Political Economy (POEC) 393

Overview

Overall, Political Economy 393 will enable you to understand the workings of international political economy and introduce you to Canada's relation with the North American geo-political and economic space and the global economic system. Students taking Political Science 383 at AU (POLI 383: Canadian Political Economy in a Global Era) will find this course particularly useful; POLI 383 focuses on the internal dynamics of the Canadian political economy and POEC 393 draws on specific issues, institutions, and trends within the global political economy and examines their impact on the evolution of Canadian political economy. The two courses are therefore complementary and, taken together, provide a comprehensive understanding of the impact of the global political economy on the nature and structure of Canadian political economy.

Outline

The course consists of the following six units.

Unit 1: Introduction: Globalization and Neo-liberalism in the Global Political Economy

Unit 2: From Bretton Woods to Neo-liberalism

Unit 3: Regionalism and Integration

Unit 4: Financial Integration and Investment

Unit 5: New Issues on the North American Agenda

Unit 6: Conclusion: Beyond Neo-liberalism

Evaluation

To receive credit for POEC 393, you must complete all the assignments, and obtain a course composite grade of at least "D" (50 per cent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

All course materials are available online.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the POEC 393 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least "C-" (60 per cent) on the examination.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form

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