Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic discipline
SECS-P/02 (POLITICA ECONOMICA)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (27/09/2021 - 10/12/2021)
Lesson hours
60 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites are required: logical skills and basic mathematical knowledge acquired in upper secondary school, are sufficient. Some basic elements of math will be revised at the beginning of the course.
Learning outcomes
The course is aimed providing key concepts and basic tools of economics needed for understanding how economic systems work.
Course contents
The course will provide basic principles of microeconomics, including: consumer choices; decisions production and costs of production; demand and supply curves and market equilibrium; competitive markets; monopolistic competition; monopoly and oligopoly; employment and pricing of inputs
Teaching methods
The course offers ex-cathedra lectures, tutoring and other teaching activities aimed to prepare and successfully pass the exam.
Reccomended or required readings
Textbook "Microeconomia. Teoria e applicazioni, E. Browning e M. Zupan, Pearson, 2^ edition, 2021. An english version of the textbook is available. Erasmus and foreign students may write their written exam in English upon request. Teaching materials (ppt, exercises, test etc) in Italian will be available on KIRO (http://elearning2.unipv.scipol/)
Assessment methods
The exam is written and includes multiple choice questions and exercises. Students regularly attending the classes may also take an (optional) additional oral exam if they pass successfully the written test
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