Regional policy - a subject offered in English 330-ES1-2RPOR#E
Study profile: general academic
Form of studies: full-time
Type of subject: Module 4 - specialization subject
Field and discipline of science: Social sciences, economics and finance
Year of study/semester: Year II, Semester III
Entrance requirements (so-called sequential system of classes and exams): -
Number of hours of teaching classes divided into methods of conducting classes: 30 hours of lectures, 30 hours of exercises
Teaching methods: lecture (descriptive and conversational) using multimedia presentations
exercises - individual work, group work, discussion,
ECTS points: 4
Balance of student workload:
Attendance at lectures: 30
Preparation for the final exam: 16
Participation in exercises: 30
Preparation for exercises: 16
Participation in consultations: 6
Exam: 2
Quantitative indicators
Student workload related to classes:
- requiring direct participation of the teacher: 68 hours ECTS 2.72
- practical: 4 hours ECTS 0.16
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
2RPOR_W01 The student knows and understands at an advanced level selected issues in the field of structures and institutions implementing regional policy, both at the local, regional and supranational level. KP6_WG2
2RPOR_W02 The student knows and understands at an advanced level the complex relationships between structures and institutions implementing regional policy on a national and international scale, including the processes of economic integration and regionalization. KP6_WG3
2RPOR_W03 The student knows and understands to an advanced degree the socio-economic relations between regions and regional policy institutions and the regularities governing them in the local, regional and supranational perspective. KP6_WG4
Skills
2RPOR_U01 The student is able to independently use the acquired knowledge to formulate and solve complex problems, critically analyze the causes and course of processes taking place in the development of regions, planning and management of this development by national and EU institutions. KP6_UW3
2RPOR_U02 The student is able to independently select and use appropriate methods and tools to analyze and forecast socio-economic processes and phenomena taking place in the regions. KP6_UW4
2RPOR_U03 The student is able to independently use the ability to observe, understand and analyze phenomena and processes taking place in regions to assess and critically analyze the level of their development, existing barriers and development factors, as well as the tools of regional policy used. KP6_UW5
Social competence
2RPOR_K01 The student is ready to critically evaluate the knowledge and acquired content in the area of regional development and regional policy due to the dynamics of regional convergence processes and factors influencing its course, as well as many other social and economic development conditions. KP6_KK1
Assessment criteria
Forms of passing the course:
lecture - written exam in the form of a test consisting of 20 multiple choice questions, in exceptional cases an oral exam.
exercises - point system based on tasks performed during classes and tests. Test in a multiple choice-descriptive form.
Bibliography
Basic literature:
1. Alexiadis, S., The dilemma of regional policy, Palgrave Macmillan 2018.
2. Lang, T., Gormar, F., Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation, Palgrave Macmillan 2019.
3. Strange, G., Towards a new political economy of development : states and regions in the post-neoliberal world, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2014.
Extended literature:
1. OECD (2010), Regional Development Policies in OECD Countries, OECD Regional Development Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://prima.uwb.edu.pl:2066/10.1787/9789264087255-en.
Weissenbacher, R., The Core-Periphery Divide in the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan 2019.
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