Course detail
Microeconomics
FSI-HMI-K Acad. year: 2019/2020 Winter semester
This course is designed to acquaint student with the basic tools of microeconomics. Economics is the study of how society allocates its scarce resources, and microeconomics is the study of the behaviour of households and firms, whose collective decisions determine how resources are allocated in a free market economy.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
6
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
A student will know theoretical approaches from a microeconomics area and he/she will understand the role of market to other microeconomics entities and he/she will make a critical analysis of real feature from microeconomics area.
Prerequisites
This course does not assume any prior knowledge of economics.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
A student has to obtain at least 16 pts from 25 pts which are given for seminars and student has to fulfil a 75% attendance in seminars. Points will be given for a semester work and its presentation and for midterm test.
A final exam consists of:
• written exam – student has to obtain at least 35 pts from 65 pts (approximately 12-15 exam questions)
• oral exam – student could obtain 10 pts (2 oral questions)
A final scale for a valuation of student (a student can obtain max. 25 pts from seminars, 65 pts from written exam and 10 pts from oral exam, total 100 pts):
A: 90 – 100 pts
B: 80 – 89 pts
C: 70 – 79 pts
D: 60 – 69 pts
E: 50 – 59 pts
F: less then 50 pts
Aims
The goal of the course is to teach student to "think like an economist," which will help students to understand the world around, make better economic decisions in own life, and be a more informed citizen and voter. The course focuses on economic theory and therefore will often rely on abstract concepts. However, the course will emphasize the application of these concepts to real world situations through frequent in-class discussions of current events and interactive learning exercises.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The Participation in the Practices and the Courses is voluntary.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme M2I-K: Mechanical Engineering, Master's
branch M-STM: Manufacturing Technology and Management in Industry, compulsory
Type of course unit
Guided consultation in combined form of studies
17 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Introduction to Economics, Development of economic theory
The Basic of Supply and Demand
Equlibrium of the firm
Consumer equlibrium
Markets for Factor Inputs