Duration
20h Th, 6h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
I Introduction
*Economics: definition and basis concepts
*Economics as a scince
II Microeconomic analysis
II.A Consumer Theory
- Budget Constraint
- Preferences
- Utility
- Optimal choice and Demand
II.B Firm theory
- Cost Minimization
- Technology
- Profit Maximization
- Cost Minimization
- Firm Supply
- Competition and perfect competition
- Monopoly;
- Monopolistic competition
- Oligopoly
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Identify and define microeconomic concepts
- Use mircroeconomic tools
- Explain, and represent on a graph, mircoreconomic mechanisms
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic mathematics (important !)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
By the assistant (see below)
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.
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:Pierre Copée, Phone : 04 366 3108, p.copee@ulg.ac.be