Study Programmes 2015-2016
ECON0107-2  
Introduction to economic analysis
Duration :
40h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits :
Bachelor in computer science5
Lecturer :
Henry-Jean Gathon
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
Consumer Theory:


  • Budget Constraint
  • Preferences
  • Utility
  • Choice
  • Demand
  • Slutsky Equation
  • Buying and Seling
  • Intertemporal Choices
  • Consumer's Surplus
Firm Theory:


  • Technology
  • Profit Maximization
  • Cost Minimization
  • Cost Curves
  • Firm Supply
Markets:


  • Market Demand
  • Industry Supply
  • Equilibrium
  • Monopoly;
  • Monopoly Behavior
  • Oligopoly
Learning outcomes of the course :
At the end of the course, the student must be able to:
  • Identify and define economic concepts
  • Use economic tools
  • Based on exercises, determine the optimal choices of various agents (consumers, firms, etc.)
  • Explain and represent on a graph economic mechanisms
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Economics 100 + basic mathematics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
By a Teaching assistant, coordinated by the Assistant
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face + Exercices sessions
Recommended or required readings :
Hal VARIAN, "Introduction à la microéconomie", Bruxelles, Editions De Boeck, 2011, Traduit de l'anglais par Bernard Thiry.
Macroeconomics: handout to students
Assessment methods and criteria :
First (January) session: written examSecond session: written exam
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Professor: H.J. GATHON, Phone : 04 366 27 78, hj.gathon@ulg.ac.be
Assistant:Arjeta ALIAJ, tél : 04 366 3108, a.aliaj@ulg.ac.be