FSS:SPP108 Principles of Economics - Course Information
SPP108 Principles of Economics
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Martin Žižlavský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 8:00–9:40 P24
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- !NOWANY( SPP109 Principles of Economics )
- 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
- General Course Objective: to learn student principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics.
***
Particular Course Objectives:
to build economical attitute (resource scarcity awareness);
to evaluate pros and cons of markets;
to recognize economic fluctuation with help of macroeconomic indicators;
to analyse mechanics and effects of macroeconomic policy. - Syllabus
- The Basic Economic Problem of Society
- Behaviour of Consumer
- Production and Firm
- Market Equilibrium and Price Determination
- Behaviour of Worker and Labour Supply
- Production and Labour Demand
- Market Equilibrium and Wage Determination
- Market Allocation of Resources
- Macroeconomic Perspective and Macroeconomic Indicators
- Agregate Demand and Agregate Supply
- Economic Fluctuations and Unemployment
- Macroeconomic Policy and Its Effects
- Literature
- Assessment methods
- Lectures, class discussion.
Midterm written test, final written exam. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Studenti, kteří se specializují na předměty sociální politiky, zapisují předmět SPP108 povinně.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/fss/spring2009/SPP108