Duration
18h Th, 5h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits | |||
| Specialised master in sustainable energy management | 2 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
General economics course:
Introduction
Microeconomics part:
- the consumer's behaviour
- the producer's behaviour
- perfect competition and invisible hand
- externalities and public goods
- the role of the state in the economy, taxation and regulation in a globalised world
Macroeconomic part:
- define and measure economic aggregates + globalization and consumer society
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The main objectives of this course are, for future environmental managers: - Understand the basic economic language and, consequently, the general context of economic texts; - Develop a critical approach to the economic environment in which they will have to operate; - Build the necessary tools to be able to correctly and faithfully interpret specialized economic texts.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
No prerequisites (high school)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theoretical lessons and exercises
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
In class
Recommended or required readings
Reference book: Economics (Acemoglu Laibson List, 2018 - second edition)
Exercise booklet
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam (2 hours)
MQC - Open questions - Exercises
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
jerome.schoenmaeckers@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
The content stays the same.
Assessment methods
10 Multiple Choice Questions covering the different elements seen during the course. 2 hours of exam. Open book.
Contacts
jerome.schoenmaeckers@uliege.be
Items online
Slides
Slides of the theoretical course