This course introduces economic thinking and basic principles of macroeconomics for economics students as well as for non-economists.
Last update: Janský Petr, prof., Ph.D. (13.11.2019)
This course introduces macroeconomic thinking and basic principles of macroeconomics for economics students as well as for non-economists.
Principles of Economics II is attended by students of: (i) Bachelor in Economics and Finance (for whom this is a mandatory course); (ii) Bachelor of Science in Economics (mandatory course, an alternative is Ekonomie II); (iii) students of any other degree at Charles University with an interest in economics or economic policy.
To sign up for the course, please enroll via the Student Information System (SIS) and Moodle (https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5829). Please note that you use the same login and password both for SIS and Moodle.
Please note that an access to the Moodle page of the course is necessary for some of the class activities.
For more information on the content of the course, please see the syllabus above or visit Moodle.
Last update: Brož Václav, Mgr., Ph.D. (23.01.2025)
Literature -
Readings
The course follows the material that is present in almost identical form in either of the following two textbooks: Mankiw, N.G., Taylor, M.P.: Economics (4th edition) or Mankiw, N.G.: Principles of Economics (7th edition). In addition to attending lectures and seminars, students are encouraged to read one of these textbooks. There are a number of copies of these textbooks available in the IES library (and some in the CERGE-EI library). The supporting web pages of this course include the webpage of the Principles textbook, which has useful student hand-outs and other student resources. 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 and you can access it at http://dictionary.fsv.cuni.cz.
Please note that a number of other introductory economics texts provide almost equivalent service to the student as the above listed textbooks. Especially, please consider visiting the webpage of CORE with an excellent free online textbook.
Last update: Palanský Miroslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (30.01.2020)
Readings
The course follows the material that is present in almost identical form in either of the following two textbooks: Mankiw, N.G., Taylor, M.P.: Economics (the chapter numbers in the weekly schedule below relate to this textbook’s 3rd version) or Mankiw, N.G..: Principles of Economics. In addition to attending lectures and seminars, students are encouraged to read one of these textbooks. There are a number of copies of these textbooks available in the IES library (and some in the CERGE-EI library). The supporting web pages of this course include the webpage of the Principles textbook, which has useful student hand-outs and other student resources. 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 and you can access it at http://dictionary.fsv.cuni.cz.
Please note that a number of other introductory economics texts provide almost equivalent service to the student as the above listed textbooks. Especially, please consider visiting the webpage of CORE with an excellent free online textbook.
Last update: Horváth Roman, prof., Ph.D. (02.02.2024)
Requirements to the exam -
Please see the file "Syllabus Principles of Economics II 2021.pdf" above
Last update: Palanský Miroslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (11.03.2021)
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.
The main course requirement is a final exam at the end of the semester (75% of the grade).
Other requirements are two short Moodle quizzes (10% of the grade in total) and group presentations (15% of the grade) - all of these activities will take place during seminars and more information will be provided after the start of the semester.
In addition, students can obtain up to 10 extra points during the seminars and lectures (see Section 3.2 for details).
To pass the course, students are required to obtain more than 50% of points for all course requirements.
Students’ total points obtained correspond to the grades A-F according to the following intervals: A: [100-90); B: [90-80); C: [80-70); D: [70-60); E: [60-50); F (Fail): 50 and less.
For more information on grading, please see the syllabus above.
EXAM DATES 2025:
14th May, 14:00-15:20, room 109 (Opletalova street)
*other exam dates will be announced later during the semester.
Please register for the exam in the SIS.
Last update: Karapetyan Suren (21.04.2025)
Syllabus -
Please see the file "Syllabus Principles of Economics II 2021.pdf" above
Last update: Palanský Miroslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (11.03.2021)
Please see the syllabus above or go to the Moodle page of the course.
Last update: Brož Václav, Mgr., Ph.D. (23.01.2025)
