències Socials)
Software
No specific software will be used.
Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | English | first semester | morning-mixed |