Teaching GuideTerm
Faculty of Economics and Business
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Grao en Administración e Dirección de Empresas
 Subjects
  The Spanish and World Economies
   Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
1. Know the basic features of the world and Spanish economies. 2. Know the interrelationships between the flows of production, income and expenditure, familiarizing the students with the main macro magnitudes of an economy. 3. Know the main economic models that explain the functioning of economies, at a basic level. 4. Know and understand the importance of the long term growth rate as well as the differences in income between countries. 5. Setting some basic knowledge of the main macromagnitudes and their systematization through quantitative analysis instruments such as National Accounts (ESA) and the Balance of Payments. 6. Know the phenomenon of globalization as well as its potential and risks for economic development. 7. Know and value the role of international institutions in charge of regulating international economic relations, especially trade and finances and its future challenges. 8. Know the formulations regarding sustainable development and the strategies designed in recent years for this purpose. A1
A2
A3
A4
A10
B1
B2
B8
B9
B10
C1
C8
11. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of both the world and Spanish economies and express one´s point of view in the main current debates about the situation and trends of world economy. 2. Understand and analyze the influence of population growth, natural resources, accumulation of physical and human capital, technology, institutions and inequalities in the economic development of countries. 3. Know and show some skill with the statistical sources and papers related to the world and Spanish economies. 4. Apply the tools of economic analysis to the study of the global economy. 5. Show ability to properly interpret economic news concernign the world and Spanish economies. 6. Use correctly the vocabulary linked to economic matters. A5
A6
A7
A8
A9
A11
A12
B2
B5
1. Ethical commitment to work and society. 2. Teamwork skills. 3. Interested in economic problems and their solution. 4. Capacity to reflect on the most important economic problems. 5. Ability to search, filter, process and interpret diverse information sources (books and statistics), both in Galician and Spanish or English, with different tools, including telematic means. 6. Capacity for critical thinking. 7. An active attitude before the current events affecting the economic environment of the Spanish economy within the process of economic globalization. B3
B4
B6
B7
C4
C5
C6
C7
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