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Principles of Economics I - JEB101
Title: Principles of Economics I
Guaranteed by: Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 59 / unlimited (177)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Additional information: http://ies.fsv.cuni.cz/en/syllab/JEB101
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: prof. Petr Janský, Ph.D.
PhDr. Miroslav Palanský, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): prof. Petr Janský, Ph.D.
Mgr. Tomáš Karhánek
PhDr. Miroslav Palanský, Ph.D.
Mgr. Josef Simpartl
Kristina Zindulková, M.Sc.
Class: Courses for incoming students
Incompatibility : JEB003, JPB097, JPB362
Interchangeability : JEB003
Is incompatible with: JEM163, JEB998, JPB362, JEB003, JPB097, JPM322
Is interchangeable with: JPB362, JPM322, JEB003, JEM163
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download Principles of Economics I syllabus.pdf Syllabus 2025 PhDr. Miroslav Palanský, Ph.D.
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Course teachers: Miroslav Palanský (lecturer), Petr Janský (lecturer), Tomáš Karhánek (teaching assistant), Kristina Zindulková (teaching assistant), Josef Simpartl (teaching assistant).
Schedule: Oct-Dec 2025, Tuesday afternoons (see detailed schedule in the syllabus)
Place: IES, Opletalova 26, lectures (room 206) and seminars (rooms 206, 109), and in hybrid form using MS Teams (see details in the syllabus)

This course will introduce you to economics, microeconomics in particular.

Principles of Economics I (JEB101) is an introductory economics course with lectures and seminars for students of Bachelor in Economics (mandatory, as an alternative to Ekonomie I), Bachelor in Economics and Finance (as a mandatory course), International Economic and Political Studies (IEPS, mandatory as Principles of Microeconomics, JEM163), and students of any other degree at Charles University with interest in economics.
Last update: Palanský Miroslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
Literature -

Literature

The main course materials are the lecture slides. The course loosely follows the material that is present in the textbook The Economy 2.0. Please visit and consider registering at the webpage of CORE, which contains the excellent free online textbook. Please note that a number of other introductory economics texts such as Mankiw, N.G., Taylor, M.P.: Economics (4th edition) or Mankiw, N.G.: Principles of Economics (7th edition) are available in the IES library. Also, there is a Czech-English dictionary specifically designed for you by one graduate of the Principles course, Michal Spišiak. It includes a translation of every key word from the Principles textbook. All course materials are posted in MS Teams, including lecture and seminar slides. Recordings of the lectures and seminars are available in MS Teams and on YouTube.

Last update: Palanský Miroslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

Course requirements

Students attend lectures and seminars, which are organised for their benefit. Students are encouraged to provide feedback during the semester so that teaching in ongoing seminars and lectures can be improved. Experience shows that there is a strong positive correlation between attendance at lectures and seminars and good results in exams.

Students sit in for an exam at the end of the semester (100% of the grade). In addition, students can obtain up to 5 extra locked-in points (see syllabus for details).

To pass the course, students are required to score at least 50% of points on the final exam (and this requirement applies no matter the situation with extra points) and, for the IEPS students, at least 50% of points on the home assignment. The final grade will be determined based on the intervals described in the syllabus.

Last update: Palanský Miroslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
Syllabus -

Course teachers: Miroslav Palanský (lecturer), Petr Janský (lecturer), Tomáš Karhánek (teaching assistant), Kristina Zindulková (teaching assistant), Josef Simpartl (teaching assistant).
Schedule: Oct-Dec 2025, Tuesday afternoons (see detailed schedule in the syllabus)
Place: IES, Opletalova 26, lectures (room 206) and seminars (rooms 206, 109), and in hybrid form using MS Teams (see details in the syllabus)

This course will introduce you to economics, microeconomics in particular.

Principles of Economics I (JEB101) is an introductory economics course with lectures and seminars for students of Bachelor in Economics (mandatory, as an alternative to Ekonomie I), Bachelor in Economics and Finance (as a mandatory course), International Economic and Political Studies (IEPS, mandatory as Principles of Microeconomics, JEM163), and students of any other degree at Charles University with interest in economics.

Last update: Palanský Miroslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
 
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