BA_EC_1 Economics 1

Vysoká škola finanční a správní
zima 2026
Rozsah
2/1/0. 16 hodin KS/semestr. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Ing. Petr Mach, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
Ing. Petr Mach, Ph.D.
Katedra ekonomie a managementu (FES, KEM) – Katedry – Vysoká škola finanční a správní
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Petra Dovhunová
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
BA_EC_1/cECPH: každé sudé úterý 15:45–16:29 E306, každé sudé úterý 16:30–17:15 E306, P. Mach
BA_EC_1/cMCPH: každé liché úterý 15:45–16:29 E306, každé liché úterý 16:30–17:15 E306, P. Mach
BA_EC_1/pECMCPH: Út 14:00–14:44 E306, Út 14:45–15:30 E306, P. Mach
Předpoklady
There are no prerequisites for this course
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je otevřen studentům libovolného oboru.
Cíle předmětu
At the end of the course the students should be able to understand and explain the basic principles of the functioning of the market and the basic principles of decision-making and maximisation of utility and profit.
Výstupy z učení
After taking this course students will be able to understand and explain basic principles of economics and explain the elementary theory of the consumer choice and of the firm including the general equilibrium theory.
Osnova
  • Lectures
  • 1. What economics is. Basic terms.
  • 2. Ownership and exchange
  • 3. Division of labour
  • 4. Utility
  • 5. Consumer behaviour
  • 6. Demand and Supply
  • 7. Market equilibrium
  • 8. Production function
  • 9. Factor markets
  • 10. Profit maximisation
  • 11. Market models
  • 12. General equilibrium theory
  • Seminars
  • 1. Comparative advantage and the opportunity cost
  • 2. Utility function and indifference analysis
  • 3. Demand function, supply function
  • 4. Market equilibrium calculations
  • 5. Equilibrium of the firm
  • 6. Analysis of monopoly
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • MACH, Petr. Textbook of Elementary Economics. Prague: VŠFS, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7408-193-4. info
    neurčeno
  • Veseth, Michael. Introductory Microeconomics, Elsevier Science & Technology, 1981. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vsfscz/detail.action?docID=1876948. (accessible via ProQuest)
Výukové metody
Lectures and seminars in the full-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75% in the full-time study. Students on the distance learning form of study are supposed to attend two interactive tutorials.
Metody hodnocení

There are two online credit tests during the semester and an oral or written exam in the examination period. 


The midterm credit test covers lectures 1-6. It takes 30 minutes. The test will be opened online after the 6th lecture. The test consists of 8 multiple-choice questions. In each question only 1 answer is correct. Students must answer correctly at least 5 questions to pass the credit test. Students are allowed to use the main book when taking the credit test.


After the 11th lecture the final credit test opens. It contains topics 1-11.The final credit test takes 45 minutes, it contains 11 multiple choice questions. Students need to answer correctly at least 6 questions to pass it.



Students need to pass both credit tests to be able to register for the oral exam in the examination period.

The course is completed with an oral or a writen exam. The exam contains questions similar to those in the credit test or topics included in the bachelor exam. Students gain grades A-F for the exam.

Requirements for ISP students:

The ISP students must take online credit tests and the oral exam as regular students. The ISP students are advised to buy the main book (https://eshop.vsfs.cz/textbook-of-elementary-economics/) If you are outside the Czech Republic you can order shipping the Textbook of Elementary Economics to your address abroad on this email: eupress@vsfs.cz.

Odkaz a informace učitele
Ing. Petr Mach, Ph.D. lectures microeconomics and macroeconomics both at the undergraduate and graduate level. He also teaches the course of lobbying and the course Monetary Theory and Policy (in Czech) at the Master's level.
Další komentáře
Předmět je dovoleno ukončit i mimo zkouškové období.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích zima 2014, zima 2015, zima 2016, zima 2017, zima 2018, zima 2023, zima 2024, zima 2025.
  • Statistika zápisu (nejnovější)
  • Permalink: https://is.vsfs.cz/predmet/vsfs/zima2026/BA_EC_1