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| Degree programme | | Study hours | Credits | P1 SBU | P1 SP | 2nd Chance Exam1 | Tolerance2 | Final grade3 | |
 | Bridging Programme Master of Management | Compulsory | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical |  |
| Preparation Programme Master of Management | Compulsory | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical | |
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This introductory course will introduce you to the fundamentals of economic analysis and reasoning. It is the course that provides a building block on which subsequent, more specialized and advanced economics courses are based. Students are introduced to topics that are highly relevant both to decision making and to understanding many of the most important issue in society. After completion, students should be able to analyze real world issues by using economic models.
Topics
Introduction
- Resources and scarcity
- Choice making
- Production possibility frontiers and opportunity cost,
- The role of the government and the market economy
Microeconomics
- The Theory of Consumer Behaviour
- The Theory of the Firm
- Market structure and firm's behavior
- Factor input Market
Macroeconomics
- Measuring the economy
- The role of the government and an open economy
- Money and Banking
- General Equilibrium
- Aggregate demand and supply
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Lecture ✔
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Response lecture ✔
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Period 1 Credits 6,00
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| Written exam | 100 % |
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| Multiple-choice questions | ✔ |
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Second examination period
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| Explanation (English) | Written exam, counts for 100% of the total grade. |
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| Compulsory textbooks (bookshop) |
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Economics,Richard Lipsey and Alec Chrystal,14de,Oxford University Press,9780198791034 |
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Additional study materials (slides, background texts) will be made available on BlackBoard. |
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| Exchange Programme Business Economics | Optional | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical | |
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This introductory course will introduce you to the fundamentals of economic analysis and reasoning. It is the course that provides a building block on which subsequent, more specialized and advanced economics courses are based. Students are introduced to topics that are highly relevant both to decision making and to understanding many of the most important issue in society. After completion, students should be able to analyze real world issues by using economic models.
Topics
Introduction
- Resources and scarcity
- Choice making
- Production possibility frontiers and opportunity cost,
- The role of the government and the market economy
Microeconomics
- The Theory of Consumer Behaviour
- The Theory of the Firm
- Market structure and firms behavior
- Factor input Market
Macroeconomics
- Measuring the economy
- The role of the government and an open economy
- Money and Banking
- General Equilibrium
- Aggregate demand and supply
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Lecture ✔
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Response lecture ✔
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Period 1 Credits 6,00
| Evaluation method | |
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| Written exam | 100 % |
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| Multiple-choice questions | ✔ |
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Second examination period
| Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt | |
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| Explanation (English) | Written exam, counts for 100% of the total grade. |
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| Compulsory textbooks (bookshop) |
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Economics,Richard Lipsey and Alec Chrystal,14de,Oxford University Press,9780198791034 |
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| Compulsory course material |
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Additional study materials (slides, background texts) will be made available on BlackBoard. |
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1 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2. |
| 2 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2. |
3 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.
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| SBU : course load | SP : ECTS | N : Dutch | E : English |
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