UPV_0050 Economy

Faculty of Education
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Pavla Stejskalová (assistant)
Ing. Mgr. Miroslava Černá (alternate examiner)
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
Timetable
Tue 10:15–11:55 učebna 10, Thu 8:25–10:05 učebna 4
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
Course objectives
After completing the course, students will be able to: - Define economics, economics and economic policy. - Explain macroeconomics microeconomics. - Define business economics.
Syllabus
  • A brief syllabus:   In the course of study will be consulted on these thematic lines: economics, economics and economic policy; microeconomics and macroeconomics, the positive and normative economics; Economics and ecology; ethical aspects of the economy; basic approaches to economic policy;   scarcity in the economy; inputs and outputs in the economy  ; division of labor, exchange, money and capital, production possibility frontier; Economic Systems (consuetudinary, command, market and mixed); economic role of government, tax and social policy State; market system, supply and demand the development of world economic thinking; the development of Czech economic thinking; objectives and instruments in the   macroeconomics; principles and methods types of firms; demand, utility and consumer behavior, elasticity of demand; Offer; costs and conduct business; elasticity of supply; explicit and implicit costs; fixed, variable, and the total cost, average and marginal cost; finished a competitive market, monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition; current economic issues, the transformation of the Czech economy; economic consequences of entry
Literature
  • KLÍMA, Jan. Makroekonomie. 1. vyd. Praha: Alfa Publishing, 2006, 141 s. ISBN 8086575292. info
  • VLČEK, Josef. Ekonomie a ekonomika. 3. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2005, 559 s. ISBN 807357103X. info
  • LIŠKA, Václav. Makroekonomie. 2. vyd. Praha: Professional publishing, 2004, 628 s. ISBN 8086419541. info
  • SOJKA, Milan, Jan PUDLÁK and Karel PŮLPÁN. Základy ekonomie : úvod do ekonomie pro gymnázia. Vyd. 2. upr. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1997, 88 s. ISBN 8070212055. info
  • SAMUELSON, Paul Anthony and William D. NORDHAUS. Ekonomie. Translated by Michal Mejstřík - Milan Sojka - Antonín Kotulan. 2. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1995, xl, 1011. ISBN 802050494X. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, individual work of students.
Assessment methods
The course is completed the test. Headings for the test: The test will have two parts: presentation and the question of   these lines: 1st Economics, economics and economic policy. 2nd Economic systems. 3rd Market system - Strengths and weaknesses, supply and demand. 4th Economic role of government - tax and social policy State. 5th The evolution of economic thought (the world and English). 6th Objectives and instruments in the   macroeconomics. 7th Principles and methods. 8th The types of companies. 9th Demand, utility and consumer behavior. 10th The offer, the costs and conduct business. 11th Perfectly competitive market, monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition. 12th Current economic issues.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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