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Economic Policy

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Course ID: WP-SM-PG
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: Economic Policy
Name in Polish: Polityka gospodarcza
Organizational unit: Faculty of Law and Administration
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla 3 roku I st. - Stosunki międzynarodowe stacjonarne
Course homepage: http://www.wipa.uksw.edu.pl
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: Polish
Subject level:

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes:

SM1_W01

SM1_W04

SM1_W10

SM1_W20

Short description:

Level: Obligatory

The Lecture Aims:

1. To present most important economic policy issues connected.

2. To use the Lecture most effective, it is crucial for the Student to take active part in the Lecture, to make reflections on analysed both practical and theoretical problems.

Entrance Requirements: The Basics of Economy

Full description:

Essential Issues:

The Lecture refers to the actions that governments take in the economic field. It covers the systems for setting interest rates and government budget as well as the labour market, national ownership, and many other areas of government interventions into the economy. The Lecture presents also policies which are often influenced by international institutions as well as political beliefs and the consequent policies of parties.

1. Economic policy – basic elements, definition, main doctrines, knowledge of economic policy, economic policy subjects, types of economic policy, economic policy history

2. Economic systems, economic policy functions, public administration, public duties

3. Economic policy determinants, aims, means

4. National economy and its external relations, redistribution, regulation, anti-trust

5. Macroeconomic stabilization policy, money supply, inflation, fiscal policy, tax policy, government spending, mercantilism and other restrictive trade practices, policies associated with both national wealth and with foreign and colonial policy

6. Economic growth, trade policy, tariffs, trade agreements, international institutions

7. Monetary policy, interest rates, incomes policy, price controls, reserve requirements

8. Economic policy tools and goals, industrial policy

9. Economic policy in self-governmental units

10. Small business units promotion

11. Polish economic system transformation, modern economic policy

Valuation Methods:

1. The Rating refers to total Activity of the Student during the Lectures

2. The Lecture uses both elements: theoretical and practical

3. Reports, Case Studies, Activity are required

4. There is also a possibility to pass the Lecture with writing Test

Bibliography:

1. Piech K. ed. (2003) Economic Policy and Growth, University College, London.

2. Tool M. R., Bush P. D. (2007) Institutional Analysis and Economic Policy, Springer-Verlag GmbH.

3. Avinash K. D. (2001) The Making of Economic Policy: A Transaction-Cost Politics Perspective, in: Journal Public Choice, Volume 106, Numbers 1-2 / January.

4. Gołebiowski J. ed. (1994) Transforming the Polish economy, School of Economics, Warsaw.

5. Polanski Z. (1994) The money market and central bank’s policy in Poland, The Gdansk Institute for Market Economics, Gdansk.

Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:

Hours of classes (according to the plan of study) with a teacher - 45

Student's own work - 45

TOTAL HOURS - 90

The total number of 3 ECTS POINTS FOR COURSE

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Didactic methods for EK1, EK2, EK3, EK4 together, depending on the issue:

1. Problem lecture - devoted to discussing problems, including methods and the final solution of the problem.

2. Conversational lecture - lecture combined with direct activity of the students, aimed at solving theoretical or practical problems.

3. Project method - implementation of a cognitive or practical task by a group of students or individually. The teacher inspires students to create the project and controls its course.

4. Case study - detailed analysis of a specific case, events, drawing conclusions, making comparisons, generalizations.

5. Papers - papers prepared by students constitute an introduction and basis for discussion.

Method of verification of learning outcomes - active participation in classes, observation of behavior, continuous assessment, written exam

Assessment Criteria:

EK1 - has a basic knowledge of international relations and their relations to economic policy

On the grade 2 (ndst) - can not explain the basic institutions of international relations and characterize their relationship to economic policy

On the grade 3 (dst) - it sufficiently characterizes several institutions of international relations and sufficiently describes their relationship to economic policy

On grade 4 (db) - explains most of the basic institutions of international relations and their relation to economic policy in a good way

5 (very good) - explains all the institutions of international relations, compares them and describes them in a very good way to their economic policy and identifies tools to solve the problems

EK2 - has a basic knowledge of economic and economic subjects

economic relations relevant to international relations

On the grade 2 (ndst) - can not explain the basic institutions in the field of economic and economic subjects relevant to the direction of international relations

On grade 3 (dst) - it is sufficiently characterized by several institutions in the field of economic and economic subjects relevant to international relations

On the grade 4 (db) - explains the majority of basic institutions in the field of economic and economic subjects relevant to the direction of international relations in a good degree

5 (very good) - explains all institutions in the field of economic and economic subjects relevant to international relations, compares them, and also describes their relationship to economic policy to a very good degree and identifies tools to solve the problems raised

EK3 - has basic knowledge about man, especially about the principles of the functioning of the individual in the international space in economic terms

On grade 2 (ndst) - there is no basic knowledge about man, especially about the principles of functioning of the individual in the international space in economic terms

On the grade 3 (dst) - has basic knowledge about man, especially about the principles of the functioning of the individual in the international space in economic terms

On the grade 4 (db) - has good knowledge of man, especially the principles of the functioning of the individual in the international space in economic terms

Grade 5 (very good) - has a very good knowledge of human beings, especially the principles of the functioning of the individual in the international space in economic terms, and also identifies tools to solve the problems

EK4 - knows the general principles of creating and developing forms of individual entrepreneurship, in particular conducting business

economic in the national and international dimension using knowledge of economics, international economic relations and economic policy, to the extent appropriate for the direction of international relations

On the grade 2 (ndst) - can not explain the basic principles of creating and developing forms of individual entrepreneurship, in particular conducting business

economic in the national and international dimension using knowledge of economics, international economic relations and economic policy, to the extent appropriate for the direction of international relations

On grade 3 (dst) - it is sufficiently characterized by several principles of creating and developing forms of individual entrepreneurship, in particular conducting business

economic in the national and international dimension using knowledge of economics, international economic relations and economic policy, to the extent appropriate for the direction of international relations

On grade 4 (db) - it explains to a good extent the majority of principles of creating and developing forms of individual entrepreneurship, in particular conducting business activity at the national and international level using knowledge of economics, international economic relations and economic policy, to the extent appropriate for relations international

5 (very good) - it explains very well all the rules for creating and developing forms of individual entrepreneurship, and in particular conducting business in the national and international dimension using knowledge of economics, international economic relations and economic policy, to the extent appropriate for the direction international relations

Practical placement:

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