Module: Household and Consumer Economics (5301-220)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Alfonso Sousa-Poza (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Business Administration and Economics (Bachelor, since 28.07.2010)
  4. Semester, compulsory
• Business Administration and Economics Vocational and Business Education (Bachelor, since 28.07.2010)
  4. Semester, compulsory
• Business Administration and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2015)
  4. Semester, compulsory
• Education for Business and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2015)
  4. Semester, compulsory
• Education for Business and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2015)
  4. Semester, compulsory
• Business Administration and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2017)
  4. Semester, elective

Prerequisites for Attendance:

Basic mathematical knowledge about calculating with equations, inequations, and functions; the formation of derivations, etc. is expected.

Sprache:

German

ECTS:

6 credits

Frequency:

every summer semester

Length of the Module:

1 semester

Final examination:

written exam

Length of the examination:

60 minutes

Workload:

180 hours: - 15 hours lecture - 70 hours preperation and post-processing - 9 hours participation in excercises - 36 hours preperation for exercises - 50 hours preperation for the exam

Professional competences:

The students have in-depth knowledge in the area of budget, consumption, and family economics. They know and understand the consumption and investment behaviour of individuals and families with respect to goods and services as well as with regard to investments into human capital. They are able to explain the consumption and savings behaviour with the aid of microeconomic models, to model labour supply, household production, and fertility decisions and to work on issues regarding investments in human capital, the (in-)stability of the moden family and the social implications associated with the behaviour of private households. Lecture and exercise sessions draw on mathematical and microeconomic basic knowledge, which is extended in an application-oriented way.

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