World Economy Geography

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World Economy Geography

• Instructor Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen
• Email worldeconomicgeography_at_gmail.com

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World Economy Geography

• Readings Fellmann Getis - Getis (1998). Human
  Geography Landscapes of Human Activities. Brown
  Benchmark.
• Paul Knox (2008)The geography of the world
  economy.
• You should read the materials assigned before the
  class, as it will facilitate your understanding.
• Additional readings might be assigned throughout
  the quarter on special topics/issues. They will
  be distributed in class and/or via email.

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• Course Description
• Course Objectives
• Grades
• Attendance, Assignment, Seminar 30
• Mid-term Exam 30
• Final Exam 40

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Course Description

• Course provides various dimensions of the world
  economy geography (WEG) in the age of
  globalization.
• In a world, the trend of global trade is
  increasingly vital, WEG is an imperative for all
  who wish to know what is happening to their
  global economy.
• Course gives the very basic concepts and terms in
  studying world economic geography.
• In economic aspects, it concerns
• the varied ways of people earning,
• the patterns of human activities to produce,
• the distributed and consumed good and services,
  and
• the geographic framework of world trade and
  business.

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Course Description (cont.)

• The lectures will have a emphasis on geographic
  changes in the world economy.
• We will examine the geographic organization of
  economic activity around the world at different
  geographical scales (global, regional and local)
  as well as the relationship between geographic
  conditions and economic development in different
  states
• Course requires critical thinking on current
  economic and social problems from a geographic
  perspective.

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Expected outcome are able to

• understand the basic concepts.
• be aware of the relationship between geographic
  conditions and economic development.
• understand the distribution and migration of
  human in the process of the economic growth.
• classify and analyze principles of location.
• differentiate relationships of economic
  interdependence of the states,
• Understand of the characteristics of
  transnational corporations (TNCs) and regional
  economic blocs.

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Course Outline

• Chapter 1. Introduction Some background basics
• Chapter 2.Population World Patterns and Regional
  Trends
• Chapter 3. Livelihood and Economy primary
  activities
• Chapter 4. Livelihood and economy From blue to
  gold collar
• Chapter 5. Patterns of Development and Change
• Seminars ( using Paul Knox s book)
• 1.The changing world economy
• 2.Global patterns and trends
• 11.Services going global?
• 12. International and supranational
  institutionalized integration