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	7.5

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:	This course covers the interplay of topics related to economic development and aims to have a broad focus on theories / issues / and economic policies.
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	Students apply advanced knowledge in economics	5
2	Students explain the interaction between related disciplines and economics	4
3	Students apply scientific methods to address economic problems	3
4	Students define existing theory in a specialized branch of economics	4
5	Students critically evaluate knowledge in economics and carry out advanced research independently	3
6	Students develop economic models and formulate policy options	3
7	Students make an original contribution to the discipline	3
8	Students effectively communicate in a variety of professional and academic contexts	3
9	Students will develop new strategic approaches for unexpected, complicated situations in economics and take responsibility in solving them	2
10	Students uphold and defend ethical values data collection, interpretation and dissemination	3
11	Students use advanced empirical analyses to address social problems	2
12	Students interact with professional networks in their field of specialization	3

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:			7.5