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Basics of National Economics (5 cr)

Code: TT00EX08-3044

General information


Timing

01.08.2023 - 29.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

School of ICT

Campus

Karaportti 2

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 1000

Degree programmes

  • Information and Communication Technology

Teachers

  • Janne Salonen

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

Course includes 22 chapter and Final Exam.

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.

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!