Basics of National Economics (5 cr)

Objective

Course is for students who are interested of Basics of National Economics.

After this course student understand policies of the national economy and the principles of a market-driven society.

Content

Content of course
- Capitalism's Reversal of Power
- Technology, Population and Growth Network Address
- Scarcity, selection and work network address
- Interaction and decision-making
- Property and Power: Mutual Benefit and Conflicts
- Banks, money and credit markets
- Pursuit of overyield, price setting and market dynamics
- Cyclical fluctuation and unemployment
- Unemployment and fiscal policy
- Technological advances, employment and rising living standards in the long term
- Theme: The Great Depression, the Golden Age and the Global Financial Crisis
- Theme: National economies in the global economy
- Theme: social inequality
- Theme: Environmental economics
- Theme: Innovation, Information and Network Economy
- Theme: Economics and Politics

Location and time

Course is 100% online (self-study) course and it can be done in own pace.

Materials

N/A

Teaching methods

Course is 100% online (self-study) course.

Course includes 22 chapter and Final Exam.

After each chapter, there is a reading specific exam which have been done before next chapters tab appears.

To proceed to the next chapter, you have to get on a reading specific exam pass (50% of answers are right) or you have try to do Exam twice.

Employer connections

N/A

Exam schedules

After each chapter, there is a reading specific exam which have been done before next chapters tab appears.

To proceed to the next chapter, you have to get on a reading specific exam pass (50% of answers are right) or you have try to do Exam twice.

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

Depends on the student's baseline.

Content scheduling

To proceed to the next chapter, you have to get on a reading specific exam pass (50% of answers are right) or you have try to do Exam twice.

Further information

ENROLMENTS

Open UAS Students
- via hakijan työpöytä https://hakija.oma.metropolia.fi/

Metropolia's Degree Students
- Course can be find in Moodle via https://moodle.metropolia.fi/course/view.php?id=4689
- Enrolment key: Bkt-2021

If you have any questions about this course, please contact to viopesupport@metropolia.fi

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Grading is Approved/Fail

Accepted course performance
Do the final exam remotely.
Lowest acceptance limit: 50% of answers have to be right. If result is left under it, the final exam needs to be renewed!

Assessment methods and criteria

Grading is Approved/Fail

Accepted course performance
Do the final exam remotely.
Lowest acceptance limit: 50% of answers have to be right. If result is left under it, the final exam needs to be renewed!

Objective

Course is for students who are interested of Basics of National Economics.

After this course student understand policies of the national economy and the principles of a market-driven society.

Content

Content of course
- Capitalism's Reversal of Power
- Technology, Population and Growth Network Address
- Scarcity, selection and work network address
- Interaction and decision-making
- Property and Power: Mutual Benefit and Conflicts
- Banks, money and credit markets
- Pursuit of overyield, price setting and market dynamics
- Cyclical fluctuation and unemployment
- Unemployment and fiscal policy
- Technological advances, employment and rising living standards in the long term
- Theme: The Great Depression, the Golden Age and the Global Financial Crisis
- Theme: National economies in the global economy
- Theme: social inequality
- Theme: Environmental economics
- Theme: Innovation, Information and Network Economy
- Theme: Economics and Politics