SemesterSpring Semester, 2018
DepartmentThe International Master Program of Applied Economics and Social Development (IMES) , First Year The International Master Program of Applied Economics and Social Development (IMES) , Second Year
Course NameDevelopment Economics: An International Perspective
InstructorSU YU-HSUAN
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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Week Date Topic Format

Learning hours (including class time)
1 2/27/2018 Introduction, Principles of Economics, Regression & Evaluation Lecture 9
2 3/6/2018 Overview & Stata Lecture 12
3 3/13/2018 Agricultural Households Group presentation & Lecture 12
4 3/20/2018 Intra-Household Allocation Group presentation & Lecture 12
5 3/27/2018 Nutrition, Health & HIV/AIDS Group presentation & Lecture 12
6 4/3/2018 Education & Child Labor Group presentation & Lecture 12
7 4/10/2018 Labor Market & Unemployment Group presentation & Lecture 12
8 4/17/2018 Microfinance & Consumption Smoothing Group presentation & Lecture 12
9 4/24/2018 Literature review presentations & critique Individual presentation 12
10 5/1/2018 Literature review presentations & critique Individual presentation 12
11 5/8/2018 Development Issues in Contemporary China (tentative) Lecture 12
12 5/15/2018 International Development Aid Lecture 12
13 5/22/2018 International Development Aid Lecture 12
14 5/29/2018 Final Exam Individual exam 15
15 6/5/2018 Final presentations & critique Individual presentation 12
16 6/12/2018 Final presentations & critique Individual presentation 12
17 6/19/2018 Final reflection    
18 6/26/2018 Final paper due    

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

Jason Chen orcyoyo@gmail.com


Requirement/Grading

  • Homework and Participation (15%)

  • Group Presentations (20%)

  • Literature Review Presentation and Critique (20%)

  • Exam (15%)

  • Final Paper (30%)


Textbook & Reference
Urls about Course
Attachment

syllabus_development.pdf