COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ECO 531	B	3	3	0	0	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Eglantina Hysa
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description:	-
Course Objectives:	This course, covers a cross-section of topics related to economic development and aims to have a wide focus of theories/issues/policies.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Development in development economics
2	Human development, military expenditure and social wellbeing
3	The problem of brain drain
4	Gender and development: transforming the process
5	Food security in developing countries
6	External debt, government expenditure, investment and growth
7	The pure theory of international trade, globalization, growth and sustainable development: agenda for the future
8	Midterm
9	Knowledge, technology transfer and multinational corporations
10	The International Monetary Fund: functions, financial crises and future relevance
11	Economic development and environmental problems
12	Globalization as Westernization: a post-colonial theory of global exploitation
13	Students’ Presentations
14	Students’ Presentations

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	Contemporary Issues in Development Economics, B.N. Ghosh, 2001
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Understand economic theories of development.
2	Apply rigorous analytical tools to issues of economic development.
3	Become aware of the variety of development processes and development policies around the world, and of the limits to explaining economic development and deriving general “good practices” of economic development.
4	Become familiar with the economic development of specific countries or regions.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Economics Program
1	The students are gained the ability to look at the problems of daily life from a broader perspective. They gain the needed skills not only to understand economic problems in economics but also to construct a model and defend in meaningful way.	5
2	They have knowledge about the microeconomics.	4
3	They have knowledge about the macroeconomics.	5
4	They have knowledge about the international economics and finance.	4
5	They have ability to use mathematical and statistical methods in economics.	2
6	They know how to use computer programs in both daily office usage and statistical data evaluations in public and private sector.	2
7	They have necessary economics skills that needed in private and public sector.	3
8	They are intended to be specialist in one of departmental fields that they choose from the list of general economics, growth and development, labor economics and labor market, environmental economics, agricultural economics, health economics, education economics and human development, political economics, international economics, monetary economics, finance economics, public finance, international financial markets and institutions, banking and central banking, international trade and banking, monetary economics and banking,	3
9	They have ability to utilize fundamental economic theories and tools to solve economic problems in economics.	3
10	They are aware of the fact that economics is a social science and they respect the social perspectives and social values of the society’s ethics.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Presentation	1	50
Term Paper	1	50
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	3	48
Mid-terms	1	12	12
Assignments			0
Final examination	1	20	20
Other	2	11	22
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6