Winter School

Dr. Shandre Thangavelu
Location: Room 6.27, Level 6 Nexus 10 (10 Pulteney St)
Telephone: 8313 6948
Email: shandre.thangavelu@adelaide.edu.au
Consultation hours: To be confirmed

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

1. Explain the nature and structure of the economies of East Asia.
2. Understand the socio-economic and political forces shaping the economies in the region.
3. Analyse current issues and future challenges in East Asian economies from a political economy perspective and within a global context.
4. Compile relevant information from a wide range of sources from various disciplines pertaining to East Asia.
5. Formulate and communicate the policy lessons (positive and negative) emanating from the East Asian growth experience.

There is no textbook for this course. Readings for the course are made available via the Student Course Reader as well as in the form of pdf files on MyUni.

Please note that the Course Readers can now only be purchased online from the new Online Shop. Login to Unified and simply click on the Online Shop icon in the left hand side of the Home page. As soon as the course reader is printed and available, it will be published on the Online Shop where students can order and pay and then collect their reader from the Image & Copy Centre.

Any additional recommended resources will be announced on MyUni.

The course makes extensive use of MyUni for purposes including the posting of lecture notes, and important announcements. It is expected that all students will regularly check the MyUni course website, and regularly check their university email accounts.

https://myuni.adelaide.edu.au/webapps/login/

Students are required to attend all lectures and tutorials. The material is cumulative and intensive, so it is highly undesirable to miss any lecture.

The lectures and tutorials involve extensive group discussions.

Tutorials consist of quiz, group discussions and group presentations. The questions for tutorial discussions will be handled out during lectures.

To discuss questions and problems, teaching staff can be contacted by email. Students may also come to their offices during consultation hours or by appointment.

The University expects full-time students (ie those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that, for this winter course, you are expected to commit approximately 10 hours to private study, that is, study outside of your regular classes.

The tentative lecture schedule is presented below. Any major changes to this schedule will be announced in class and on MyUni.

Day	Topic
Monday 4	Course Preliminaries and Group Formation Overview of East Asian Economies: Performances and Major Challenges Tutorial: Quiz 1 and Group Discussions
Tuesday 5	East Asian Miracle? Structural Change and Industrialisation  Tutorial: Group Discussions and Presentations
Friday 8	Role of Institutions, Trade, FDI and Industrial Policy in East Asian Economies Tutorial: Quiz 2 and Group Discussions (Presentations)
Monday 11	Weather the Storms: The 1997-98 Asian and 2008-09 Global Financial Crises Tutorial: Quiz 3 and Group Discussions
Tuesday 12	ASEAN and East Asian Regional Integration Tutorial: Group Discussions
Friday 15	Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in Asia Tutorial: Group Discussions
Monday 18	Review of Selected East Asian Economies: County's case studies Tutorial: Group Discussions and Review of Weeks 1-3
Tuesday 19	Final Exam during Lecture
Friday 22	Asian Century? Prospects and Challenges Tutorial: Quiz 4

Not applicable

Group discussion participation and presentation 20%
(Tutorials: Group discussions, Quiz; Group presentations - randomly selected)

Quiz 20%

Final Exam 60%

(i) Group assignments (best 4 out of 6 presentations): 

• Tutorial Group formation: Students are required to form a group of 5-6 members, unless the instructor approves for a special arrangement. Each group must nominate a group leader. Contact the Lecturer if you are unable to find a group. Group leaders must send the list of all group members to the lecturer by close of business hours on the designated day.

• Group discussions and presentation: Students will be given opportunities to have group discussions during tutorials. The instructor will regularly check student's participation at group discussions. Medical certificate is required for students who are absent. One mark deduction will be given to students who miss one tutorial session. The Lecturer will consult with the tutor regarding member's participation. A five mark deduction (out of 15 marks) will be given to inactive members.
  

• Group Presentation is expected during tutorials. Presentations should typically take at the maximum 7 minutes. Students are recommended to present a maximum of 5 slides with Font size at least 20. Dot points with very short explanation are preferred. The presentation will be followed by question and answer sessions for about 3 minutes. Each group may choose one or more persons to be a presenter(s). Presentation slides of selected groups will be uploaded on MyUni. The information contained in those slides, however, does not necessarily reflect the best or correct way to answer the questions.

• Attendance at tutorial is compulsory. Students having problems to attend tutorials must make prior arrangement with the instructor. Students who are unable to attend tutorials must provide a copy of medical certificate to the instructor.

• The assessment of presentation slides will be determined based on the following aspects (Total= 5 marks):
• • Support (visual and verbal) (2 marks): content is informative and concise; incorporated sources throughout; and presenters skilfully lead audience to an improved understanding.
  • Delivery (2 marks); presenters should have exceptional articulation, pronunciation, grammar; precise word choice; purposeful movement, gestures enhanced presentation, spontaneous, direct eye contact; rarely used notes, sought feedback, presentation is well timed
  • Responses to questions (1 marks): should be relevant and show knowledge that the presenters have.

(ii) Quiz (number of Quiz: best of 4 out of 6)

There will be quiz during tutorials. Each quiz will be for 30 minute-closed book covering key topics. Students who are unable to attend due to illness will be required to provide a copy of a medical certificate. No supplementary quiz will be given for students who are unable to attend due to other reasons.

 

(iii) Final Exam (July 19, 2016) during Lecture

• The closed-book final exam will be held at the venue to be announced
• The exam will assess all topics covered throughout the course.
• Lecture notes and readings are two main references.
• Further details will be announced on MyUni.

To be advised

Additional Assessment

If a student receives 45-49 for their final mark for the course they will automatically be granted an additional assessment. This will most likely be in the form of a new exam (Additional Assessment) and will have the same weight as the original exam unless an alternative requirement (for example a hurdle requirement) is stated in this semester’s Course Outline. If, after replacing the original exam mark with the new exam mark, it is calculated that the student has passed the course, they will receive 50 Pass as their final result for the course (no higher) but if the calculation totals less than 50, their grade will be Fail and the higher of the original mark or the mark following the Additional Assessment will be recorded as the final result.