A gentle introduction to the world of finance. The importance of finance and the main functions of the financial system and its relationship to the economic model will be mentioned.

The following electronic resource can be used as supporting material:

Homework

Find out the following information for your country or a neighboring country: 

• Tax Freedom Day 
• Big Mac Index 
• Public debt 
• Unemployment rate
• Inflation 
• Stock market index and its value

Presentations on seminars

In order to successfully complete the course, each student, in addition to obtaining the required number of credits, must also make a presentation.

Information related to presentation requirements:

• Student chooses his/her own topic for presentation. The topic must meet two requirements, which are: 
•      The topic is related to finances 
•      The topic is related to the home country
• Student chooses in the list of topics (it will be modified and explained in detail after cooperation with the IT department) the date when he will present and writes down the title of the topic for that day (there is a limit of two students, the limit is monitored by IS).
• Part of the presentation will be the preparation of a summary in the size of 1 A4 (no more). Here the student will briefly describe what is the subject of the presentation.
  
• Both the materials for the presentation (ppt, pdf, etc.) and the summary are uploaded by the student to IS in the submission office (either through the interactive outline or directly in Study materials - Homework Vaults) no later than the day before the presentation.
  
• When preparing the presentation/summary, the student must use literary sources, which he will also list (preparation for compiling his own thesis).
  
• The student will present the chosen topic on the selected date (selected day for the presentation).

The scope of the presentation itself should be in the range of about 15 minutes. The presentation will be followed by a discussion, or answers to the questions asked.

After meeting the above criteria, the student can receive a maximum point score that corresponds to 30 points.