Course
Course 7.5 credits • COSM32
Why is extreme poverty found next to high-tech cities in Asia? This course helps you explore the forces behind these contrasts and how global supply chains shape economies and lives.
This course explores how East and Southeast Asia influence and are shaped by the global economy. You’ll study how supply chains, trade, finance, and innovation connect countries and regions and how these connections affect people’s lives.
You'll start by exploring key ideas from classical economics, economic geography and development studies. You’ll then apply these ideas to real-world examples from Asia. The course focuses on five areas: financial markets, trade, industrial relations, multinational companies, and innovation.
Through case studies and discussions, you’ll learn to analyse how global production is organised and how it impacts both individuals and nations. The course encourages critical thinking and draws on insights from different academic fields to help you understand complex economic systems.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to explain and evaluate theories, apply methods to study economic change, and present your own analyses in writing and discussion.
Study period:
autumn semester 2024
Type of studies:
full time,
day
Study period:
2024-11-01 – 2024-12-03
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-19550
Eligibility:
A degree of Bachelor in social sciences or humanities. English 6/English course B.
- Schedule
- Exam schedule
- Canvas COSM32 - Asian Studies: East and South-East Asia's Role in the Global Economy
- Library Guide
Information on included parts
- Individual seminar assignment , 2.5 credits
- Sit-in exam , 5 credits