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

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!

Assessment methods and criteria

Pass after all of lectures and Final Test has been done.

The final tests contains 50 multi-choice questions. All questions are based on course materials.

Minimum passing score for the test is 50%. If not achieved, you need retake the test. The retake limit is 3!