Modules Offered in Semester II, 2009/2010

Faculty of Business , Economics & Policy Studies

Module Code

Module Name

Business Statistics
Information System Concepts
Corporate Communication
Challenging Leadership
Creativity and Innovation in Business
Proactive Leadership
Operation and Production Management
Financial Management
Management Information Systems
Human Resource Management
Leadership
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
Small Economies and Globalisation
Applied Environment Economics
Financial Economics
Issues in Economic Development
International Trade and Finance
Islamic Economics and Finance
Brunei and the World
Understanding Social Policy
Study of Public Policy
Public Policy Analysis
Advanced Research Methods
Financial Economics
Financial Economics
Islamic Economics and Finance
Issues in Economic Development
Financial Management
Leadership

Type of Module

Degree Core
Degree Core
Faculty Compulsory Breadth
Breadth
Breadth
Core
Core
Core
Core
Option
Option
Breadth
Breadth
Major Option
Option
Option
Option
Option
Breadth
Breadth
Core
Core
Core
Option
Option
Option
Option
Option
Option

Modular Credits

4
4
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3

 

Module Code
Module Title

Type of Module

Modular Credits
Student Workload
Contact hours for timetabling
Prerequisite
Anti-requisite
EK-5XXX
Issues in Economic Development
Option
4
4 hours
4 hours
None
None

Aims/ Objectives/ Rationale:


The course aims to develop students understanding of key issues of development economics relating to developing countries. This course enables students to understand important aspects, issues and problems that developing countries are facing, and to utilise the knowledge in application to economic policy and research.

Module Content:


Measurement of economic development; economic performance of developing companies; Theories of economic development: endogenous growth theory; Poverty and income distribution: inequality, polarization and poverty; Population and development: rural urban migration, urbanization; Entrepreneurship and innovation: entrepreneur as innovator; theory of technological creativity; Sustainability issues: limits to growth, Dutch Disease, resource curse; Macroeconomic policies for growth: fiscal policies; Foreign investments and foreign aid; Debt: debt indicators, debt crisis, IMF policies on debt; Structural adjustments: liberalization and privatization

 

Assessment

Examination:
Coursework:

Assignments
Research projects and presentations

          
 
60%
40%

15%
25%