Degree | Type | Year |
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Business Administration and Management | OT | 4 |
Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 3 |
Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 4 |
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There are no prerequisites to follow the course successfully. However it is desirable that students have some knowledge of World Economic History, World Contemporary History, Contemporary History of Spain, Geography of Spain and Economics.
Economic History of Spain is part of the group of basic subjects in the first year for the studies of Economics and Business Administration. The objective of these subjects is for students to acquire the knowledge, analytical tools and basic methodology in order to develop the general and specific competencies of the degree program.
This course studies the development of the Spanish economy, starting in the 19th century but focusing on the 20th century. It appraises the different phases of modern economic growth, the impact of major historical facts in the economy as well as the transformation of economic institutions.
INTRODUCTION. The Spanish economy growth in the long run (19th and 20th centuries)
TOPIC 1. RESOURCES, INSTITUTIONS, INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT (1789-1890)
TOPIC 2. FIRST GLOBALIZATION AND INTERWAR YEARS (1890-1936)
TOPIC 3. THE CIVIL WAR AND THE FIRST DECADE OF FRANCO’S DICTATORSHIP (1936-1951)
TOPIC 4. IMPORT SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION (ISI) (1951-1959)
TOPIC 5. ERA OF DEVELOPMENTALISM (1960-1973)
TOPIC 6. ECONOMIC CRISIS AND POLITICAL TRANSITION (1975-1985)
TOPIC 7. INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION (1986-1998)
TOPIC 8. A BALANCE OF TWO CENTURIES: PRODUCTIVITY AND WELL-BEING
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 32.5 | 1.3 | 22, 2, 6, 1, 7, 10, 16, 15, 26, 27, 4 |
Practical classes | 17 | 0.68 | 6, 1, 21, 26 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 8 | 0.32 | 7, 9, 21 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Preparation of practical exercises | 37.5 | 1.5 | 1, 21, 26 |
Reading and independent study | 49.5 | 1.98 | 7, 21, 26 |
The planned methodology of Spanish Economic History is conventional and face-to-face learning and involves five complementary learning activities:
1. Lectures.
2. Practical classes
3. Individual work by the students (reading and information search)
4. Tutorials
5. Campus virtual (webpage)
6. Use of AI. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not allowed at any stage. Any assignment that includes AI-generated content will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or total penalty in the grade for the activity, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.
The proposed teaching methodology may undergo some modifications according to the restrictions imposed by the health authorities on on-campus courses.
Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Midterm exam 1 | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 22, 2, 3, 13, 6, 1, 7, 19, 28, 18, 8, 9, 10, 11, 5, 20, 14, 16, 17, 15, 21, 12, 24, 26, 25, 27, 4, 23, 30, 29 |
Midterm exam 2 | 45% | 2 | 0.08 | 22, 2, 3, 13, 6, 1, 7, 19, 28, 18, 8, 9, 10, 11, 5, 20, 14, 16, 17, 15, 21, 12, 24, 26, 25, 27, 4, 23, 30, 29 |
Three exercises at the classroom | 15% of the final mark | 2 | 0.08 | 22, 2, 3, 13, 6, 1, 7, 19, 28, 18, 8, 9, 10, 11, 5, 20, 14, 16, 17, 15, 21, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 4, 23, 30, 29 |
The evaluation will consist of:
Three practical exercises. Each exercise weights 5% of the course grade.
The course will be considered passed if the following two requirements are met:
1. The average grade for the course is equal to or higher than 4.9
2. The final exam grade is equal to or higher than 4.
If a student meets the first requirement but not the second, they will receive an average course grade of 4.5 and will be allowed to take the retake exam, in accordance with the provisions set out in the "Retake Process" section found below.
If a student meets the second requirement but not the first, or meets neither, they will receive the overall course graderesulting from the direct application of the previously stated weightings and will be allowed to take the retake exam, in accordance with the provisions set out in the "Retake Process" section found below.
The questions will be on the topics explained in the theory and practical sessions and on the content of the readings and teaching materials indicated by the group professor.
Synthesis test: students who wish to opt for the synthesis test will have to apply by e-mail to the group's professor before February 28. The synthetis test will take place on the day of the final exam set by the Faculty. It will consist of forty multiple-choice questions and eight essay questions concerning all the different parts of the subject, practical and theoretical.
CAUTION:
1. A student is considered UNEVALUABLE if he has completed less than 30% of the assessed activities. "The qualification of UNEVALUABLE implies exhausting all the rights inherents to enrolment in the subject".
2. Only midterm and final exams can be reprogrammed, always exceptionally and after obtaining the explicit aproval of the Grade Coordinator. All other types oftests performed during the course will NOT be reprogrammed.
3. This subject does not offer the option for comprehensive evaluation.
Calendar of evaluation activities
The dates of the evaluation activities (midterm exams, exercises in the classroom, assignments, ...) will be announced well in advance during the semester.
The date of the final exam is scheduledin the assessment calendar of the Faculty.
"The dates of evaluation activities cannot be modified, unless there is an exceptional and duly justified reason why an evaluation activity cannot be carried out. In thiscase, the degree coordinator will contact both the teaching staff and the affected student, and a new date will be scheduled within the same academic period to make up for the missed evaluation activity." Section 1 of Article 264. Calendar of evaluation activities (Academic Regulations UAB).
Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, who in accordance with the previous paragraph need to change an evaluation activity date must process the request by filling out an Application for exams' reschedule: e-Formulari per a la reprogramació de proves.
Grade revision process
After all grading activities have ended, students will be informed of the date and way in which the course grades will be published. Students will be also be informed of the procedure, place, date and time of grade revision following University regulations.
Retake Process
"To be eligible to participate in the retake process, it is required for students to have been previously been evaluated for at least two thirds of the total evaluation activities of the subject." Section 2 of Article 261. The recovery (UAB Academic Regulations). Additionally, it is required that the student to have achieved an average grade of the subject greater than or equal to 3.5 and less than 5.
The date of the retake exam will be posted in the calendar of evaluation activities of the Faculty. Students who take this examand pass, will get a grade of 5 for the subject. If the student does not pass the retake, the grade will remain unchanged, and hence, student will fail the course.
Irregularities in evaluation activities
In spite of other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "in the case that the student makesany irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluation activity, it will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that can be instructed. In case of various irregularities occur in the evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0". Section 11 of Article 266. Results of the evaluation. (UAB Academic Regulations).
The most useful textbook is this general overview:
Gabriel Tortella (2000), The Development of Modern Spain. An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, Harvard University Press.
You can also use for specific subjects:
Betrán, C.; Pons, M.A. (Eds) (2020), Historical Turning Points in Spanish Economic Growth and Development, 1808-2008. Palgrave Macmillan.
Carreras, Albert; Tafunell, Xavier (2021) Between Empire and Globalization. An Economic History of Modern Spain. Palgrave Macmillan.
Herranz-Loncán, A. (2007), "Infrastructure investment and Spanish economic growth, 1850-1935," Explorations in Economic History, 44(3), p. 452-468.
Prados de la Escosura L., et al (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015, Palgrave Studies in Economic History (free downloadable)
Prados de la Escosura, L et al. (2012), “Economic Reforms and Growth in Franco’s Spain”, Revista de Historia Económica, 30(1), pp. 45-90.
Ringrose, David (1970), Transportation and Economic Stagnation in Spain, 1750-1850, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press.
Richard Herr, An Historical Essay on Modern Spain, The Library of Iberian resources online.
The basic software used will be Power Point, Excel and Word.
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 8 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 51 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 8 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 51 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |