ECON2285-1 : Political Economics

Study Programmes 2015-2016

ECON2285-1

Political Economics - Macroeconomics

Duration :

40h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits :

Bachelor in business engineering		5

Lecturer :

Bernard Jurion

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

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 general behaviour (macroeconomics).
The course covers the main topics in the area of the macroeconomic theory: national accounting, consumption and investment, national income and cycles, budgetary policy, international trade, money supply and demand, monetary policy (model IS-LM), aggregate demand and supply, economic growth, unemployment and inflation, balance of payments, international specialisation and exchange rate systems.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The student must be able:
- to explain and to analyse general economic behaviour;
- 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.
Second semester, 40 hours (+ 15 hours of exercises).