Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
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| Master in multilingual communication (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course starts with a general introduction on key economic concepts (including some microéconomics basis). Then the following macroeconomics topics are covered:
- National Accounting (principles)
- Consumption, Savings and Investment
- Determination of National Output, Unemployement, Inflation, Aggregate Demand and Fiscal Policy
- Growth and Cycles
- Money, Central Banking and the Monetary System
- Basic Open Economy Macroeconomics.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Identify and define economic and macroeconomic concepts
- Explain and analyze key economic mechanisms
- Based on basic numerical exemples, calculate key macroeconomic data
- Explain and macroeconomic equilibria
- Interpret the effects of various public policies at both national and international level
- understand socio-economic news
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex Cathedra
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face to face; First term.
Recommended or required readings
PowerPoint presentation and texts available on MyULiège.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Written exam on the material covered in the course
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Attendance at the lessons is strongly recommended.
Contacts
Prof.: Henry-Jean GATHON, phone: 04 366 2778, hj.gathon@uliege.be
Assistant: Pierre Copée, phone:04 366 3048, p.copee@uliege.be