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Course code: BHN10278o14
Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Basics of Economics
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 18 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Stanisław Minta
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: W01 – student has general knowledge about market and its functioning [BH1_W05; R1A_W02; InzA_W03]; W02 – student defines supply and demand [BH1_W05; R1A_W02; InzA_W03]; W03 – student knows the basic concept of inflation, unemployment and business cycles [BH1_W05; R1A_W02; InzA_W03]; W04 – student has knowledge of the specific economic conditions of animal and plant production [BH1_W07; R1A_W03; R1A_W05; InzA_W01]; W05 – student knows the general principles of creation and development of various forms of individual entrepreneurship, including useful in the animal husbandry [BH1_W21; R1A_W02; R1A_W04; R1A_W09; InzA_W04]. Skills: U01 – student is able to include economic aspects in the projects related to animal husbandry [BH1_U09; R1A_U06; InzA_U01]; U02 – student is able to perform simple calculations of costs, reveneus and profits or losses useful in animal husbandry business [BH1_U13; R1A_U05; R1A_U07; InzA_U02; InzA_U04]; U03 – student uses information gained from the market to adjust to the changing economic environment affecting for animal husbandry business [BH1_U13; R1A_U05; R1A_U07; InzA_U02; InzA_U04]; U04 – student decides on scale of production, selection and re-profile activities in the animal husbandry business [BH1_U06; R1A_U05; InzA_U05; InzA_U07].

Competences: K01 – student understands the need for further education on the impact of economic issues on animal production [BH1_K01; R1A_K01; R1A_K07]; K02 – student correctly identifies and resolves economic dilemmas associated wiht animal husbandry [BH1_K05; R1A_K04]; K03 – student is aware of the economic risk and its impact on the execution of activities in regard to the agriculture and environment [BH1_K09; R1A_K06]; K04 – student is able to think and act in an entrepreneurial manner [BH1_K11; R1A_K08; InzA_K02].

Prerequisites: bacisc of mathematics

Course content: The concept of economics, types of economies, the market and its mechanism of action, demand and supply and its determinants, competition in the economy and market structures, enterprise and its environment, cost, revenue and profits, money, inflation and unemployment, cyclical economic processes, the specificity of the agribusiness.

Recommended literature: 1. Rekowski M., 2005: Mikroekonomia. Wyd. Akademia. Poznań; 2. Milewski R., Kwiatkowski E., (red.), 2007: Podstawy ekonomii. Wyd. PWN. Warszawa; 3. Materiały uzupełniające: Prezentacje multimedialne z zakresu ekonomii dostępne na portalu ekonomicznym Narodowego Banku Polskiego (www.nbportal.pl).

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