Winter School

Dr. Sothea Oum
Location: Room 3.35, Level 3 Nexus 10 (10 Pulteney St)
Telephone: 8313 4932
Email: sothea.oum@adelaide.edu.au
Consultation hours: To be confirmed

Dates	Days	Time	Location
6, 13, 20 July	Monday	9am - 1pm	Badger Labs, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
7, 14, 21 July	Tuesday	9am - 1pm	Badger Labs, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
10,17, 24 July	Friday	9am - 1pm	Badger Labs, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre

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. The material is cumulative and intensive, so it is highly undesirable to miss any lecture.

The lectures involve extensive group discussions.

The course assessment includes quiz in Week 2 and final exam in Week 3.

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 6	Course Preliminaries and Group Formation Overview of East Asian Economies: Performances and Major Challenges
Tuesday 7	East Asian Miracle? Structural Change and Industrialisation  One hour group discussion
Friday 10	Role of Institutions, Trade, FDI and Industrial Policy in East Asian Economies
Monday 13	Weather the Storms: The 1997-98 Asian and 2008-09 Global Financial Crises
Tuesday 14	ASEAN and East Asian Regional Integration One hour group discussion
Friday 17	Review of Weeks 1 and 2 30 minute quiz Group presentations
Monday 20	Review of Selected East Asian Economies: County's case studies
Tuesday 21	Asian Century? Prospects and Challenges Review of Weeks 1 to 3
Friday 24	Final exam

Not applicable

Group discussion participation and presentation 15%
(Group discussions every Tuesday; group presentations Fridays; randomly selected)

Quiz 15%

Final Exam 70%

(i) Group assignments: 

• Group formation: Students are required to form a group of 10-12 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 sothea.oum@adelaide.edu.au by close of business hours on the designated day.

 

• Group discussions and presentation: Students will be given opportunities to have group discussions every Tuesday (7 and 14 July 2014) and presentations (Friday 17 July) during the lecture times. 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 session of group discussion or presentation. The Lecturer will consult with the group leader regarding member's participation. A five mark deduction (out of 15 marks) will be given to inactive members. 

 

• Submission: paper and presentation slides by 3:00 pm on Thursday 16 July 2015

 

• Learning guide: For more details about writing an article review: visit:

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/writingcentre/learning_guides/learningGuide_writingArticleReviewsBibliographies.pdf

• The first page of the paper must contain title, author, number of words and the

following declaration statement: "Except where appropriately acknowledged this assignment is my own work, has been expressed in my own words and has not previously been submitted for assessment."

• Word number and formatting: The paper's main text must consist of no more than 1500 words processed in 12 point font and double spaced (including footnotes and endnotes).
• Presentation on Friday 17 July 2015 should 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 group presentation is compulsory. Students having problems to participate in the group’s presentation must make prior arrangement with the instructor. Students who are unable to attend group presentation (even when s/he is not assigned to be a presenter) must provide a copy of medical certificate to the instructor.
• The assessment of the paper will be determined based on the following aspects (Total= 10 marks):
  • Knowledge on existing theories and literature (4 marks)
  • Originality and initiative to find drawback from the article being reviewed and sound critical writings (4 marks)
  • Writing skills (including structure, logical flows, clarity of expressions, relevancy between sections) (2 marks)
• 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 (Friday 17 July 2015)

On Friday 17 July 2015 at the normal lecture time, a 30 minute-closed book quiz will be held covering topics from Week 1 to Week 2. 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 (Friday 24 July 2015)

• The closed-book final exam will be held on Friday 24 July 2015 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.

Each group must submit their group assignments: i) the paper and ii) presentation slides by email to sothea.oum@adelaide.edu.au, by 3:00pm on Thursday 16 July 2015.

Two mark deduction (out of total 15 marks) will be given to all group members for every working day elapses after the deadline

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.