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Economics (5 cr)

Code: TT00EZ12-3023

General information


Timing

01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023

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

  • English

Seats

0 - 1000

Degree programmes

  • Information and Communication Technology

Teachers

  • Janne Salonen

Teacher in charge

Virve Prami

Groups

  • ATX23TV_SYKSY
    Open UAS TestOut and Moodle courses

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 can be done in own pace in Metropolia's Moodle environment.

Materials

Online.

Teaching methods

Course is 100% online (Self-Study) course which can be done in own pace.

Employer connections

N/A

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

Up to student her-/himself.

Content scheduling

Up to student her-/himself.

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!