Study Programmes 2016-2017
ECON2281-1  
Political Economy - Macroeconomics
Duration :
35h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :
Bachelor in economics and business management4
Lecturer :
Mélanie Lefevre
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
Learning unit contents :
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with basic economic mechanisms. Rigourous analysis will be based on concrete examples.
The course covers the main topics in the area of the macroeconomic theory: national accounting, wealth of nations, economic growth, development, (un)employment, money, economic fluctuations and cycles, and macroeconomic policies. 
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
At the end of the course, the student must be able to:
  • understand general  basic (macro)economic concepts;
  • explain and analyse general economic behaviours, at the national or international level;
  • understand and explain, in a critical perspective, the relations between the main economic variables;
  • based on exercises, determine the optimal choices of various agents;
  • explain and represent on a graph macroeconomic mechanisms.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Corequisite:
MATH0055-2 - Mathematics for Economics and managment sciences (Part 1)
ECON2280-1 - Political Economy - Microeconomics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lectures for the theoretical part + excercices sessions
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face + use of lol@
Second semester
Recommended or required readings :
Mandatory reading: Acemoglu, Laibson and List, Macroéconomie, Pearson, 2016
The material presented in the textbook must be supplemented by notes taken during the lectures. In addition, complementary material will be available on lol@.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam, first and second session. 
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Lecturer: Mélanie LEFEVRE, melanie.lefevre@ulg.ac.be 
Teaching assistant: TBD