Economic geography: Globalisation and regional development

Knowledge

Through this course, you will acquire knowledge about

• key theories and concepts in economic geography
• major trends in the world economy and the key actors driving them
• exogenous and endogenous forces affecting regional industrial change
• why certain industries concentrate (cluster) in certain places

Skills and competences

This course will enable you to

• analyse the role of technological change and innovation in global and regional economic change.
• analyse the role of transnational corporations in global and regional economic change
• analyse the role of states in global and regional economic change
• reflect upon the positive and negative consequences of economic globalisation

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

The teaching is organized as lectures.

Teaching will be held in English. All readings are in English.

On the semester page you can find information about time and place of lectures for the current semester.

A 4-hour written school exam.

Previous exams

Withdrawal from an examination and attempts

It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.

If you are sick or have another valid reason for not attending the regular exam, we offer a postponed exam later in the same semester.

See also our information about resitting an exam.