ISLA Santarém 180

Economics

• ApresentaçãoPresentation

  The main objective of this course is to provide an overview of the workings of the economy, both nationally and internationally, and in the interests of a business organisation. At the end At the end of the course, students should have acquired the appropriate knowledge and language to enable them to understand and discuss the main problems of an economy and economic policy. 
• ProgramaProgramme

  1. The Contemporary Economy: From World War I to the Present Day  - Main milestones  2. Introduction and general concepts of economics - What is economics? - Economics as a social science. - The importance of economics and economics in society. 3. Utility theory - Needs, goods and utility. - Marginal utility and total utility. - Consumer surplus. 4. Supply and demand - The development of the demand curve. -. The development of the supply curve. 5. elasticities 6. Costs and income  
• ObjectivosObjectives

  The aims of the course are to - To understand the importance of Economics in the context of world historical evolution. - To know the main vectors of the problems related to research into Economic and Social History. - Know the fundamental concepts of economics; - Explain how these concepts can be applied to a range of economic problems.
• BibliografiaBibliography

  Araújo, F. (2012). Introdução à Economia, Almedina Neves, J. (2011). Introdução à Economia. Verbo Editora. Cipolla, Carlo M. (1995) Introdução ao Estudo da História Económica, Lisboa Ed. 70. Torres, J. V. (2003), Introdução à História Económica e Social da Europa, Lisboa, Almedina.
• MetodologiaMethodology

  Theoretical-practical methodology. Active teaching methodologies such as flipped classes
• LínguaLanguage

  Português
• TipoType

  Semestral
• ECTS

  4
• NaturezaNature

  Mandatory
• EstágioInternship

  Sim