Course: Basic of Economics

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Course title Basic of Economics
Course code KEN/QZE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šetek Jaroslav, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Faltová Leitmanová Ivana, doc. Ing. CSc.
  • Volek Tomáš, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Alina Jiří, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: 1- market and market mechanism 2 - supply and demand., competition. 3 - perfected competition. and imperfect competition a 4 - utility, indifference curve 5 - production factor market 6 - income and wealth. 7 - Macroeconomics aims. 8 - Measurement of Economic Performance. Gross Domestic Product , Economic Growth 9 - Aggregate demand, Aggregate supply , Macroeconomics equilibrium, Macroeconomics models 10 - Inflation 11 -Unemployment 12 - Fiscal policy, Monetary policy, Business cycle 13 - Money and Banking

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
To provide theoretic basis for applied economics discipline.
Students understand the basic principles of economics
Prerequisites
There is no prerequisite for the course of Basics of Economics

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Credit Requirements: Examination Requirements:Students prove knowledge of micro and macroeconomics theory. Oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • FALTOVÁ LEITMANOVÁ, Ivana, Jiří ALINA, Filip PETRÁCH, Jaroslav ŠETEK a Tomáš VOLEK. Mikroekonomie 1: pro bakalářské studium. Jesenice: Ekopress, 2018. ISBN 978-80-87865-48-4.
  • Gladkij, I. Úvod do zdravotní politiky,ekonomiky a sociiologie zdravotnictví.2.vyd. Olomouc:Univerzita Palackého, 2000. Melandrium, Slaný, 1996. ISBN 80-244-0176-2.
  • Holman, R. Ekonomie.. C.H. Beck, Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-7179-891-6.
  • Pavelka, TOMAS. Makroekonomie. Melandrium, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86175-58-4.


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