6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4019628FNR voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
The course constitutes a mixture of lectures and seminars, including student presentations and a field trip. This is an overview of the sessions:
1: Case-based introduction
2: Contemporary agglomeration dynamics
3: Creative industries
4: Geographies of retail
5: Financialization
6: Financial geographies of real estate
7: World/global cities
8: New economic powers
9-10: Capita selecta: Offshoring, Eurozone crisis, Islamic finance, etc. (possible topics and possible (guest) lecturers will be defined at the beginning of the semester)
Study material
Papers and book chapters (poincarré).
Prerequisite
Basic knowledge in economic geography or in economic sociology/anthropology/history. Students who lack basic knowledge in economic geography can ask the lecturers for relevant textbook readings.
Learning objective
This course aims to:
- Expand awareness and knowledge of economic and financial geography and insights in the relationship between spatial economy and society.
- Acquire knowledge of the different ways in which geography or place play an important role in the contemporary economy, in particular in the field of finance.
- Develop critical understanding of processes of agglomeration dynamics, financialization, economic globalization, offshoring, and so forth.
- Develop analytical understanding of the complex interactions between globalization, localization, real estate, financial crises and states.
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 50% van het eindcijfer
WPO Presentatie bepaalt 25% van het eindcijfer
WPO Paper bepaalt 25% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Binnen de categorie WPO Presentatie dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Binnen de categorie WPO Paper dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Assignment 1: All students will be scheduled to prepare a critical summary of one required reading in a powerpoint format. This part accounts for 25% of the final grade.
Assignment 2: Each student writes an individual 1000w position paper about a key element you have learned during the full-day field trip in Brussels. This part accounts for 25% of the final grade.
The written exam during the exam period accounts for 50% of the final grade. Questions can be asked related to all parts of the course, i.e. including the literature, (guest) lectures, and the field trip.
Participation in lectures and in the field trip is obligatory. Non-participation will exclude the student from taking the written exam. In case the absence is legalized (e.g. medical proof), the lecturers need to be contacted as soon as possible. Students must pass both the critical summary and position paper part (together 50%) and the final written exam (50%). Failing either or both parts will result in a grade of max. 9/20. Students who fail the final exam, must do a re-take of the written exam. Students who fail the paper or presentation, have the opportunity to write a new paper and/or rework the powerpoint presentation.
Partial marks for the each of the assignments, if the student obtains at least half of the score each part, are transferred to the second session and to the next academic year. Students may not relinquish partial marks.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in de geografie: Standaard traject
Master of Geography: Standard track (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Urban Studies: Standard track (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Educatieve master in de wetenschappen en technologie: geografie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek)