Professor (Emeritus) John H. Munro passed away December 23, 2013

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The educational purpose of this final examination is not to terrorize, punish, or fail you, but rather to let you synthesise and integrate a large body of material that you have studied over the course of a year -- of facts, concepts, models, theories, hypotheses, and even unanswered questions -- so that you may gain an even better understanding of the nature and processes of (European) economic development, of growth and decline, of modern urban industrialization, and modern urban societies.

To aid you in this purpose, I suggest that you do or consider the following:

• 1. READ OVER the Detailed Outline of Lecture Topics for 2012 - 2013. Then read over the Schedule of Lecture Topics for 2012 - 2013: in pdf format. Get the key topics clearly focused in your mind.

• 2. READ OVER the Previous Examinations, Mid-Term Tests, and Review Questions, for ECO 303Y, following the instructions to ignore those questions, or parts of questions, not covered this year. Try to pick out and mark those questions that you think most likely to appear on the final examination.

• 3. READ OVER the Online summaries of the ECO 303Y lectures in PDF Format, arranged in chronological order from mid-September 2012 to April 2013. The summaries can be fcund in one consolidated PDF file for all 24 weeks; or in separate PDF files for each week, from week 1 to week 24. Try to see relationships between economic sectors, between regions and countries, and relationships evolving over time. Focus on cause and effects; focus on economic and historical analyses, not on dry facts. Try to concentrate your energies on those topics that seem most likely to appear on the final examination.

• 4. READ OVER THE LECTURE NOTES FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END, in one sitting, if possible, both your own notes (if you made any in class) and the ECO 303Y online lecture notes. But do the latter only if you have read them before: now is not the time to read these full and detailed lecture notes for the first time! If you have time, skim-read them (again), marking those passages that represent conclusions or summaries of these topics. Use a coloured marker or felt-tip pen to mark those passages in the margins. Most of you will be better off in just reading the lectures summaries (as above)

• 5. READ THE WEB DOCUMENT on the Master List of Topics for Essays for ECO 303Y. This document summarizes the major aspects of each of the essay topics (on the A and B lists) for ECO 303Y, explaining why they remain important debate topics in European economic history.

• 6. READ OVER YOUR TERM ESSAYS, and any notes that you made for those essays; and any other notes that you may or should have made for some of the other recommended topics, and/or notes made on the recommended (though not required) textbooks. But do not conclude that what you wrote in your term essays is necssarily correct. Compare your views with those in the lecture notes. You are free to disagree with my views (those in the lecture notes), so long as you acknowledge my views and fully, cogently explain why you disagree.

• 7. CONSULT THE FOLLOWING WEB DOCUMENT (linked to my Home Page): Other Aids for Writing Essays and Exams.