Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2020-21

Introduction to macroeconomics is the first module of a sequence of two that introduce student into the functioning of the macroeconomic system.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2020-21

General Competences (CG)

  • CG2 : Capacitat de treballar en equip.
  • CG3 : Capacitat d'aprenentatge autònom.
  • CG8 : Analitzar els problemes amb raonament crític, sense prejudicis, amb precisió i rigor.
  • CG9 : Capacitat de síntesi.

 

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

  • CGUA3 : Capacitat de comunicació oral i escrita.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE10 : Tenir la capacitat per a aplicar el coneixement i les aptituds adquirides en la solució de problemes econòmics teòrics i aplicats.
  • CE3 : Aportar racionalitat a l'anàlisi i a la descripció de qualsevol aspecte de la realitat econòmica.
  • CE6 : Redactar projectes de gestió econòmica a escala internacional, nacional o regional.
  • CE8 : Identificar les fonts d'informació econòmica rellevant i el seu contingut.
  • CE9 : Entendre les institucions econòmiques com a resultat i aplicació de representacions teòriques o formals sobre com funciona l'economia.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

  • To understand the basic problems addressed by Macroeconomics: activity, employment and aggregate prices.
  • To understand the indicators used to measure the aggregate progress of the economy.
  • To understand the importance of economic growth and the role played by the financial system.
  • To understand the nature of economic cycles and the economic policy tools used to stabilise fluctuations.
  • Introduction to the problems associated with open economies in their commercial and financial dealings with other countries.

 

 

Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2020-21

To introduce the student to the functioning of the macroeconomic system. The module gives the student the ability to understand the financial press on related topics and formulate their own judgments on major macroeconomic developments.

 

 

General

Code: 35005
Lecturer responsible:
PEREZ SEBASTIAN, FIDEL
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,50
Practical credits: 0,90
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Area: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Theoretical credits: 1,5
    Practical credits: 0,9
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught