(in Polish) Macroeconomics
1155-12-E21-0-Macro
1. Mainstream macroeconomics versus alternative macroeconomics – different theoretical approaches to explain macroeconomic problems - W1, W2, U1, K1;
2. Beyond GDP (GDP and social welfare - alternative measures of overall economic activity) - W1, W2, U1, K1;
3. Economic growth theory - W1, W2;
4. Business cycle theory- W1, W2;
5. Open market economics - W1, W2;
6. Monetary policy and inflation - W1, W2;
7. Fiscal policy, budget deficits and public debt - W1 W2;
8. New unemployment theories -W1, W2.
Total student workload
Attendance at lectures (45h), getting acquainted with additional materials prepared and made available by the lecturer and studying the literature indicated (35h), writing an essay (40h), and consultations with the lecturer (30h). Total student workload (150h)
Learning outcomes - knowledge
W1: The graduate knows and understands, to a deeper degree, on the basis of well-ordered theoretical knowledge, the issues and development trends in macroeconomics and its place in the system of social sciencess (K_W01)
W2: The graduate knows and understand to a deeper degree, the processes and relationships governing the behaviour of the economy as a whole (K_W05) W3: The graduate knows and understand to a deeper degree, contemporary macroeconomic theories and their development (K_W09)
Learning outcomes - skills
U1: The graduate critically analyses complex macroeconomic phenomena and relations between them (K_U01)
U2:The graduate interprets macro-economic data, verifying them based on knowledge and using a variety of macroeconomic data sources (K_U03)
Learning outcomes - social competencies
K1: The graduate is willing to critically assess posessed knowledge about the macroeconomic phenomena, recognise its importance in solving cognitive and practical problems in the macroeconomics (K_K01)
Teaching methods
Demonstration teaching methods: display
Expository teaching methods: informative (conventional) lecture, problem-based lecture
Exploratory teaching methods: laboratory, case study
Expository teaching methods
- informative (conventional) lecture
- problem-based lecture
Exploratory teaching methods
- presentation of a paper
- practical
Online teaching methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods
- exchange and discussion methods
- cooperation-based methods
Prerequisites
The knowledge of microeconomics and principals of macroeconomics from the basic course.
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Written exam (test and open questions) - theoretical lecture.
60%-65% - 3
66%-73% - 3+
74%-82% - 4
83%-91% - 4+
92%- 100% - 5
Essay – practical lecture (Analysis of macroeconomic problems from the perspective of Nobel Prize Winners in Economics Sciences/Article analysis) (working in groups up to 2 students)
Additional information
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