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REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMY - course description

General information
Course name REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMY
Course ID 04.0-WZ-P-RLE- 18
Faculty Faculty of Economics and Management
Field of study WEiZ - oferta ERASMUS
Education profile -
Level of studies Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2023/2024
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 5
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr hab. inż. Maciej Dzikuć, prof. UZ
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Class 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim is to provide knowledge about the problems of regional and local economy that affect the economic condition of the entire country. The goal is also to develop practical skills in the preparation for the use of knowledge in their work.

Prerequisites

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Scope

As part of its classes: economic processes and accompanying phenomena in the local economy and at the regional level. Significantly, sustainable development. Understanding the changing environment. The rules for granting subsidies for investments under EU projects. Problems related to rural development and other issues related to regional and local economy. Analysis of selected problems of regional and local economy on an example of the selected country.

Teaching methods

Work from the source document, group work, problem-classical method, discussion, presentation.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Students are obliged to obtain a assessment from the evaluation classes. Assessment is subject to the preparation and presentation of the paper with a set theme using multimedia techniques, 20-30 minutes of presentation time. After speaking the paper is discussed and is assessed student activity led discussion.
In addition, students will write a test. To get a positive grade, students must answer 60% of questions correctly. Written test is conducted on the basis of open-ended questions at the end of the course.

Recommended reading

1. Tohru N.: Sustainable Growth and Development in a Regional Economy, Springer, Hamburg, 2015.
2. Shuman M.: The Local Economy Solution, Chelsea Green Publishing, Hartland 2015.

3. Down D., Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Small Business,‎ SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks 2010.
4. McCann P.,  Modern Urban and Regional Economics, Oxford University Press 2013.

Further reading

1. Susumu E.: Globalism and Regional Economy, Routledge, New York, 2013.
2. Jonathan J.: Foreign Direct Investment and the Regional Economy, Taylor & Francis Ltd, New York, 2006.
3. Swilling M., The Age of Sustainability: Just Transitions in a Complex World, Routledge, Abingdon 2020.

Notes

Lecturer: m.dzikuc@wez.uz.zgora.pl


Modified by dr hab. inż. Maciej Dzikuć, prof. UZ (last modification: 01-06-2023 13:18)