ECON 113
Globalization and Gender
Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 11. Examination of gender dimensions of economic development and globalization from perspective of feminist economics. This perspective implies foregrounding labor, broadly defined to include paid and unpaid work; examining gender differences in work; access to resources; and well-being outcomes; and how these are affected by macroeconomic policies and how gender inequalities are relevant for societal well-being. Since early 1980s economic globalization has been achieved on basis of common set of macroeconomic policies pursued in industrial and developing countries alike. These policies frame both gender-differentiated impacts of policy and initiatives that are implemented to reduce inequalities between men and women. Examination of impact of these policies on gender inequalities in developing countries. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2020 - I took this class during Spring 2020, meaning that everything was entirely online. I took this class as an engineering major who needed to take an upper-div econ class (as part of my sci-tech requirement), but was looking for something easier than the core upper-div econ classes (like 101 or 102). Overall, I found it pretty dull but easy. The course material for the first few weeks was very uninteresting to me. I had to force myself to pay attention while watching the lectures, and I found it difficult to stay engaged enough to continue taking notes. That said, taking detailed notes really paid off on the midterm. The lecture slides were helpful but cryptic. The professor mainly just reads off the slides, so towards the end of the quarter I started to just skim the videos at 2x speed rather than watching them thoroughly. The midterm exam was pretty easy in my opinion. Since it was online, it was open-book, open-notes. I found it easy since I could just search my typed notes for whatever the question was asking for. I ended up finishing it pretty quickly, and got a good score. Professor Ozler was kind enough to make the final optional due to the difficult circumstances at the time; I chose not to take it, so I can't comment on its difficulty. Overall, I thought this class was a bit uninteresting, but it was easy to do well in, so if that's what you're looking for, then go for it.
Spring 2020 - I took this class during Spring 2020, meaning that everything was entirely online. I took this class as an engineering major who needed to take an upper-div econ class (as part of my sci-tech requirement), but was looking for something easier than the core upper-div econ classes (like 101 or 102). Overall, I found it pretty dull but easy. The course material for the first few weeks was very uninteresting to me. I had to force myself to pay attention while watching the lectures, and I found it difficult to stay engaged enough to continue taking notes. That said, taking detailed notes really paid off on the midterm. The lecture slides were helpful but cryptic. The professor mainly just reads off the slides, so towards the end of the quarter I started to just skim the videos at 2x speed rather than watching them thoroughly. The midterm exam was pretty easy in my opinion. Since it was online, it was open-book, open-notes. I found it easy since I could just search my typed notes for whatever the question was asking for. I ended up finishing it pretty quickly, and got a good score. Professor Ozler was kind enough to make the final optional due to the difficult circumstances at the time; I chose not to take it, so I can't comment on its difficulty. Overall, I thought this class was a bit uninteresting, but it was easy to do well in, so if that's what you're looking for, then go for it.
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