ESF:BKE_MIE1 Microeconomics 1 - Course Information
BKE_MIE1 Microeconomics 1
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationAutumn 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 26/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Michal Kvasnička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Lucie Coufalová, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Filip Červenka, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Ing. Jakub Chini, Ph.D., BA (Hons) (assistant)
Ing. Marek Kloupar (assistant)
doc. Ing. Štěpán Mikula, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Jakub Solnička (assistant)
Ing. et Ing. Michal Ševčík (assistant)
Mgr. Ing. Ondřej Špetík, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Magdalena Šuterová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Ing. Michal Kvasnička, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration - Timetable
- Sat 10. 10. 12:00–15:50 P101, Sat 5. 12. 12:00–15:50 P101, Fri 18. 12. 12:00–15:50 P101
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- (! BPE_MIC1 Microeconomics 1 ) && (! BPE_MIE1 Microeconomics 1 ) && (! NOWANY ( BPE_MIC1 Microeconomics 1 , BPE_MIE1 Microeconomics 1 ))
- 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 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- In this course students will learn the basic principles of Microeconomics. They will get acquainted with the concept of preference, cost, revenue, elasticity, supply, demand, firm, market, externality etc., and their mutual relationship. The students will understand the operation of the market process and structure. They will be able to use the microeconomic analytical tools to describe and analyze the real world cases, and avoid usual analytical errors. They will understand consequences of changes of demand, cost, market structure, and basic policy changes.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course, students will be able to understand and explain when markets are good solution to mundane problem and when the government can improve its results. They will be also prepared to study microeconomics on the intermediate level in the consequent course.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction into Economics
- 2. Interdependence and Gains from Trade
- 3. Market Forces of Supply and Demand
- 4. Elasticity and Its Applications
- 5. Consumers, Producers and Efficiency of Markets
- 6. Theory of Consumer Choice
- 7. Cost of Production
- 8. Firms in Competitive Markets
- 9. Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition
- 10. Oligopoly
- 11. Markets for Factors of Production
- 12. Externalities
- 13. Pulbic Goods and Common Resources
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- Reduced lectures (consultations)
- Assessment methods
- The credit is awarded based on 1) student's performance in writing POTs and running tests, and 2) written multiple-choice test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: tutorial 12 hodin. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- BKE_ZEKO Principles of Economics
(!BPE_MIE1) && (!BPE_MAE1) && (!BKE_MAE1) && (!BKE_MIE1) && (!BKE_ZAKE) && !NOWANY(BKE_MIE1,BKE_MAE1,MKE_MIE2,MKE_MAE2,CORE011,BKE_ZAKE) && forma(K) && (!MKE_MIE2) && (!MKE_MAE2) - BPE_MIC1 Microeconomics 1
(!BPE_MIE1) && (!BKE_MIE1) && (!BPE_AMIC1) && (!NOWANY(BPE_MIE1,BKE_MIE1,BPE_AMIC1)) - BPE_MIE1 Microeconomics 1
(!BPE_MIC1) && (!BKE_MIE1) && (!NOWANY(BPE_MIC1,BKE_MIE1)) - BPE_ZEKO Principles of Economics
(!BPE_MIE1) && (!BPE_MAE1) && (!BKE_MAE1) && (!BKE_MIE1) && !NOWANY(BPE_MIE1,BPE_MAE1) && forma(P) && typ_studia(BNM) && (!CORE011) - CORE011 Economic style of thinking
(!BPE_MIE1) && (!BPE_MAE1) && (!BKE_MAE1) && (!BKE_MIE1) && (!BKE_ZAKE) && !NOWANY(BKE_MIE1,BKE_MAE1,MKE_MIE2,MKE_MAE2,BKE_ZAKE) && (!MKE_MIE2) && (!MKE_MAE2) && (!fakulta(ESF)) && !typ_studia(ND) && (!forma(C) || !forma(K) || !forma(D) || !forma(R) || !forma(Z))
- BKE_ZEKO Principles of Economics
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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