SFB11615 International Economics (Vår 2026)

Fakta om emnet

Studiepoeng:
10
Ansvarlig fakultet:
Fakultet for informasjonsteknologi, ingeniørfag og økonomi
Studiested:
Halden
Emneansvarlig:
Trond Arne Borgersen
Undervisningsspråk:
Engelsk
Varighet:
½ år

Innholdsfortegnelse

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

Compulsory for students on

  • the Bachelor Programme in Business Administration specializing in International Business
  • the Bachelor Programme in Business Administration specializing in Economic Analysis

Absolutte forkunnskaper

Passed all courses from the first year (full-time students)

Passed all courses from first and second year (part-time students)

This requirement does not apply to the exchange students.

Anbefalte forkunnskaper

Microeconomics (Mikroøkonomi med anvendelser)

Undervisningssemester

6th semester (spring).

Innhold

The course consists of three parts:

  • International Trade Theory
  • International Trade Policy
  • Exchange Rates and Open Economy Macroeconomics

Studentens læringsutbytte ved bestått emne

Knowledge
The student is familiar with

  • central theories and models in international economics
  • the development of the field, international economics, and emerging trends

Skills
The student is able to

  • formulate and solve analytical tasks regarding topics in international economics,
  • relate own analytical work to existing literature, theories and models
  • read and reflect on international economics literature

General competence
Through the course, the student has gained competence in critical reading and reflection as well as problem formulating and -solving. In addition, the student has gained experience with project work in teams.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Lectures. Group work with exercises. Supervision and feedback.

Emphasis will be put on reading and using relevant literature, and solving of analytical tasks in teams.

Arbeidsomfang

The course will give the student approximately 280 hours of work.

Praksis

No superviced practice in this course.

Arbeidskrav - vilkår for å avlegge eksamen

One written assignment (group work) must be approved by pass before students can obtain permission to take the final exam.

Eksamen

Four hours written examination on campus
Aids allowed:

  • Calculator with empty memory, incapable of symbolic computation or wireless communication
  • Mother tongue - English - mother tongue dictionary (this must be a simple translation dictionary that does not give definitions and explanations)

Grades: A-F

Sensorordning

Internal or external examination.

Evaluering av emnet

To improve the course, we need the evaluations from the students. The course is evaluated each semester. The evaluations from the students are treated by the departement staff.

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