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Law | FB | 1 |
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This is a first-year, first semester subject. The course content may be considered as basic and fundamental. It will provide the main tools of economic analysis needed to understand and analyze the socio-economic performance of a society. Within this framework, this course aims at enabling students to use the basic concepts and analytical graphs developed by current economic analysis to understand the main facts that characterize an economy.
The training objectives of the subject can be summarized as follows:
1. Acquiring the basic conceptual knowledge of microeconomics and macroeconomics
2. Knowledge of the fundamental economic institutions
3. Ability to produce a reasoned, autonomous and critical analysis of current economic facts
4. Demonstrate the acquisition of knowledge through written and oral expression, both individually and in groups
The content of the course will explicitly consider issues related to gender.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 22 | 0.88 | 3, 4, 7, 6, 11 |
Seminar sessions, problem solving and case studies | 22 | 0.88 | 3, 4, 5, 2, 7, 8, 9, 6, 11 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 6 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Assessment | 0 | 0 | 3, 4, 1, 5, 2, 7, 8, 9, 6, 11, 10 |
Individual study, solving problems, preparation of essays and other recommended activities | 104 | 4.16 | 3, 4, 1, 5, 2, 7, 9, 6, 10 |
Important Note: Teaching and assessment methods may be subject to change in case health authorities impose restrictions to the access to the Campus.
The course will consist of the following activities:
Lectures: The lecturer introduces and explains the basic concepts and graphs corresponding to each topic. Student attendance is essential.
Seminar sessions: these in-class sessions, of compulsory attendance, will be dedicated to concept development, problem solving, case studies and/or debates about current issues. They include class presentations by students.
Evaluation activities: There will be four activities (minimum) for that purpose. At least two of them will consist of written tests (a mid-term and a final exam).
Complementary activities: Lecturers may recommend attendance to conferences or other seminars.
On the use of Artificial Intelligence resources: For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed in out-of-class assessed activities exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations. The use of AI for data collection, processing, and analysis is explicitly excluded. When instructors design activities involving the use of AI, specific instructions will be provided regarding its use in that particular activity.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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End of term test | 35% | 0 | 0 | 3, 1, 5, 2, 7, 8, 9, 6, 11, 10 |
Midterm test | 35% | 0 | 0 | 3, 4, 1, 5, 2, 7, 8, 9, 6, 11, 10 |
Problem solving and cases | 30% | 0 | 0 | 3, 4, 1, 5, 2, 7, 8, 9, 6, 11, 10 |
Assessment will be on a continuous basis along the semester. It will consist of the following activities:
1. A midterm written test (35%)
2. An end of semestr written test (35%)
3. Problems, cases, practical exercises: 30%
Professors will provide the dates of each evaluation activities at the beginning of the semester.
To pass, a weighted average grade of 5 over 10 or higher is required, AND at least a grade of 3.5 in each written test.
Re-assessment: If the weighted mean of all assessment activities is equal or greater than 3.5 points but less than 5, the student may take an exam at the date determined by the Facultat.
Those not presented: Students who begin the continuous evaluation process will have a final grade of passing or failing the subject, in no case not being presented. The exception is if only one of the evaluable activities has been presented. In this case, the grade will be 'not evaluable'. Special cases: In cases where the students cannot attend the written tests, and duly justified, the teaching staff responsible for the group will establish the re-take mechanisms.
Misconduct: A student who cheats or tries to cheat an exam will have a 0 as a mark. A Student who submits a paper or practice in which there is evidence of plagiarism will have a 0 as a mark and will receive a warning. In case of repetition, the students will fail the subject.
Single assessment (for those students whose application has been accepted)
Theoretical exam (40%), Exercises (35%), and written review with possible oral exam of a book to be agreed with the instructor (25%).
The same re-assessment system will be applied as for the continuous assessment.
CORE Project: "La Economía", free open e-book in Spanish. Link: https://www.core-econ.org/project/la-economia/
-Krugman, Paul & Robin Wells (2022): Fundamentos de Economia, Editorial Reverté. 4th Edition (5th original)
free electronic version (access UAB): https://elibro.net/es/lc/uab/titulos/105547
-Acemoglu, Daron; David Laibson & John A. List (2017), "Economía", Antoni Bosch ed..
-Mankiw, Gregory N. (2012): Principios de economia, 6th ed., Ediciones Paraninfo, or later editions.
-Mochón, Francisco (2009): Economía. Teoría y Política. Ed. McGraw-Hill.
also available through UAB library: https://elibro.net/es/ereader/uab/50180
Other resources:
1) Economic Nobel Prizes (women scientists): 2009: Elinor Omstrom: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom; 2019: Esther Duflo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Duflo
Other women Nobel Prizes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_Nobel_laureates
2) Data sources: INE www.ine.es; OCDE: www.oecd.org
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Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(SEM30) Seminaris (30 estudiants per grup) | 11 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM30) Seminaris (30 estudiants per grup) | 12 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM30) Seminaris (30 estudiants per grup) | 13 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM30) Seminaris (30 estudiants per grup) | 21 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM30) Seminaris (30 estudiants per grup) | 22 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM30) Seminaris (30 estudiants per grup) | 23 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM30) Seminaris (30 estudiants per grup) | 511 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |
(SEM30) Seminaris (30 estudiants per grup) | 512 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
(SEM30) Seminaris (30 estudiants per grup) | 513 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 2 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 51 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |