Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres) | 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 translators/interpreters, to
- Understand the basic economic language and, consequently, the general context of the economic texts to be translated;
- Develop a critical approach to the economic environment in which they will have to operate;
- Build the necessary tools to be able to translate or interpret specialized economic texts correctly and accurately.
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)
Face-to-face
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@hel.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
The content of the course is the same as that seen in the first half of the year.
Assessment methods
For the exam of the May/June 2020 session, the assessment will consist only of an MCQ of 12 questions (10 minutes per question). As this will be an open book exam, this time there will be a penalty for a wrong answer (+2 if right answer and -0.5 if wrong answer).
It will be necessary to log on to Ecampus. Do not hesitate to ask questions if you meet an issue.
This questionnaire will be open only during the two-hour examination period.