ECON 4398
Special Problems (Independent Study)
Students
who take my Asian Development course may also take my Economics 4398 - Special
Problems in Asian Development in which they will add
o
On
Their Own Terms: Science in China, 1550-1900 [Hardcover] by Benjamin A.
Elman, Harvard University Press
and either
o
The
Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China by Dieter Kuhn and
Timothy Brook, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
or
o
A
Cultural History of Modern Science in China (New Histories of Science,
Technology, and Medicine) [Paperback] by Benjamin A. Elman, Harvard University
Press
to their reading for Econ 3355
and do a combined paper of 40+ pages for the two course together (Econ
3355 and Econ 4398). Basically, the student will do the same work as for
the three hour graduate course but get six undergraduate hours of credit.
Obviously, this course is restricted to those taking my Asian Development
class. Two books and 10 additional pages is not much work for three hours
credit. I do however expect that the 40 pages will be more in
depth than the 30 page paper. See syllabus for Economics 3355 Summer 2011 for details.
ONLY - For those
doing the Econ 3355 - Southeast Asia/Viet Nam Option – ONLY:
Students
who take my Asian Development course may also take my Economics 4398 - Special
Problems in Asian Development in which they will add
o
Vietnam:
Rethinking the State by Martin-Gainsborough. Zed Books, 2010.
and
o
Viietnam Business Guide:
Getting Started in Tomorrow's Market by Kimberly
Vierra and Brian Vierra.
Wiley, 2010.
to their reading for Econ 3355
and do a combined paper of 40+ pages for the two course together (Econ
3355 and Econ 4398). Basically, the student will do the same work as for
the three hour graduate course but get six undergraduate hours of credit.
Obviously, this course is restricted to those taking my Asian Development
class. Two books and 10 additional pages is not much work for three hours
credit. I do however expect that the 40 pages will be more in
depth than the 30 page paper. See syllabus for Economics 3355 Summer 2011 for
details.