Course: Economic Cybernetics
Structural unit: Faculty of Economics
Title
Code
ОК 8
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PRN 11. Determine and critically evaluate the state and trends of socio-economic development, form and analyze models of economic systems and processes.
PRN 12. Justify management decisions regarding the effective development of business entities, taking into account goals, resources, limitations and risks.
PRN 14. Develop scenarios and strategies for the development of socio-economic systems.
PRN 18. Use modern educational and research technologies in the field of economics.
PRN 20. Choose and analyze optimal economic and mathematical models at the micro and macro levels.
PRN 22. Apply information about the latest phenomena and processes of socio-economic development of society to form new judgments and knowledge
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know: the basic concepts of macroeconomics, the main macroeconomic markets, the essence of the macroeconomic model of the circulation of income and expenses, the principle of its construction, the Keynesian cross model, IS-LM-BP, AD-AS models, etc.
2. To have the basic methods of scientific research used in macroeconomics and the skills of macroeconomic analysis.
Course content
The program of the academic discipline consists of two content modules:
Content module 1. "Modern approaches to the theory of economic growth and modeling of private sector demand", which examines exogenous and endogenous models of economic growth, models of the real business cycle, models of consumption and inter-temporal optimization, investment models.
Content module 2. "Modern approaches to modeling inflation, unemployment and macroeconomic policy", which examines models of the labor market, inflation, unemployment and hyperinflation and fiscal policy.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Romer D. Advanced macroeconomics. - McGraw Hill, 2011.
2. Burda M., Wyplosz C.. Macroeconomics: a European Text, Seventh Edition, 2017.
3. Bazhenova O. Applied Macroeconomics, Karavela, 2020.
4. Acemoglu D. Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, Princeton University Press, 2009.
5. Wickens M. Macroeconomic Theory: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Approach - 2nd Edition. Princeton University Press, 2012.
6. Lipschitz L. , Schadler S. . Macroeconomics for Professionals: A Guide for Analysts and Those Who Need to Understand Them, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
7. Базилевич В.Д., Базилевич К.С., Баластрик Л.О. Макроекономіка: Підручник /За ред. В.Д.Базилевича. - К.: Знання, 2009.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical training, individual student’s self-study, exam
Assessment methods and criteria
- semester assessment (max. points 60 / min. points 36):
1. Calculation tasks – 10 points / 5 points;
2. Analytical tasks – 10 points / 5 points;
3. Modular control work (2MKR) - 20 points / 12 points;
4. Independent analytical work - calculated individual task - 20 points / 14 points.
- final assessment in the form of an exam
A student is not allowed to take the exam if he received less than 36 points during the semester.
If the student's grade on the exam is lower than the minimum threshold level (24 points), then the points for the exam are not added to the semester grade (they are considered equal to zero), and the final grade in the discipline is unsatisfactory.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Olena
Volodymyrivna
Bazhenova
Department of Economic Cybernetics
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Economics
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Economic Cybernetics
Faculty of Economics