EPOKA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Title: FISCAL POLICY |
Code | Course Type | Regular Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credits | ECTS |
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ECO 342 | B | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) | NA |
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | Eglantina Hysa |
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | NA |
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: | NA |
Language: | English |
Compulsory/Elective: | Elective |
Classroom and Meeting Time: | |
Course Description: | Examining about Public finance, definition and aim of fiscal policy, giving method of fiscal policy. Analyzing fiscal policy for inflation, deflation, instability and stagflation. |
Course Objectives: | Learning about public finance, Public Revenues, Public Budgets, Budgeting System and effects of fiscal policies on Albanian economic objectives |
COURSE OUTLINE
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Week | Topics |
1 | Introduction to Public Finance and relation with economics Policy |
2 | The Contents of the Fiscal Policy |
3 | The Definition of the Fiscal Policy |
4 | The Aims of the Fiscal Policy |
5 | The Theoretical Approaches of the Fiscal Policy |
6 | Fiscal policy and national income |
7 | Fiscal and monetary policy and economic stability |
8 | Mid-term Exam |
9 | Methods for the Fiscal Policy |
10 | Fiscal policy and instability |
11 | Fiscal policy for inflation |
12 | Fiscal policy for deflation |
13 | Fiscal policy for stagflation |
14 | General discussions |
Prerequisite(s): | |
Textbook: | |
Other References: | |
Laboratory Work: | |
Computer Usage: | |
Others: | No |
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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1 | Learning of Public Finance and relation with economics Policy |
2 | Learning of aims of the Fiscal Policy and the theoretical approaches of the Fiscal Policy |
3 | Analyzing of Fiscal and monetary policy and economic stability |
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution) |
No | Program Competencies | Cont. |
Bachelor in Economics (3 years) Program | ||
1 | The students are gained the ability to look at the problems of daily life from a broader perspective. They gain the needed skills not only to understand economic problems in economics but also to construct a model and defend in meaningful way. | 4 |
2 | They have knowledge about the microeconomics. | 2 |
3 | They have knowledge about the macroeconomics. | 4 |
4 | They have knowledge about the international economics and finance. | 3 |
5 | They have ability to use mathematical and statistical methods in economics. | |
6 | They know how to use computer programs in both daily office usage and statistical data evaluations in public and private sector. | |
7 | They have necessary economics skills that needed in private and public sector. | 4 |
8 | They are intended to be specialist in one of departmental fields that they choose from the list of general economics, growth and development, labor economics and labor market, environmental economics, agricultural economics, health economics, education economics and human development, political economics, international economics, monetary economics, finance economics, public finance, international financial markets and institutions, banking and central banking, international trade and banking, monetary economics and banking, | |
9 | They have ability to utilize fundamental economic theories and tools to solve economic problems in economics. | 5 |
10 | They are aware of the fact that economics is a social science and they respect the social perspectives and social values of the society’s ethics. | 4 |
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
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Method | Quantity | Percentage |
Midterm Exam(s) |
1
|
40
|
Project |
1
|
20
|
Quiz |
1
|
20
|
Attendance |
20
|
|
Total Percent: | 100% |
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
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Activities | Quantity | Duration(Hours) | Total Workload(Hours) |
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Mid-terms | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Assignments | 7 | 3 | 21 |
Final examination | 1 | 29 | 29 |
Other | 0 | ||
Total Work Load:
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150 | ||
Total Work Load/25(h):
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6 | ||
ECTS Credit of the Course:
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6 |