Business & Management MA(SocSci)/BSc/LLB/MA
Industry and Innovation: International Perspectives ESH4006
- Academic Session: 2025-26
- School: School of Social and Political Sciences
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Semester 1 (Alternate Years)
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
The primary aim of this course is to allow students to develop a critical appreciation of the cultural and historical factors that affect industrial innovation and of the ways that industrial innovation can influence economic performance through comparing experiences in three different countries during the twentieth century.
Timetable
Lectures: one hour per week
Seminars: one hour per week
Please note this course does not run every session. For further information please check the ESH Moodle page.
Assessment
One essay = 25%
One source report = 15%
One two-hour exam = 60%
Main Assessment In: April/May
Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? Not applicable
Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below.
Course Aims
The primary aim of this course is to allow students to develop a critical appreciation of the cultural and historical factors that affect industrial innovation and of the ways that industrial innovation can influence economic performance through comparing experiences in three different countries during the twentieth century.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course, students will be expected to have:
1. acquired some understanding of the political, economic, and social context of industrial innovation in the three countries under consideration;
2. developed the ability to compare the context and degree of success of industrial innovation in the three countries at specific points in time;
3. developed an ability to analyse the factors accounting for or hindering successful industrial innovation;
4. developed a critical awareness of some of the methods of comparative history.
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.