Sustainability in the global context
MGT-470 / 4 credits
Teacher: Baldwin Richard Edward
Language: English
Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.
Remark: MTE-SMT Students : MA3 only
Summary
This course equips you with the tools needed to evaluate the economic, historical, and political dimensions of climate change from a global perspective. You will also learn about the international institutions and megatrends shaping and constraining the solutions.
Content
Regarding climate change: conditioning facts & megatrends, necessary micro & macroeconomics, essential history, policy tools (carbon tariffs, targets, and CBAM, essential geopolitics, and dicussion of future of world trade & development models.
Keywords
climate change, megatrends, micro & macroeconomics, essential history, policy tools, geopolitics, future of world trade, future development models
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
none.
Recommended courses
none.
Important concepts to start the course
none; course is self-contained.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Define global aspects of sustainability
- Integrate economic, historical and political analysis.
- Analyze the impact and effectiveness of climate change policy
- Explore online databases related to climate and trade
Transversal skills
- Continue to work through difficulties or initial failure to find optimal solutions.
Teaching methods
Lecture with dicussion, group work, in-class written assignments using ChatGPT, in-class problem solving by group
Expected student activities
Moderate reading/viewing before class, in-class written assignments using ChatGPT, in-class problem solving by group.
Assessment methods
Written January exam (30%), Written group work (30%), class participation (10%), individual problem sets (30%).
Supervision
| Office hours | Yes |
| Assistants | Yes |
| Forum | No |
Resources
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
No
Bibliography
to be handed out.
Notes/Handbook
no.
Websites
Prerequisite for
none.
In the programs
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Sustainability in the global context
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Sustainability in the global context
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Sustainability in the global context
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Sustainability in the global context
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional