Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge and Understanding:
On completion of the course, students should have a clear picture of the chronology of globalisation over the past 200 years. They should also understand the ways in which globalisation has shaped economic development. Students should also be able to use their knowledge of historical globalisation to understand current issues in the world economy relating to trade, international capital flows, currency regimes and migration. They should also understand key scholarly output in this field, and be able to apply this understanding to critically evaluate competing arguments and new research theories.
This module also provides opportunities for the student to acquire or enhance the following skills:
Subject-specific Skills:
the ability to construct arguments and exercise problem solving skills in an economic history context;
the ability to draw parallels between historical and contemporary episodes of globalisation;
the ability to comprehend and evaluate academic literature in economic history;
the ability to understand, evaluate and commentate on historical and contemporary economic and social policy
Cognitive Skills:
Problem solving
Logical reasoning
Independent enquiry
Critical evaluation and interpretation
Self-assessment and reflection
Transferable Skills:
The ability to synthesise information/data from a variety of sources including from databases, books, journal articles and the internet
The ability to reason and evaluate and recommend on the basis of such reasoning
Organisation and time management
Problem solving and critical analysis
Work-based IT skills
Students will also develop their written communication skills. In particular the students will develop their ability to summarise and critique scholarly articles.
Indicative Module Content:
Module Overview:
Topic
1 Introduction
2 When did globalisation begin?
3 Trade integration up to the Great War
4 The age of mass migration
5 Financial Globalisation up to the Great War
6 De-globalisation and the Great Depression I
7 De-globalisation and the Great Depression II
8 Post-World War II and the Bretton Woods System
9 The Global Economy after Bretton Woods (time permitting)
10 The 2008 crisis and the Future of Globalisation (time permitting)