ECON2280-1 : Political Economy

Study Programmes 2015-2016

ECON2280-1

Political Economy - Microeconomic

Duration :

40h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits :

Bachelor in economics and business management		5

Lecturer :

Bernard Jurion

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 :

The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with basic economic mechanisms by analyzing individual behaviour (microeconomics).
The course covers the main topics of microeconomics: theory of demand, theory of production and costs (externalities included), perfect competition, monopoly and price discrimination, oligopoly and monopolistic competition, labor markets.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The student must be able:
- to explain and to analyse individual economic behaviour (microeconomics);
- to understand and to explain, in a critical perspective, the relations between the main economic variables.
These learning outcomes contribute to develop the 2 and 6 ILOs.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Ex cathedra presentations.
During sessions of 1h30, exercises are given in small groups of students in order to present the chapters of the course in a practical way.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face.
First semester, 40 hours (+ 15 hours of exercises).