Course Syllabus for Political Economy

Course Syllabus for Political Economy

Fall 2010

SIAS Internatinal University

Contact Information and Office Hours Professor：Qingli Li Office: 12412

Office Phone: 5165

Email: liqingli@sias.edu.cn

Office Hours: Thursday 9:00-10:00, Weds. 15:30-17:30, or (by appointment)

Feel free to send me an e-mail with any questions about the course or if you want to arrange an appointment.

Course Description This course is a compulsory course for the students majored in political science, economy and management, which provides an unique perspective to understand the social economic relationships and their developing trends and provides students with an insight into the essence of different economic systems and thus enable them to analyze and reflect upon the real economic issues.

Teaching Objectives On completion of the course, the students will be able to:

1. Gain a systematic and comprehensive knowledge of the origin, nature, importance,

historical development, research methods of the science of political economy. 2. Understand the characteristics and operating patterns of the basic different

economic systems in the world.

3. Develop the abilities in analyzing and solving the practical economic problems in

the real world.

Course Requirements and Grading The course grade is based on the following scheme:

Class attendance, assignments, participation, includes instructor’s evaluation of

preparedness/quality 20% Midterm Exam 20% Final Exam 60%

 No special make-up exams are offered for students missing either midterm for any

reason

 Students are held responsible for knowing about announcements made in class (such

as postponements in dates for exams and handing out of homework assignments).

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 No student passing the comprehensive final exam will fail the course, regardless of

average.

Class Attendance, Preparation & Participation

Class attendance is an important part of the academic process, and you are expected to attend classes regularly and to manage your schedule in order to meet the demands of this course. If you are absent, you will be responsible for arranging makeup work to be completed prior to the absence or immediately upon return to class at the instructor’s discretion. As per the student handbook, reasonable documentation or verification of claims regarding absences may be requested.

Tentative Course Outline (minor revisions may be made throughout the semester)

Part I Commodity Economy:

Chapter 1 Natural Economy and Commodity Economy Chapter 2 Commodity

Chapter 3 Currency Part II Economic Systems

Chapter 4 Economic Institutions of Capitalism Chapter 5 The Evolution of Capitalism Chapter 6 Socialist Economic System

Chapter7 The Basic Economic System of the Preliminary Stage of Socialism

Part III Economic Operation

Chapter 8 Market Economic System

Chapter 9 Market Mechanism and Market Institutions

Chapter 10 Microeconomic Mechanism of Market Economy

Chapter 11 Economic Opening Up and the Circulation of Productive Factors

Chapter12 The Aggregate Social Supply and Demand and National Macro-control

Part VI Economic Development

Chapter 13 Social Reproduction and Economic Growth

Chapter 14 Economic Development and Social Sustainable Development

Course Schedule Chapter Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9

Lecture(hour) 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 3 Discussion(hour) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 3 4 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 2

Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Total

3 3 3 3 2 37 1 1 1 1 1 14 4 4 4 4 3 51 3