EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Type of course:	Compulsory
Language of instruction:	Romanian
Erasmus Language of instruction:	English
Name of lecturer:	Ionela Gavrilă Paven
Seminar tutor:	Ruxandra Lazea
Form of education	Full-time

Form of instruction:	Class
Number of teaching hours per semester:	42
Number of teaching hours per week:	3
Semester:	Summer
Form of receiving a credit for a course:	Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated	4

Course aims:

The objective of this discipline is to know and understand the fundamental concepts in the field of European economy, and the mechanisms and methods according to which the resource economic circuit is formed and allotted at microeconomic level.
Proper use of marketing concepts, methods, techniques and tools
Appropriate use of standard evaluation criteria and methods to assess the quality, merits and limitations of processes, programs, projects, concepts, methods and theories
Development of professional projects using principles and methods established in the field
Real-time solution, under qualified assistance conditions, of a real / hypothetical problem at the workplace, respecting the rules of professional deontology.

Course Entry Requirements:

Course contents:

1. International Integration Concept (Economic International Integration, Forms of the European Integration, History of the European Union) 2. European Union in the Contemporary Economy (European Union and the Sustainable Development, Social and Economic Transformation Generated by the Integration Phenomena, New Challenges for the European Union) 3. Institutions of the European Union (European Parliament, European Commission, European Council, European Court of Justice, European Account Court, Regional Committee, European Social Committee) 4. European Funds (Pre-adhering Funds, Structural Funds) 5. European Policies (Common Agricultural Policy, Social Cohesion Policy, Regional Development Policy, Industrial Policy, Competition Policy) 6. Equilibrium and Disparities in European Union

Teaching methods:

Lecture, Discussions.

Learning outcomes:

This discipline offers the ability to: understand the economic processes and phenomena; form and develop an adequate economic language; conscious use of economic categories; development of an economic mode of thinking; understand the functioning modes in economics.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written test examination – 80%,Verification during the semester – 20%.