Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Husson Jean-François;
Language
French
Main themes
- Confrontation between economic theory and economic Belgian
- Familiarization with different economic debates on topical issues
- Provision of economic analysis in the understanding of economic policy generally
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | o The course re-visits micro and macro economic concepts, illustrated via the Belgian economic situation, with a time- (last decades, not to say centuries) and space- perspective (comparison with other European countries or groups of countries according to the theme). o It is thus more a course of general culture for the application of economic concepts aiming a better un-derstanding of the Belgian (and European) economic situation - No new theoretical corpus. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
o Growth and growth theories
o Technical progress and the " New Economy "
o Employment and unemployment
o Wages constitution
o Regional issue (economic situation of Wallony and of the Flanders, transfers
)
o Globalisation and external trade
Method:
- Theoretical reminders followed by a historical and space perspective
Other information
Basic course of economy (micro and macro)
Written exam
Written material (texts and summaries ( " slides "))
Faculty or entity
PSAD
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Political Sciences: International Relations
Master [120] in Public Administration
Master [120] in Political Sciences: General
Master [60] in Political Sciences: General
Master [60] in Labour Sciences (shift schedule)
Master [120] in Labour sciences (shift schedule)