Study Programmes 2016-2017
ECON0110-1  
Economics
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Bachelor in information and communication3
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
Learning unit contents :
The course starts with a general introduction on key economic (micro and macro) concepts. Then the following topics are covered:
  • National Accounting (principles)
  • Consumption, Savings and Investment
  • Determination of National Output, Unemployement, Inflation, Aggregate Demand and Fiscal Policy
  • Growth and Cycles
  • Money and Modern Banking, Central Banking and the Monetary System
  • Basic Open Economy Macroeconomics.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
At the end of the course, the student must be able to:
  • Identify and define macroeconomic concepts
  • Explain and analyze key economic mechanisms
  • Based on numerical exemples, calculate key macroeconomic data
  • Explain and represent on a graph macroeconomic equilibria
  • Interpret the effects of various public policies at both national and international level
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
1st semester, on wednesdays 10am-12am; see http://www.infocom.ulg.ac.be/?page_id=30
Recommended or required readings :
Syllabus handed over to students
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Prof.: Henry-Jean GATHON, phone: 04 366 2778, hj.gathon@ulg.ac.be
Assistant:Pierre Copée, Phone: 04 366 3108, p.copee@ulg.ac.be