International Trade of Agricultural Products

Μάθημα: International Trade of Agricultural Products
Course Number: ECO0016
Ώρα:
Προαπαιτούμενα: No
Μονάδες: 5
Αίθουσα: Room of Agricultural Economics
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Χάρτης: Map

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDY LEVEL 7
COURSE CODE ECO0016 SEMESTER 9th
COURSE TITLE International Trade of Agricultural Products
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 

 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS
Lectures 4 5
COURSE TYPE Specialization
PREREQUISITE COURSE(S): –
LANGUAGE (TEACHING AND EXAMS) Greek
THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS Yes (in English)
COURSE WEBSITE (URL) http://www.agro.duth.gr/undergraduate/program/ECO0011.shtml

 

  1. TEACHING OUTCOMES
Teaching outcomes
This course enables the student to:

  • Demonstrate and understand the basic principles of international trade and become familiar with the traditional international trade theory and the late evolutions.
  • Obtain a clear and concise picture of the concepts of trade protection
  • Comprehend the functions of international trade, the impacts of the economic union, and the economic transformation of different countries.
General capabilities
  • Independent work
  • Literature search, data analysis, and synthesis
  • Development of inductive reasoning

 

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT

The traditional theory of international trade, Absolute-comparative advantage, Comparative advantage and labour productivity, Terms of trade, Commercial policy instruments, Tariffs and protection, Political Economy of Trade Policy, Trade policy controversies, Economic integration in Europe, China: economic development and Westernization.

 

 

  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
DELIVERING METHOD In classroom
IT USE
  • Power point, videos
  •  e-class

 
TEACHING ORGANIZATION Activity Semester workload

 
Lectures 39
Laboratory courses 0
Written assignment 15
Independent study 71
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

  

125
STUDENT ASSESSMENT Written exams are held at the end of the semester, both in theoretical and practical courses.
  1. PROPOSED LITERATURE
  • Paul Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld, Διεθνής Οικονομική: Θεωρία και Πολιτική, Νέα Αναθεωρημένη Έκδοση 2011, Εκδόσεις Κριτική AE, Κωδικός στον Εύδοξο: 7648537.

·       Γ.Μ Αγιομυργιανάκης, Μ. Βλάσσης, Η. Thompson, Διεθνείς Οικονομικές Σχέσεις – , Έκδοση 2006, Εκδόσεις Rosili ISBN 960-7745-16-7

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Christos Karelakis
Contact details: chkarel@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) No
Evaluation methods:(2) Written examination with distance through e-class and Microsoft Teams, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examination will be conducted via multiple choice questions in e-class and Microsoft Teams on the scheduled date.

A. Microsoft Teams

The Microsoft Teams link is created on the course page on the platform and exclusively in the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance education.

Students must log in to the Microsoft Teams room through their institutional account, otherwise they will NOT be able to participate. They will be identified using their institutional account.

B. e-class

At the same time, they must log in to the e-class using their institutional account and go to the course page (a prerequisite to have registered for the course)

https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01184/

The exam lasts 30 minutes and each student must answer 20 multiple choice questions, without a negative grade. Each of the questions is scored with 0.5.