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Presentation
Presentation
This UC deals with topics that have a broad connection with other careers and disciplines. In other words,
some of the critical skills developed with the discipline are essential for the students' introduction into a
broad field of work that includes fundamental knowledge of the ruling economic system and its interfaces
with the international system and political constraints.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
2 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT11-23568
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Globalization: definitions, concepts, and debates.
- Critical Development and Theoretical Debates
- Application of Knowledge and Analysis of Case Studies
- Directed exercise
The regional dimension and globalization.
- Critical Development and Theoretical Debates
- Application of Knowledge and Analysis of Case Studies
- Directed exercise
The international economy and globalization.
- Critical Development and Theoretical Debates
- Application of Knowledge and Analysis of Case Studies
- Directed exercise
Movements and demonstrations against globalization.
- Critical Development and Theoretical Debates
- Application of Knowledge and Analysis of Case Studies
- Directed exercise
Variations of globalization and repercussions on the international economic system.
- Critical Development and Theoretical Debates
- Application of Knowledge and Analysis of Case Studies
- Directed exercise
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Objectives
Objectives
This Curricular Unit includes the conceptual approach to Globalization and its different repercussions and
transformations in the economic environment. The forms of Globalization, and its meanings, are also in
the question, focusing on elements that touch the international economic situation, the participation of actors
of different natures, and the manifestation of the issue in the system
International.
Learning Objectives: Understand the concept of Globalization and the situation to which it refers,
including economic conditions.
1. Understand the several variations of the term and meanings for the international economic system.
2. Understand, from cases, essential conditions for the analysis of the international system
economic
3. Analyze the different economic models in light of the theories of globalization.
4. Apply the knowledge of globalization to different objects and cases.
5. Analyze the relevant cases focusing on internationalization processes that touch the
public-private environment.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
This course includes the development of an individual portfolio over the period, based on activities focused on the "learning by doing" system. Active teaching methodologies are applied throughout the content, so that theoretical debates reinforce peer and mediated feedback, simulations fill a transition gap between theory and practice, and group experiments guarantee skills relevant to the job market.
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References
References
Globalization. Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/globalization
IMF. Globalization: A brief overview. IMF issues Brief, 8. https://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2008/053008.htm
Steger, M. B. (2023). Globalization: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press.
Weisman, S. R. (2016). The Great Tradeoff: Confronting Moral Conflicts in the Era of Globalization. Peterson Institute for International Economics. Caps. 12 e 13, pp-177-192.
Zajda, J., & Vissing, Y. (Eds.). (2022). Discourses of globalisation, ideology, and human rights (Vol. 14). Springer.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
