Bachelor 2025/2026

Economic & Political Geography of Southeast Asia

Type: Elective course (HSE University and Kyung Hee University Double Degree Programme in Economics and Politics in Asia)

Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

When: 1 year, 1, 2 module

Open to: students of one campus

Language: English

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The main purpose of the course is to form a system of students' knowledge about the current state, trends and features of the economy and politics of the countries of Southeast Asia (Southeast Asia). The study of the discipline is caused by the need for specialists to understand the modern conditions of the Southeast Asian countries' economic development and the formation of political systems, taking into account the theoretical and practical laws of the functioning of the global economy and the transformation of the world economic and political order.This course is divided into two parts. The first part of the course is composed of a series of lectures focused on theoretical issues of Southeast Asian’s countries geography. Students will be introduced and guided to various theoretical debates related with understanding geography of Southeast Asian countries. There will be an in-classroom exam at the end of the first part. The second part is mainly composed of students’ presentations on the country cases. Students are required to participate in a research project on a country case/comparative study of development experience by choosing a country from the region. Every student has to make a 10 minute presentation during the class and develop it into a final term paper to be submitted in the final week.