2023-2024 / ECON0944-1

Elements of economy for environmental sciences

Duration

18h Th, 5h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Pierre Copée

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

General economics course:

Introduction

Microeconomics part:

- the consumer's behaviour

- the producer's behaviour

- perfect competition and invisible hand

- externalities and public goods

- the role of the state in the economy, taxation and regulation in a globalised world

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The main objectives of this course are, for future environmental managers: - Understand the basic economic language and, consequently, the general context of economic texts; - Develop a critical approach to the economic environment in which they will have to operate; - Build the necessary tools to be able to correctly and faithfully interpret specialized economic texts.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

No prerequisites (high school)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical lessons and exercises

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

In class

Recommended or required readings

Reference book: Economics (Acemoglu Laibson List, 2018 - second edition)
Exercise booklet

Written exam (2 hours) in face-to-face with closed book
MQC - Open questions - Exercises
Written Exam on Ecampus if COVID with open book
Only a MQC

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

p.copee@uliege.be

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