International Economic Relations
- Faculty
Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences
- Version
Version 1 of 10.03.2025.
- Module identifier
22B1860
- Module level
Bachelor
- Language of instruction
English
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
In a globalized world, the conditions for economic activity are significantly influenced by international economic relations. The module teaches students the essential economic, but also economically relevant legal and political international framework conditions for their later professional actions.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
- World economic developments since the Second World War
- International legal framework for the world economy
- Institutions and instruments of international trade, monetary and financial policy.
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 60 Lecture Presence - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 90 Preparation/follow-up for course work -
- Graded examination
- Presentation or
- Homework / Assignment or
- Oral presentation, with written elaboration
- Exam duration and scope
Presentation: approx. 20-40 minutes
Written paper: approx. 10-15 pages
Report: Presentation of approx. 20-40 minutes with written report of approx. 5-10 pages
The requirements are specified in the relevant class.
- Recommended prior knowledge
Principles of Economics
- Knowledge Broadening
Students will be able to identify and understand the major global economic frameworks.
- Knowledge deepening
Students will be familiar with the current state of the discipline's discussion and will be able to independently explore individual topics and research questions in greater depth.
- Knowledge Understanding
Students will be able to critically evaluate the actions of global economic actors.
- Application and Transfer
Students will be able to derive consequences for their professional actions from the global economic framework.
- Communication and Cooperation
In their future professional practice, students will be able to justify the influences of global economic conditions on their decisions and actions in an argumentative manner and communicate them both within and outside their work environment.
- Literature
In each case current edition:
Altvater, E./ Mahnkopf, B., Grenzen der Globalisierung. ?konomie, ?kologie und Politik der Weltgesellschaft, Münster
Follath, E./ Jung, A. (Hg.), Der neue kalte Krieg. Kampf um Rohstoffe, Bonn.
Koch, E., Globalisierung der Wirtschaft, München
Koch, E., Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, München
Krugman, P./ Obstfeld, M., Internationale Wirtschaft. Theorie und Politik der Au?enwirtschaft, Stuttgart
Müller, K., Globalisierung, Frankfurt/M
Sautter, H., Weltwirtschaftsordnung, München
Schirm, St. A., Internationale Politische ?konomie, Baden-Baden
Siebert, H./Lorz, O., Au?enwirtschaft, Stuttgart
Sperber, H./ Sprink, J., Internationale Wirtschaft und Finanzen, München/Wien
Stiglitz, J., Die Chancen der Globalisierung, Berlin
Stiglitz, J., Die Schatten der Globalisierung, Berlin
Thurow, L., Die Zukunft der Weltwirtschaft, Bonn
Wagner, H., Einführung in die Weltwirtschaftspolitik, München/Wien
- Linkage to other modules
This module is related to "Principles of Economics".
- Applicability in study programs
- Public Management
- Public Management, B.A.
- Person responsible for the module
- Müller-Bromley, Nicolai
- Teachers
- Müller-Bromley, Nicolai