PdF:FC6003 Orientation market economy - Course Information
FC6003 Orientation market economy
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2016
The course is not taught in Autumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Mgr. Miroslava Černá (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Peter Marinič, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education - Prerequisites
- Studying economics students to acquire the economic way of thinking and reasoning
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Studying economics students to acquire the economic way of thinking and reasoning
- Syllabus
- Content focus: Content focuses on basic concepts in economics, developing an understanding of economic issues related to political, social and ethical aspects. - The economic way of thinking. - Income and expenses. - Costs: fixed, variable, total, average, not sound, opportunity costs, sunk costs. - The market system. Supply / demand curve. Market equilibrium. Shifts of curves. - Elasticity of demand and supply. Cross elasticity. Price and income elasticity. - Human capital theory. Differences in wages (men and women, minorities, the minimum wage, living wage). - Economic growth and business cycles. - Gross Domestic and Gross National Product. - Unemployment: frictional, structural and cyclical. - Inflation (average, galloping, hyperinflation), the measurement of inflation. - Consumption, savings and investments. Private and public savings. - Financial system. Banking system. Central Bank and commercial. Stocks and bonds. - International Trade. Protectionist policies.
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussion, projects
- Assessment methods
- Seminar work focusing on current economic issues (transformation, EU, globalization), the relationship of ecology and ethics to economics, the analysis of views of liberal economists in the market economy. In the range of about 2-3 pages. Students work in defending the test. Oral exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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