SylabUZ
| Course name | Selective social science subject* |
| Course ID | 13.2-WF-FizD-SSSS-S17 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Field of study | Physics |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2020/2021 |
| Semester | 3 |
| ECTS credits to win | 3 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
Familiarizing students with basic concepts and issues in the field of economics. Explanation of economic phenomena and problems occurring in the modern economy. Presentation of the development of the main theories and concepts in the field of Economics and showing their practical use by individual entities and in the economic policy. Acquiring skills and competences to understand and to use the basic categories of the market economy. Enabling students to analyze various aspects of functioning of different parts of the economy at the macro- and micro- level.
Basic knowledge in mathematics. Ability to understand, analyze, and interpret various phenomena.
The place of Economics in science, subject matter, scope, main problems, division of Economics, applied methods and tools. Overview of the development of the economic thought (mainstream economics, alternative economics, and economics of complexity). The fundamental problems of economic choice. The mechanism of functioning of the market. The market balance. Forms of market failure and the ways of their overcoming. Calculation of the social product. Economic growth (the theory of the sustainable development, the theory of the exogenous growth, theories of the endogenous growth). Economic prosperity. The money market and the fiscal policy. Inflation. The labor market and unemployment. The state budget. The foreign trade and the balance of payments. The international economic integration. Economic issues of globalization and the contemporary world (benefits and risks). The role of a state in the modern economy.
Lecture: a conventional, a problem lecture.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
A prerequisite to get a lecture credit is to obtain a positive mark for the written test, which shall be organized at the same time for all students (open and closed questions). The test shall be passed, if at least 51% of the points are obtained. Evaluation criterion: very good (91 - 100%), good + (81 - 90%), good (71 - 80%), satisfactory + (61 - 70%), satisfactory (51 - 60%). In order to obtain a positive mark one shall master the content of the lecture material and familiarize with the mandatory literature.
[1] Begg D., Vernasca G., Fisher S., Dornbusch R., (2014), Mikroekonomia, PWE, Warszawa.
[2] Begg D., Vernasca G., Fisher S., Dornbusch R., (2014), Makroekonomia, PWE, Warszawa.
[3] Skawińska E., Sobiech K., Nawrot K., (2011), Makroekonomia. Teoretyczne i praktyczne aspekty gospodarki rynkowej, PWE, Warszawa.
[4] Ratajczak M.,(2012), Współczesne teorie ekonomiczne, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań.
[5] Marciniak S. (red.) (2013), Makro i mikroekonomia. Podstawowe problemy, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa.
[6] Czarny B. (2011), Podstawy ekonomii, PWE, Warszawa.
[1] Księżyk M., (2015), Ekonomia współczesnej gospodarki rynkowej, AGH, Kraków.
[2] Nowak A.Z., Zalega T., (2015), Makroekonomia, PWE, Warszawa.
[3] Mączyńska E., (red.) (2014), Ekonomia dla przyszłości. Fundamentalne problemy teorii ekonomii i polityki gospodarczej, PTE, Warszawa.
[4] Bartkowiak R., (2013), Ekonomia rozwoju, PWE, Warszawa.
[5] Mielewski R., Kwiatkowski E. (red.) (2012), Podstawy ekonomii, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2012.
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 09-06-2020 22:49)
