Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Economy and Business Management :: Marketing

INTRODUÇÃO À ECONOMIA - 2016/2017

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Pedro Mota Veiga

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

The aim of this course is to enable students to understand the basic concepts of economic science and to understand its basic intellectual structure. They must be able to know the main economic terms and master the broad lines of the great contemporary debates.

Specific Aims/Objectives

Describe the fundamental principles of economic science.
Understand the equilibrium mechanisms associated with supply and demand curves.
Determine the role of the State in an Economy.
Understand consumer theory and producer theory.
Conduct market balance analysis.

Skills to be acquired

Ability to apply to the real economy the concepts and models studied, aiming at the detection of problems and imbalances and identifying alternative solutions and respective trade-offs.
Ability to analyze the impact of economic policies or external variables on the business environment and business activity.

Teaching Procedures

Exhibition classes;
Articulation of theory with national and international economic reality;

Programme

1. Fundamental Principles of Economics
1.1 The economy
1.2 Economic science
1.3 The economic problem
1.4 Problem solutions
1.5 The marshalian cross
1.6 The global problems of the Economy

2. Economic Theory
2.1 Consumer Theory
2.2. Producer Theory
2.3 Perfect competition
2.4 Imperfection in competition
2.5 Monetary theory

Evaluation Type

2 continuous assessment tests (50% / 50%)

Teaching Resources

Frame;
Recommended bibliography;

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Economics, Demand, Offer, Balance, Rationality, Consumer, Producer, Competition, Currency

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography