The Economic History of a Globalized World
Semester: 6th, 8th | Optional | ECTS: 5.0
Module leader: Kritikos Ι. Georgios
Module Objectives
The purpose of this module is to examine the different aspects of the past of the global economy in a longue durée perspective and to help students:
-develop knowledge of the past global economies;
– understand the elements that contribute to the development or to the crisis and backwardness of economies;
-develop a critical approach and understanding of social and economic changes in a historical perspective.
Course Content
This course analyzes the economic space of Europe in a dialogue with the social and political space of other geographical areas (USA, Africa, Asia, etc.). It examines issues related to the global economy in the perception of the Braudel’s longue durée (industrialization, imperial expansion, and empires, market economies, state intervention, welfare state, economies in liberal or totalitarian regimes, migrations, loans and crisis, economy in war or in peace, EU and other international organizations, etc.), It focuses on the notion of globalization and analyzes the processes through which the economic space experience development or crisis.
Teaching and Assessment
- Final essay (70%)
- Weekly assignments (30%).
The assessment criteria will be announced at the beginning of every semester.
Undergraduate Program of Studies
1st Year
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
1st Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- Physical Geography | C | 5
- Historical Geography | C | 5
- Elementary Economics for Geographers | C | 5
- Introduction to Informatics | C | 5
- Introduction to Human Geography | C | 5
- Foreign Language Ι | FL | 5
2st Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- Statistical Analysis for Geographers | C | 5
- Social Geography | C | 5
- Introduction to Cartography | C | 5
- Environmental Geography | C | 5
- Academic skills and methodology of scientific writing | C | 5
- Foreign Language ΙΙ | FL | 5
2nd Year
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
3rd Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- Environmental Management | C | 5
- Thematic Cartography | C | 5
- Qualitative Methods of Analysis in Geography | C | 5
- Spatial Analysis | C | 5
- Population Geography & Demography | C | 5
- Meteorology-Climatology | C | 5
4th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- Political Geography | C | 5
- Urban Geography | C | 5
- Rural Geography | C | 5
- Photointerpretation-Remote Sensing | C | 5
- Hydrology – Water Resources management | C | 5
- Geomorphology | C | 5
3rd Year
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
5th Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- Regional Development | C | 5
- Cultural Geography | C | 5
- Economic Geography | C | 5
- Geographical Information Systems I | C | 5
- Regional Planning | C | 5
- Oceanography | C | 5
6th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- Synthetic Geographical Project | C | 5
- Environmental Impact Assessment | C | 5
- 4 Elective Modules | Ε | 4x5
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
- Climate Change | Ε | 5
- Coastal Geomorphology - Coastal Management | Ε | 5
- Biogeography | Ε | 5
- Quaternary Geology - Geoarchaeology | Ε | 5
- Environmental Management Tools | Ε | 5
- Management of Natural Disasters | Ε | 5
- Geomorphological Mapping | Ε | 5
- Renewable Energy Sources | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
- Spatial Economics | Ε | 5
- Location Applications | Ε | 5
- Geographies of Poverty and Social Exclusion | Ε | 5
- Historical Geography of Ancient and Modern Times | Ε | 5
- Population: Economy and Politics | Ε | 5
- International Migration | Ε | 5
- The Economic History of a Globalized World | Ε | 5
- Geography of Globalized Production Networks | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
- Sustainable, Resilient and Safe Cities | E | 5
- Urban-Spatial Planning | E | 5
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
- Geographical Information Systems ΙΙ | 5
- Geoinformatics Applications Development | Ε | 5
- GNSS Technology and Navigation | Ε | 5
- Special Topics in Spatial Analysis | Ε | 5
- Applied Geographical Information Systems | Ε | 5
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Additional Modules
- Placement | Ε | 10
- Themes in Geography ΙΙ | Ε | 5
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4th Year
SECOND STUDY CYCLE
7th Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- 6 Εlective Modules | Ε | 6x5
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
- Environmental Policy | E | 5
- Waste Management in the Circular Economy | E | 5
- Fluvial Geomorphology | E | 5
- Ecosystem Services- Assessment and Mapping | E | 5
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
- Geography of the European Union | E | 5
- Special Topics in Spatial Economic Analysis | E | 5
- Sociospatial Hierarchies & Inequalities | E | 5
- Spatial Dimension of Small Entrepreneurship | E | 5
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
- Geography of Transport and Infrastructure | E | 5
- Spatial Analysis Application in Real Estate Management | E | 5
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
- Remote Sensing Applications | E | 5
- Statistical and Numerical Methods | E | 5
- Applied Geoinformation in Environmental Management | E | 5
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Additional Modules
- Placement | Ε | 10
- Themes in Geography I | Ε | 5
8th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- 2 Εlective modules | Ε | 2x5
- Dissertation | Ε | 20
or alternatively
- 6 Εlective Modules | Ε | 6x5
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
- Climate Change | Ε | 5
- Coastal Geomorphology - Coastal Management | Ε | 5
- Biogeography | Ε | 5
- Quaternary Geology - Geoarchaeology | Ε | 5
- Environmental Management Tools | Ε | 5
- Management of Natural Disasters | Ε | 5
- Geomorphological Mapping | Ε | 5
- Renewable Energy Sources | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
- Spatial Economics | Ε | 5
- Location Applications | Ε | 5
- Geographies of Poverty and Social Exclusion | Ε | 5
- Historical Geography of Ancient and Modern Times | Ε | 5
- Population: Economy and Politics | Ε | 5
- International Migration | Ε | 5
- The Economic History of a Globalized World | Ε | 5
- Geography of Globalized Production Networks | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
- Sustainable, Resilient and Safe Cities | E | 5
- Urban-Spatial Planning | E | 5
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
- Geographical Information Systems ΙΙ | 5
- Geoinformatics Applications Development | Ε | 5
- GNSS Technology and Navigation | Ε | 5
- Special Topics in Spatial Analysis | Ε | 5
- Applied Geographical Information Systems | Ε | 5
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Additional Modules
- Placement | Ε | 10
- Themes in Geography ΙΙ | Ε | 5
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