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Course code: BHN10278o16
Semester: 2016/2017 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 W02 – student defines supply and demand W03 – student knows the basic concept of inflation, unemployment and business cycles W04 – student has knowledge of the specific economic conditions of animal and plant production W05 – student knows the general principles of creation and development of various forms of individual entrepreneurship, including useful in the animal husbandry Skills: U01 – student is able to include economic aspects in the projects related to animal husbandry U02 – student is able to perform simple calculations of costs, reveneus and profits or losses useful in animal husbandry business U03 – student uses information gained from the market to adjust to the changing economic environment affecting for animal husbandry business U04 – student decides on scale of production, selection and re-profile activities in the animal husbandry business

Competences: K01 – student understands the need for further education on the impact of economic issues on animal production K02 – student correctly identifies and resolves economic dilemmas associated wiht animal husbandry K03 – student is aware of the economic risk and its impact on the execution of activities in regard to the agriculture and environment K04 – student is able to think and act in an entrepreneurial manner

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).

Assessment methods: Completion of the course: students enrolled in the course valid written credit (19 closed test questions, 2 open test questions and 3 tasks) in a class session. Examination takes 45 minutes. If writing approach is not passed in the first term, the student has the right to re-sit them orally or in writing form during the exam session.

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