FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMICS

Course Description

This course provides a foundational understanding of economics, covering essential concepts that underpin both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Students will explore key topics such as supply and demand, market structures, the role of government in the economy, inflation, unemployment, and international trade. The course emphasizes the importance of economic reasoning and decision-making, providing students with the tools to analyze economic issues in both personal and professional contexts. By completion of the course, students will have a solid grasp of basic economic principles.

FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMICS

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Course outcomes

1. 01 Cognizance tht agriculture is indeed a type of business enterprise
2. 02 Awareness of risks particular to agriculture
3. 03 Awreness of the spcificity of markets in agricultural commodities
4. 04 Appreciation fo the different types of costs particular to agriculture
5. 05 Apreciation of the improtance of cash flows and money managemet

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Drummond, H, and Goodwin, Johnd W: "Agricultural Economics", third eition Pearson ISBN-13-978-01-36071921

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Cognizance tht agriculture is indeed a type of business enterprise
2. L02 Awareness of risks particular to agriculture
3. L03 Awreness of the spcificity of markets in agricultural commodities
4. L04 Appreciation fo the different types of costs particular to agriculture
5. L05 Apreciation of the improtance of cash flows and money managemet

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
2. P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
3. P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
4. P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
5. P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
6. P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
7. P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
8. P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
9. P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
10. P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
11. P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
12. P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.

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