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Sequentiality
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Mandatory sequentiality bound on the level of programme components
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Following programme components must have been included in your study programme in a previous education period
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Principles of economics (3266)
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| Degree programme | | Study hours | Credits | P1 SBU | P1 SP | 2nd Chance Exam1 | Tolerance2 | Final grade3 | |
 | 2nd year Bachelor of Transportation Sciences | Compulsory | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical |  |
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| EC1: The graduate acquires knowledge independently, self-directed and critically. The graduate is able to plan, monitor, adjust and evaluate their own learning processes and ensure their own (quality) control. | - EC
| EC2: The graduate has a sound knowledge and understanding of the concepts, methods, and (research) techniques of transportation sciences and applies them adequately. | - EC
| EC3: The graduate is able to find sustainable solutions to complex transportation issues based on acquired knowledge and insight. Additionally, the bachelor student approaches transportation problems from a broader perspective by making links within the domain of transportation and to other disciplines. | - EC
| EC4: The graduate views society - including all interested parties - as an important stakeholder and thinks critically about the social relevance and consequences of recommendations and consultancy. | - EC
| EC6: The graduate is able to communicate - both orally and in writing - about his/her field of study with scholars from his/her own or similar domains as well as with broad social groups. |
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- The student is familiar with the law of supply and demand, including elasticities
- The student knows the characteristics of the market structure (monopoly, oligopoly, free market)
- The student is familiar with basic concepts such as fixed costs, variable costs, average costs, marginal costs, consumer and producer surplus and can apply these in assignments.
- The student is aware of the impact of goverment intervention into the free market
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Transport economics, transport policy, transport infrastructure and transportation modes, traffic and transport
Outline:
1.Introduction 2.The role of transport in modern economies 3.Fundamentals of markets for transport services 4.External effects of transportation 5.Governmental intervention in transportation markets 6.Disruptive innovation in transportation
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Lecture ✔
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Small group session ✔
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Period 1 Credits 6,00
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| Written evaluaton during teaching periode | 50 % |
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| Additional information | 50% of final mark based on written exam, 50% based on assignments during the semester |
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| Explanation (English) | Students can keep the marks they obtained on the part that they passed. So if a student passes the assignments, (s)he only has to redo the written exam. Whoever passes the written exam, should only redo the assignments. Students that fail on both parts, have to redo both the assignments and the written exam. |
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| Compulsory textbooks (bookshop) |
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The Economics of Transport,9780415419802,paperback |
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Compulsory study material will be provided on Blackboard |
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| Recommended reading |
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- Transport economics,Blauwens Gust, De Baere Peter, Van de Voorde Eddy,2012 (5th edition),De Boeck,9789045541440
- Transportation Economics - Theory and Practice: A Case Study Approach,McCarthy Patrick S.,Wiley,9780631221807
- Transport economics,Button Kenneth,2010 (3rd edition),Edward Elgar Publishing,9781840641912
- The Economics of Transport - A theoretical and applied perspective,Cowie Jonathan,2010,Routledge,9780203874103,Available as e-book: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ubhasselt/detail.action?docID=456650&pq-origsite=summon
- Transport economics - Theory, Applications and Policy,Mallard Graham, Glaister Stephen,2008,Palgrave Macmillan,9780230516885
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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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