PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS 1

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

Knowledge
• Students will acquire a fundamental understanding of economic categories and relationships between various economic phenomena and processes in the market economy.
Skills
• Through seminars, students will develop teamwork skills and basic critical thinking abilities.
Competencies
• Students will gain competencies in analyzing and comparing the functioning of fundamental economic systems.

Indicative content

Predmet a metodológia ekonómie. Vývoj ekonomického myslenia. Ekonomické zákony, typy hospodárstiev. Triáda ekonomických problémov. Trh a trhový mechanizmus, dopyt, ponuka, rovnovážna cena. Elasticita dopytu a ponuky. Rozhodovanie trhových subjektov v dokonalej a nedokonalej konkurencii. Podnikateľstvo, Trh výrobných faktorov, rozdeľovanie dôchodkov a kvalita života, Udržateľný rozvoj v kontexte mikroekonómie, Ciele udržateľného rozvoja (SDG)

Support literature

Basic literature:
1. ČAPLÁNOVÁ, A. a kolektív: Ekonómia. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2022.
2. DARMO, Ľ. A kolektív: Ekonómia: praktikum. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2022.
Supplementary Literature:
1. HOLMAN, R.: Ekonomie. 5. vydanie. Praha: Nakladat. C. H. Beck. 2011.
2. FRANK, R. H. - BERNANKE, B. S.: Ekonomie. Praha: Nakladatelství C. H. Beck, 2011.
3. MANKIW, N.G.: Zásady ekonómie. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2009.
4. KRUGMAN, P. – WELS, R.: Economics, 6th edition. Worth Pub., 2021.
5. UNITED NATIONS: Transforming our world: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. United Nations, 2015 (https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda).
6. KURATKO, D.F. - HODGETTS, R.M.: Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, and Practice, 10th Ed., Cengage, 2018.

Requirements to complete the course

Conditions for Course Completion
Requirements to complete the course: individual work, written test, written exam
Seminars 40 %, of which:
Result of the final written exam 60 %
Student Workload (in hours)
Total student workload: 156 hours. Of which:
Attendance at lectures: 26 hours
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours
Activities, tasks and assignments at seminars: 52 hours
Preparation for the exam: 52 hours

Student workload

Total student workload: 156 hours. Of which:
Attendance at lectures: 26 hours
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours Preparation for seminars: 13 hours
Preparation for written tests of quantitative and graphical tasks: 39 hours
Preparation for the exam: 52 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

slovak

Date of approval: 11.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 10.07.2025