Бакалавриат
2026/2027
Экономическая теория
ID 1156249
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Политология и мировая политика)
Кто читает:
Департамент экономики
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа экономики и менеджмента
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Розмаинский Иван Вадимович
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
5
Контактные часы:
56
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The purpose of the Economic Theory course is to acquaintance students majoring Political Science with knowledge of the essential micro- and macroeconomic theory and applications of both micro- and macroeconomic models at the introductory level. As the course is short and has “Obshestvoznanie” (“Foundations of Social Science”) as the prerequisite, it does pretend to provide a systematic overview of the foundations of microeconomics and the most core topics of contemporary macroeconomics; it can be relevant for student majoring Political Science.
Learning Objectives
- Study of human choice in the conditions of the deep interdependency of people. The course includes topics of interaction of demand and supply on micro-level, consumer choice and firm behavior, different types of market structures, GDP measurement and macroeconomic equilibrium, economic growth and business cycles, unemployment and inflation, monetary and fiscal policies, exchange rates and international trade.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students are able to understand building blocks of the aggregate demand and aggregate supply model
- Students are able to know building blocks of the model of goods market/money market equilibrium
- Students are able to understand causes of inflation and effects of anti-inflationary policy
- Students are able to know main forms of stabilization policies (fiscal and monetary), and be able to describe their effects graphically
- Students are able to understand the main driving forces of the economy in the long run: Factor accumulation and technical progress
- Students are able to understand building blocks of the microeconomic demand and supply model
- Students are able to know main properties of both consumer behavior nad firm behavior in the conditions of different market structures
- Students are able to know main properties of the labor market functioning and causes of unemployment
Course Contents
- 1. Microeconomic equilibrium and consumer/firm choice
- 2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and essential macroeconomic problems: business cycles, unemployment, inflation
- 3. Money, monetary policy, banking and exchange rate
- 4. Economic growth
