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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
ECON0306-3  General economics

Duration :  60h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in Political Sciences, 1st yearToute l'année9
Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences, 1st yearSecond semester9
Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology, 1st yearSecond semester9
Lecturer :  Fabienne Fecher‑Bourgeois
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
  • Concepts and basic principles of economic analysis
  • National accounts
  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics and economic policy
  • Banking system
  • International trade
  • International monetary relations
Learning outcomes of the course :  
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- Define with appropriate terms the main economic concepts;
- Understand and explain behaviors and fundamental mechanisms on the level of both individual agents (firms, consumers) and national and international economy;
- Represent graphically the relations between economic variables on the level of both micro- and macroeconomic analysis;
- Explain with a graph the impact of the variation of an economic variable on another (comparative statics);
- Synthesize various texts (articles from economic journals or press) in order to complete the oral class;
- Interpret current statistics on aggregates and macroeconomic variables (GDP, public expenditures and taxes, unemployment, inflation, ...);
- Calculate, through simple numerical exercises, economic variables using theoretical models and formulas studied in the class.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
30h of tutorials
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Lectures and tutorials
Recommended or required readings :  
JURION B., "Economie politique", De Boeck Université, 2006.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
  • Written test in January
  • Written examination in June and September
Contacts :  
Teacher : F. FECHER, Office I.61A - Tel : 04/366 30 69 Email : ffecher@ulg.ac.be Secretary's office : ---- Assistant : F. FORTEMPS, Office I.60 - Tel : 04/366 4890 Email: francoise.fortemps@ulg.ac.be Assistant-students : Benjamin BODSON, Marine KRAVAGNA, Emmanuelle MANGON, Benjamin PIRLET, Aurélie QUINTART


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