Basic Economic Concepts and International Migrations

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Course ID:	1900-BIM-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Basic Economic Concepts and International Migrations
Name in Polish:	Basic Economic Concepts and International Migrations
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies
Course groups:	Courses in foreign languages General university courses General university courses at Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies General university courses in the social sciences
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses general courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The course is designed to provide students (with little knowledge and no previous exposure to economics) with a broad-ranging introduction to the discipline of economics and it aims to equip students with the tools necessary for them to understand how an economy operates in modern environment of extensive international labour migrations. By the end of the course you will be able to read and understand concepts often used in the media, including the business/economic section of the newspapers and economic magazines.
Full description:	The course has been broken into eight parts: - Introductory Economic Concepts and International Politics of Migrations - Demand, Supply and Elasticity - Theories of Consumer Choice and the Firm - Market Forms and the Labour Market - Understanding and Measuring Macroeconomic Performance in the Dynamic World - Macroeconomic Theory - Macroeconomic Policy and International Migrations - Inflation and International Trade: Commodities versus Labour Movement
Bibliography:	Since lectures cover a great deal of material in a short space of time, ideally you should try and read the relevant section in one of the textbooks before attending the lecture. This way you will be able to concentrate on what is being said and ask questions about concepts you do not understand. The prescribe textbook for the course is: Parkin M, Powell M, Mathews K, Economics, Addison Wesley, (any edition after 2008) (available on the reserve of the Geography Library)
Learning outcomes:	Benefits to you from the course: After taking the course and passing an exam you should understand pretty well the modern economic environment in micro-, mezo- and macro- scale. The course will help you to study critically economic programmes of various political parties and governments in both developing and developed countries. The methods and techniques presented in the class and knowledge of principles of economics you will be exposed to will enable you to read and listen to various media with criticism and independence allowing you to differ facts and true theories from fake news.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Assessment/ Pass requirements To pass the course you require a final mark of 50% out of 100%. This mark consists of: - class record (40%) composed of two tests (10% each), an assignment (10%) and class attendance (10%) - examination result (60%)

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