Basics of National Economics (5 cr)
Code: C-10065-TT00EX08-3059
General information
- Enrolment period
- 10.01.2025 - 31.12.2025
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 10.01.2025 - 31.12.2026
- Implementation is running.
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Institution
- Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Karaportti 2
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 0 - 500
- Course
- C-10065-TT00EX08
Objectives (course unit)
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 unit)
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.
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.
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!
Assessment scale
Hyväksytty/Hylätty
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.
Learning materials
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.
Completion alternatives
N/A
Practical training and working life cooperation
N/A
International connections
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