00063RA - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS A

courses

ID:

00063RA

Duration (hours):

24

CFU:

SSD:

SCIENZA DELLE FINANZE

Located in:

PESCARA

Url:

Course Details:

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS INFORMATICS/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1

Course Details:

ECONOMICS AND FINANCE/ECONOMIA COMMERCIO E FINANZA Year: 1

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (11/02/2026 - 18/05/2026)

Course Objectives

The course introduces the basic tools of economics, useful to understand the reality and explain the historical evolution of our economic and social system. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- understand the main elements of micro-economics analysis, and particularly the concepts of market and firm and of the irrelationship with broader social phenomena;
- understand the effect of economics (and strategic) decisions through simple models;
- understand the use of economic indicators and, more generally, of quantitative economic evidence;
- critically analyze economic phenomena;
- identify and evaluate the economic implications of some policy options.

Course Prerequisites

The course does not require any prerequisites but students’ active participation is strongly encouraged.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, along with classroom exercises, economic experiments and group discussions.

Assessment Methods

Achievement of learning objectives is tested through a written exam. The oral exam can take place at the request of the course instructor, to better evaluate the results of the written examination, or at the request of the student, to improve the final mark. The written test includes multiple choice questions, open questions and eventually simple exercises. Overall, the test aims at checking the acquisition of the entire set of competences indicated in the above-described learning objectives. In particular: the ability to interpret descriptive data referred to the socio-economic context, also in a historical perspective, the ability to critically interpret micro-economic phenomena, and the ability to understand and manipulate simple models.

Texts

L’economia – Comprendere il mondoche cambia, il Mulino, Bologna, 2018.
Both the English and the Italian versions are available on the CORE project website at the following address: www.core-econ.org/the-economy
Further readings may be provided during the course.

Module A of the Principles of Economics course, closely integrated with Module B, introduces students to the logic of economic reasoning and the main analytical tools for understanding the interactions between individual choices, institutional mechanisms, and collective well-being. The course adopts an inductive approach: starting from concrete, historical, and contemporary problems, illustrated with quantitative data, students are guided to recognize how the essential concepts and models of economics help interpret and analyse the phenomena under consideration. Compared to a traditional course, the emphasis is placed on developing critical and interpretative skills and on acquiring an overarching view of the economic method, without aiming to systematically cover all the canonical topics of the discipline and with a limited use of mathematical tools. Deeper thematic and methodological insights are entrusted to subsequent courses in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.