Course Name: Economic Growth & Development

Course abstract

This course engages the student with the much debated theories of growth versus development. The decades following liberalization and globalization have been a period of very high levels of economic inequality. With the focus on issues surrounding inequality, this course will introduce students to the major ideas and theories surrounding the often used and misused concepts of economic growth and economic development. With the help of major concepts used in growth and development economics, a student taking this course will be able to participate in the debate and understand the nuances surrounding the issue of economic development.


Course Instructor

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Dr. Rajshree Bedamatta

Rajshree Bedamatta is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. Her university training is in the discipline of Economics with specialization in Development Economics. She teaches and researches in the broad domains on Development Economics and Public Economics at IIT Guwahati. Her research is on agrarian markets with focus in the domains of food and nutrition, health and education.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Jith J R

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Sambashiva Reddy Appidi

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 Course Duration : Jan-Mar 2020
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 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2019 to 03-Feb-2020
 Exam registration : 16-Dec-2019 to 21-Feb-2020
 Exam Date : 29-Mar-2020

Enrolled

3492

Registered

90

Certificate Eligible

62

Certified Category Count

Gold

4

Silver

20

Elite

28

Successfully completed

10

Participation

3

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
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SARAH RAZACK 88%

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Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 3492

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 484

Assignment Statistics



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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.