156-0588/01 – English conversation for economists (AKE)
Gurantor department | Department of Applied Economics | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Antonio Rodríguez Andrés, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Antonio Rodríguez Andrés, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
Year | | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The course is aimed at improving English language skills in professional, economical and econometric areas for work with foreign literature. During the course students are introduced to the English terms, concepts and style of expression in economic literature in the cross-sectional themes applied in the study subjects Applied Economics.
Teaching methods
Tutorials
Summary
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
McPAKE, B., NORMAND, C. Health Economics: An international perspective. Second edition. Chapter 2. Routledge. 2008. Second Edition
NATHAN, M. The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: a survey of literature for receiving countries. IZA Journal
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Studijní opory TpB:
https://lms.vsb.cz/course/view.php?id=87994
https://lms.vsb.cz/course/view.php?id=87995
Other requirements
There are not any other requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Wage determinants
Factors of economic growth and development
Monetary policy of open economy
Production function, Solow model
The Economics of Welfare
Demand for health and health services
Migration economics
Mass migration and influence on economy
Banking and financial systems
Human capital and soft skills
Econometric analysis
Case studies of time series
Economic and ecological problems
Global climate change
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction