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85221 Introduction to Economics.
Danish title: Grundkursus i økonomi
Language: Danish Credit points: 5
Type: Open University
Language: Danish

Previous course: C8512
No credit points with: C8512
Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester
Examination: Approval of exercises and evaluation of report (Pass/fail)
Participant limitation: max. 210

Contact person: Jørgen Lindgaard Pedersen, Building 303, Tel. +45 4525 6006, email jlp@its.dtu.dk, http://www.its.dtu.dk/ansat/jlp/jlp_e.htm

URL: http://www.its.dtu.dk/under/beskr/85221_d.htm
Department: Department of Technology and Social Sciences
Aim: Firstly to give the students grounding of knowledge to understand and take part in discussions on macroeconomics. Secondly to give sufficient preconditions for other more advanced economic courses delivered at DTU.
Contents: A general introduction to economic theory. Importance is the interdependence between enterprices, wage earners and consumers and their relations to government. Theories are used to discussions of actual problems in Danish economy. Relations between theories and interests in different social groups are together with different recommendations for economic policy studied.