Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

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2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023

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Teaching code

4S003356

Coordinator

Edoardo Demo

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SECS-P/12 - ECONOMIC HISTORY

Period

II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 13, 2023 al May 27, 2023.

Learning objectives

The course is a survey of the modern and contemporary world Economic History. What students will learn during the course will be useful to understand today's societies and economy, by placing them into their historical path, in a global and long running perspective.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No prior knowledge is required. It is advisable to consult a textbook on the History of High Schools

Program

What economic processes have characterized the contemporary age? What role has industrialization played in Western economic development? What is the relationship between capitalism, globalization and economic crises? The course will try to answer these and other questions, analyzing the main themes of contemporary economic history, with particular sensitivity towards the peculiarities and similarities between different societies. The aim of the course is to analyze the different aspects of European and world economic evolution, from the end of the 18th century to the early years of the third millennium. The program will address the following themes: Productive and labor organizations * industrial revolutions in Europe * industrialization outside Europe * forms of business The relationship between capitalism, crisis and economic policies * the evolution of finance * crises twentieth-century economics and the effect of wars * the intervention of states in the economy New economic powers * Europe: from post-war development to the crisis * the rise of Asia * the limits of economic development

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Lectures and possible in-depth seminars

Learning assessment procedures

Written Test

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

particular attention will be paid: - to the depth and extent of the concepts learned; - to the properties of language in the exposition of concepts and notions; - the ability to adequately link the various acquired knowledge; - the ability to critically relate the events of the past with what is happening in the contemporary world.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

30/30

Exam language

Italiano