PdF:FC6003 Orientation market economy - Course Information

FC6003 Orientation market economy

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

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

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

• Teacher Training of Specialized Subjects for Secondary Schools (programme PdF, N-SS) (4)
• Teacher Training of Specialized Subjects for Secondary Schools – Specialisation in Services (programme PdF, N-SS)
• Teacher Training of Specialized Subjects for Secondary Schools – Specialisation Mechanical Engineering (programme PdF, N-SS)
• Teacher Training of Specialized Subjects for Secondary Schools – Specialisation Commerce and Services (programme PdF, N-SS)

Course objectives

The course deepens theoretical knowledge in the field of economics with links to current examples of economic practice. It describes the basic concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics. It clarifies the behavior of economic agents within the markets connected with the formation of supply and demand for goods or factors of production, depending on individual market structures and the functioning of the market. It describes the spectrum of macroeconomic indicators and their use in the explanation of economic cycles. It characterizes instruments of economic policy and possibilities of their use in influencing the economy.

Knowledge: microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts and models, economic policy instruments
Skills: clarification of the behavior of economic subjects and the possibility of using economic policy tools with use in teaching vocational subjects
Attitudes: ability to critically evaluate economic information

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to clarify the formation of supply and demand, the functioning of markets, the economic cycle and the influence of the economy in the economic policy of the state.

Syllabus

• 1) Introduction to economics and development of economic thinking.
• 2) Costs in economics.
• 3) Supply, demand, their formation and elasticity.
• 4) Market and market structures.
• 5) Markets of factors of production.
• 6) Economic growth and economic cycle.
• 7) Unemployment and inflation.
• 8) Consumption, savings and investments.
• 9) Financial markets, banks and banking system.
• 10) Fiscal policy.
• 11) Monetary policy.
• 12) International trade, European Union and involvement of the Czech Republic in international economic institutions.

Literature

• SOUKUP, Jindřich. Makroekonomie. 2., aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2010, 518 s. ISBN 9788072612192. info
• FUCHS, Kamil and Ján LISÝ. Dějiny ekonomického myšlení I. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 111 s. ISBN 9788021044791. info
• HOŘEJŠÍ, Bronislava. Mikroekonomie. 4. rozš. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2006, 573 s. ISBN 807261150X. info
• FUCHS, Kamil and Pavel TULEJA. Základy ekonomie. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2005, 347 s. ISBN 8086119947. info
• HOLMAN, Robert and Dana POSPÍCHALOVÁ. Úvod do ekonomie : pro střední školy. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2001, xii, 189. ISBN 8071790230. info

Teaching methods

The course consists of lectures, discussions, solving of thematic examples, and individually processed seminar essay on a selected economic topic.

Assessment methods

The course ends with an exam in the form of written test.

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 2023, recent)
  
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