Global Economics - Sophomore

Course # HUSS 1051

Course Description

The course starts by interrogating the very idea of philosophy, exploring various approaches to it and distinguishing it from other disciplines such as science and theology. It discusses the broad global chronology of philosophical thought. The students use Logic to investigate the mode of systematic thinking, and examine Metaphysics and epistemology, two fundamental topics in philosophy. They also explore question of ethics, including meta-ethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics during the course. The course helps students to examine centrality of science in modern cultures and the issues it raises as well as the perils and potentials of new technological avenues such as artificial intelligence and the changing mode of human-nature interactions. The course ends by focusing on the question of “What does it mean to be an educated person?”  which will allow students to return to the meaning of reflection and an examined life.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Formulate sound arguments to work out logical fallacies in written and oral texts and discussions;  
• Review various sources of knowledge to engage with the problem of skepticism in their professional and personal contexts;
• Evaluate the relationship of individual with society and state, using concepts of political philosophy in terms of social justice and participation in governance;
• Examine ethical and human implications of increasingly criticized world by exploring its perils and possibilities.

Course Assessments and Grading

Course # HUSS 2072

TBA

Course # HUSS 2061 

Credits 3

Course Description

This Law course is specifically designed for students majoring in Global Economics and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Central Asia's Khorog Campus in Tajikistan. Students will explore foundational concepts of international law, trade and contract law, and environmental law.  More specifically, this course aims to explore the following foundational legal topics:  

• International & State Laws - This module covers the foundational concepts of international law, including statehood, recognition, sovereignty, legal personality, and jurisdiction. It also covers the major legal systems of the world, types of legal systems, categories, and sources of law, and judicial systems. 
• Trade & Contract Law - This module covers the foundational concepts of trade relations, including contract law, terms, and drafting, as well as contract terms and payments and the resolution of contractual disputes. 
• Environmental Law - This module covers the constitutional responsibilities and roles related to the environment and sustainable development, principles of environmental protection, environmental planning through impact assessment and land-use law. 

Course Learning Outcomes 

Upon the completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of various legal systems worldwide and the foundational concepts of international, business and environmental laws;  
• Describe and compare major legal systems in Central Asia; 
• Think critically using legal reasoning and analysis techniques to evaluate issues, formulate sound arguments and reach well-reasoned conclusions;   
• Read, negotiate and draft a contract; and  
• Analyze the international community’s legal response of treaties against climate change and protecting freshwater resources.  

Course Assessments and Grading 

Course # ECON 2002

Course Description

Intermediate Macroeconomics brings you up-to-date with modern developments in macroeconomic theory and offers you fresh perspectives on the macroeconomic challenges of the day. Covering key topics such as macroeconomic measurement and data, unemployment, consumption and savings, inflation, international macroeconomics, and monetary and fiscal policy, you will have the opportunity to test economic models using real-world data. The course develops students’ aggregate thinking by providing a consistent microeconomics-based framework for understanding the main macroeconomic events. Students expect to gain both technical and empirical knowledge of modern macroeconomics and with simple examples and case studies from Central Asian countries identify how different macroeconomic variables interact with each other in the global context.

Course Learning Outcomes

After completing the course students should be able to:

• Define key macroeconomic concepts and principles.
• Calculate basic macroeconomic indicators and indexes.
• Apply analytical models to solve typical macroeconomic problems.
• Justify positive macroeconomic policy propositions through the lenses of appropriate theories.
• Develop a relevant macroeconomic model to illustrate real-life phenomena.
• Describe and analyze the determinants of output, employment, and growth in the long run.
• Identify the forces that drive long-term prosperity and why economic activity fluctuates.
• Analyze how government policy can influence the economy in both the long run and short run.

Course assessments and grading

Course # ECON 2003

Course Description

Econometrics I is an introductory econometrics course which covers basic statistical methods and tools used by economists and other social scientists to evaluate empirical relationships among variables of interest and to test specific theories.  The course emphasizes both theoretical and practical aspects of econometric models through the analysis of real-world data using the programming language R. Tools for conducting research, undertaking regression analysis pertaining to estimating certain economic parameters, testing relevant hypotheses, and conducting forecasting of economic variables using quantitative data will be explored. 

Course Learning Outcomes

After completing the course students should be able to:

• Explain mechanics of basic econometric models.
• Derive ordinary least squares (OLS) estimator for a linear regression model.
• Discuss all assumptions of classical regression analysis.
• Prove that the OLS estimator is unbiased, BLUE and consistent.
• Identify and correct any violations of the linear regression model assumptions in order to obtain sound empirical results.
• Use statistical software (R language) to analyze and visualize quantitative data.
• Interpret findings obtained as a result of empirical estimation.

Course Assessments and Grading

Course # HUSS 2102E

Course description

This course focuses on Civil defense as a system of measures aimed at the preparation and protection of the population and its material and cultural values from dangers arising during military operations as well as in natural and man-caused emergency situations. It discusses why Civil defense is one of the most important functions of the state and an integral part of defense construction and ensuring population security. Emergencies that pose a threat to people's lives and health, associated with natural disasters including earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, snowstorms and drifts, forest and peat fires are examined. It explains why all developed countries, including the Republic of Tajikistan, to effectively reduce the negative consequences of an emergency, and to protect the population and the national heritage of the country from the dangers of emergencies arising in peacetime and wartime, are constantly preparing for such situations.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students will be able to:

• Discuss ways to protect themselves and others during the occurrence of dangerous and harmful environmental events.
• Assess the damage caused by accidents and catastrophes at industrial facilities and ways to prevent the amount of damage caused.
• Identify the main hazards of the human environment, assess the risk of their implementation, and choose methods of protection from hazards to ensure comfortable living conditions.
• Classify industrial objects according to their degree of danger to workers, employees and the population.
• Explain legislative and legal acts in the field of safety and environmental protection, and the safety requirements of technical regulations.
• Explain ways to predict and evaluate possible emergencies, and the measures that can be taken to ensure the stability of economic facilities in the country if they are affected by natural and man-made disasters, epidemics, and other threats to security.
• Explain ways to develop and implement timely measures to protect the population in emergencies, to provide first aid to victims, and to use personal protective equipment in emergencies.

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Course # HUSS 2101E

Course Description

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of life safety requirements and health in the workplace and field activities including definition of life safety, identification of dangerous factors and their influence on human, provision of safe working and living environment, fire and electricity safety and safe laboratory and field works. Students will get familiar with dangerous and harmful factors (chemical, physical and biological), emergencies classification and protection of humans and environment from the harmful and dangerous factors.

Course Learning Outcomes

• On completion of the course the students will be able to:
  Define life safety technical terms, measures and systems.
• Implement procedures to protect themselves and others in the workplace from harmful and dangerous factors.
• Apply requirements to specific workplace situations.
• Maintain life safety features.

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