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2016/2017  BA-BPOLO2001U  Political and Economic Thought

English Title
Political and Economic Thought

Course information

Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Bachelor
Duration One Quarter
Start time of the course Second Quarter
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics, BSc
Course coordinator
  • Joachim Lund - Department of Business and Politics (DBP)
Main academic disciplines
  • Political Science
  • Economics
Last updated on 11-08-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • demonstrate knowledge about central political and economic thinkers of the Western world from antiquity to today,
  • describe, compare, and discuss central ideas from the history of Western political theory, economics, and ideology
  • relate historical and theoretical arguments to present day political and economic issues,
  • take a critical view of the application of political and economic concepts and theories in current public discourse.
Examination
Political and Economic Thought:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 48 hours to prepare
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
A new exam assignment must be answered. This applies to all students (failed, ill, or otherwise)
Course content and structure

The course presents and discusses central thinkers in the history of Western social sciences, political theory, economics, and ideology. It covers normative and analytical or theoretical ideas from antiquity to the contemporary world, such as the origins and functioning of the state, individual freedom, the purpose of society, the ideal government, liberal democracy and other systems of governance, and macroeconomic problems such as the origins of wealth and growth, problems of production and distribution, economic crises, unemployment and inflation.

Focus is on the origins of contemporary political and economic ideas and on the trajectories of the specialized modern social sciences with a special emphasis on the evolution of, and the disciplinary divisions between, sociology, economics and political science.

Teaching methods
Lectures and a concluding workshop
Student workload
Preparation time (readings, group work etc.) 142 hours
Lectures / workshop 25 hours
Exam (incl. preparation for the exam and actual exam period) 41 hours
Expected literature

Compendium

Last updated on 11-08-2016