Course BA111 · Year I · Autumn 2026-2027

MICROECONOMICS

Compulsory course in Business Administration (in English), taught by Vasile Lucian Găban.

Overview

Lecturer
Vasile Lucian Găban
Seminar tutor
Iulian Bogdan Dobra
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Business Administration
Field of study
Business Administration (in English)
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecturing, Demonstrating, Collaborating (i.e. Classroom discussion, Debriefing, Classroom Action Research), Recitation.
Entry requirements
-

Aims

These course cover a number of topics related to microeconomics.

This introductory course teaches the fundamentals of microeconomics

Also, topics include consumer theory, producer theory, and the behaviour of firms, market equilibrium, monopoly, issues about costs of production, completion, price, and the role of the government in the economy, allocation of net income.

Course contents

CH 1. Introduction to Political Economy CH 2. Economic Activity - The Main Form Social Action CH 3. General Characteristics of Exchange Economy CH 4. The Modern System of Market Economy CH 5. Production Factors and Their Use CH 6. Costs of Production CH 7. Market, Competition, Price CH 8. Allocation of Net Income

Learning outcomes

• To provide an introduction to fundamentals of microeconomics; • The course is intended both for graduate students who wish to develop a solid background in game theory in order to pursue research in the applied fields of economics and related disciplines, and for students wishing to specialize in economic theory; • To give an introduction and to learn, judge, make decisions, have a personal opinion or interpretation to some of the main subjects in this field: economic activity, exchange economy, market economy, production factors, cost production, competition, price, net income.

Assessment

Written test examination– 70%; Verification during semester – 30%.

Recommended reading

“Principle of political economy”, Introduction,
J. SHIELD NICHOLSON, M.A., D.SC.
1893 · 10
“A system of political economy”, Chapter I, page 1,
JOHN LANCELOT SHADWELL
Trubner and, 1877 · 1
“Principles of Political Economy” Chapter II, page 50
REV. T. R. MALTHUS M.A. F.R.S.
William · 50
“ The Wealth of Nations” BOOK I, Chapter IV, page 66; P.F.
ADAM SMITH
Collier and son, New York, 1920 · 66
“The Economics”, 17th edition Chapter II,
PAUL A. SAMUELSON & WILLIAM NORDHAUS
2001