Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
General economics course:
Introduction
Microeconomics part:
- the consumer's behaviour
- the producer's behaviour
- perfect competition and invisible hand
- externalities and public goods
- the economy and the climate change
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The main objectives of this course are, for future translators/interpreters, to
- Understand the basic economic language and, consequently, the general context of the economic texts to be translated;
- Develop a critical approach to the economic environment in which they will have to operate;
- Build the necessary tools to be able to translate or interpret specialized economic texts correctly and accurately.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
No prerequisites (high school)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theoretical lessons and exercises
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Reference book: Economics (Acemoglu Laibson List, 2018 - second edition)
Exercise booklet
If face-to-face: Written exam (2 hours) with closed book
MQC - Open questions - Exercises
If at home on Ecampus because of COVID (2 hours):
Only MQC with open book
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
jerome.schoenmaeckers@hel.be