Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2020-21

This is the second course in a year-long course in microeconomic theory. The other two courses are Microeconomics I and Microeconomics III.

The objective of the course is to learn a methodology that can be used in order to model and analyze the interactions of agents in strategic situations.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

General Competences (CG)

  • CG3 : Capacity to apply economic theory to represent real situations.
  • CG4 : Capacity for teamwork.
  • CG5 : Capacity for self-learning.
  • CG6 : Ethical commitment and social responsibility at work, respecting the environment, being aware and understanding the importance of respect for fundamental rights, equal opportunities for men and women, universal accessibility for the disabled and respect for the values of a peaceful, democratic society.
  • CG7 : Analyse problems using critical reasoning, without prejudice and with precision and rigor.
  • CG8 : Capacity for synthesis.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE1 : Capacity to read Economic research articles in a reasoned fashion and evaluate them critically, understand their essential contributions and weaknesses.
  • CE2 : Capacity to understand how the technical problems faced by authors of research articles have been resolved in each case.
  • CE3 : Capacity to test theorems and propositions.
  • CE5 : Capacity to present important economic problems precisely and respond adequately to said problems by using the techniques learnt on the different courses, using theoretical and empirical analyses or simulations if necessary.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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

This course is designed with the two main purposes of giving students a systematic grounding in Microeconomics and preparing them to use economic models in their own research.

General Competences (CG)

CG3: Capacity to apply economic theory to represent real situations.
CG4: Capacity for teamwork.
CG5: Capacity for self-learning.
CG6: Ethical commitment and social responsibility at work, respecting the environment, being aware and understanding the importance of respect for fundamental rights, equal opportunities for men and women, universal accessibility for the disabled and respect for the values of a peaceful, democratic society.
CG7: Analyse problems using critical reasoning, without prejudice and with precision and rigor.
CG8: Capacity for synthesis.

Specific Competences (CE)

CE3: Capacity to test theorems and propositions.

 

 

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General

Code: 41203
Lecturer responsible:
SANJURJO MCNAMARA, ADAM
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,60
Practical credits: 0,40
Distance-base hours: 4,00

Departments involved

  • Dept: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Area: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Theoretical credits: 1,6
    Practical credits: 0,4
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught