Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2019-20

This course is an introduction to Economics. It will be divided into two parts: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. In the Microeconomics part of the course we will study the basic principles of economics first by participating directly in experiments and then by studying the relevant economic theory and its applications. During the experiments you will be able to observe the economic principles in action. After each experiment, having collected and worked on the data, we will present the economic theories designed to explain the principles you discovered in the experiment and its applications. In the Macroeconomics part of the course we will study the main macroeconomic indicators, the role of governments and central banks in regulating the economy and the main monetary policy mechanisms.

 

 

Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2019-20

Transversal Competences

  • CT1 : Capacitats informàtiques i informacionales
  • CT2 : Ser capaç de comunicar-se correctament tant de forma oral com a escrita
  • CT3 : Capacitat d'anàlisi i síntesi
  • CT4 : Capacidad de organización y planificación

 

General Competences

  • CG2 : Valorar amb esperit crític la realitat internacional i els seus problemes específics
  • CG3 : Usar l'anglès amb propietat segons la terminologia científica i acadèmica pròpia de les relacions internacionals
  • CG4 : Obtenir i gestionar la informació relativa a l'àmbit de les relacions internacionals
  • CG7 : Adquirir la capacitat d'aprenentatge autònom

 

Specific Competences

  • CE11 : Identificar i comprendre les dades macroeconòmiques i els principals fluxos econòmics per a analitzar la conjuntura econòmica mundial.
  • CE13 : Conèixer el paper que les empreses multinacionals exerceixen en les organitzacions internacionals i en les relacions internacionals en general.
  • CE3 : Diferenciar les diferents competències i funcions de l'Estat, les organitzacions internacionals i els actors no estatals en el sistema internacional.
  • CE7 : Comprendre els fonaments teòrics generals de l'economia i de l'estructura econòmica internacional.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2019-20

You will come to appreciate the power and some of the shortcomings of economic theory in explaining the economic world in which we live.

 

 

General

Code: 28204
Lecturer responsible:
Cueva Herrero, Carlos
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,20
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Area: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Theoretical credits: 1,2
    Practical credits: 1,2
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught