Professional Documents
Culture Documents
33
UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
Syllabus for the M.Com. (Part-I) Program: M.Com Course: Business Economics SYLLABUSFORTHES.Y.B.COM/B.A.
PROGRAM:B.COM/B.A. COURSE:ADVERTISING(APPLIEDCOMPONENT)
(Credit Based Semester and Grading System with effect from the academic year 20122013)
SemesterBasedCreditandGradingSystem w.e.f.theAcademicyear20122013
M.Com.PartI:ECONOMICSOFGLOBALTRADEANDFINANCE SYLLABUSFORSEMESTERSIANDII
Preamble: ThesyllabusofM.ComPart1isdesignedtoacquaintthestudentswiththevariousaspectsof International Trade, Commercial Policy and Global Finance as well as recent trends and developmentsininternationaltrade.
SemesterI
ModuleI:CommercialPolicy: Tariff and Nontariff barriers, Miscellaneous Protection Techniques Dumping, Subsidies, CartelsandCommodityAgreements.(15Lectures) ModuleII:EconomicsofIntegration: Types of integration (EU, NAFTA, APEC, ASEAN, and SAARC): Achievements and Future prospects,RegionalismVs.Multilateralism(15Lectures) ModuleIII:TrendsinWorldTrade,WTOandDevelopingCountries: RecentTrendsinGlobalTradeContentiousissuesAgricultureandMarketAccess,Tradeand Environmentalissues,DisputeSettlementMechanism.(15Lectures)
SemesterII
ModuleIV:BalanceofPaymentsAdjustment: ForeignTradeMultiplierandGlobalRepercussionsBOPandPolicyMix:RoleofMonetaryand FiscalPolicyinBOPTradeoffbetweenInternalandExternalBalance(MundellandFlemming Model)(15Lectures) ModuleV:ForeignExchangeMarket: Flexible Exchange Rate, Currency convertibility, Significance of foreign exchange reserves, Exchange risks, Global linkage of foreign exchange markets, Open and Closed: Interest Parity Conditions Euro Currency Markets , Euro Equity and Euro Bonds Markets Nature and Characteristics.(15Lectures)
References
1. 2.
ChangingPatternsofGlobalTrade,INTERNATIONALMONETARYFUND:Preparedbythe Strategy,Policy,andReviewDepartment,15,2011. DohaandBeyond:TheFutureoftheMultilateralTradingSystemAuthor:MikeMoore (Ed.)Publisher:CambridgeUniversityPress,2004. EconomicGeography:TheIntegrationofRegionsandNationsAuthor:Pierre PhilippeCombes,ThierryMayer,JacquesFrancoisThissePublisher:PrincetonUniversity Press,2008. EUTradeStrategies:RegionalismandGlobalismAuthor:VinodK.AggarwalPublisher: PalgraveMacmillan,2004. IntroductiontoInternationalEconomicsAuthor:DominickSalvatorePublisher:John Wiley&Sons,2011 InternationalEconomics:TheoryandPolicy(9thEdition)[Hardcover]PaulR.Krugman (Author),MauriceObstfeld,PearsonEducation,2008.
3.
4. 5.
6.
7.
InternationalEconomics,RobertC.Foenstra&AlanM.Taylor,WathPublishers,USA.
8.
9.
10.
InternalandExternalSemesterExaminationforSemesterIandII.
InternalExamination:ProjectWork.Topicswillbebasedonthesyllabus.(Total40Marks)
20MarksfortheDocumentation 10MarksforPresentation 10MarksViva.
ExternalExamination:QuestionPaperPatternforSemestersIandII.(TotalMarks60)
There will be four questions in all. All the questions are COMPULSORY and will have internal choice.Thequestionpaperwillbeof60marksand2hoursduration.
Q1. Module I (Total marks 14) Q1 - A OR B Attempt any one. (In case of sub questions 7 marks each.)
Q2. Module II (Total marks 14) A OR B Attempt any one. (In case of sub questions 7 marks each.)
Q3. Module III (Total marks 14) A OR B Attempt any one. (In case of sub questions 7 marks each.)
Q4. Write explanatory notes Attempt Any Two: (Total -18 marks)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx