MAE208 - Growth Inequality and Conflict
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Previously coded as: | MAE308 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Prasad Bhattacharya |
| Prerequisite: | MAE101, MAE120, MAE203 or MAT203 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | MAE207, MAE308 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) each week and 1 x 2 hour on-campus (recordings provided) seminar each week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1 hour recorded lecture each week and 1 x 1 hour online seminar in weeks 4, 7 and 10. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit focuses on three important topics in economics: how economies flourish over time, how income and assets are distributed across different parts of society, and factors underlying the misallocation of resources, which may lead to conflict and civil war. You will learn the fundamental drivers of economic growth including savings, investment, technological improvement, and human capital. This will help your understanding of disparities in economic growth rates across countries like Australia and Indonesia. You will then explore how income and wealth are distributed as economies grow over time and which could lead to possible income or wealth inequality as experienced in Brazil and South Africa. Finally, you will learn why different groups within a country like in the Democratic Republic of Congo or in Rwanda and Myanmar would fight against each other or rebel against the government forces and how such conflicts could be linked with economic growth and inequality.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Explain the determinants of economic growth, inequality and conflict over resources globally including the role of national and international institutions such as the World Bank, IMF and WTO. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Find, present and interpret global data to illustrate the issues pertaining to growth, inequality and conflict. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO3 | Analyse the inter-relationships between conflict, growth and inequality across diverse communities and propose potential solutions. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global Citizenship |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Individual) Problem-Based Written Assignment | 1500 words | 20% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 2: (Group of 3) | Part A: 2000 words | Part A: 25% | Part A: Week 9 |
| End-of-unit assessment task: Written | 2 hours | 40% | End-of-unit assessment period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
Hurdle requirement: Achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the end-of-unit assessment task to evidence a minimum proficiency in the aligned discipline learning outcomes included in this unit.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for MAE208 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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