Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | POLITICAL ECONOMY I | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | APOL105 | ||||||||
Course Unit Details | BA Journalism (Required Courses) - | ||||||||
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | Basic terms in political economy Classical, Neoclassical, Marxist, Keynesian schools of economic thought. Theories of value, theories of crisis, the functioning and theory of the free market, the main thinkers (e.g. Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Marshall, Vilfredo Pareto), the historical context within which theories developed, their differences and similarities. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Lecture notes, Discussion | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |