Statistics, Economics, and Social Sciences

The course develops a systematic understanding of the key areas of international economics: trade, migration and international monetary economics, and their impact on each other. Theory will be applied to events, problems and trends in the international economy. Since international economics is dynamic in nature and influenced by real-world developments in the economic, political and financial spheres, the course coverage will be updated periodically to include recent developments/conditions in the real-world environment. (a) knowledge and understanding; After taking the course, students will be able to understand and define the main concepts, models and patterns of analysis of the three key areas of international economics: trade, migration and international monetary economics. (b) Applying knowledge and understanding; By the end of the course, students will be able to formalize real economic problems and apply discipline-specific methods to analyze them in detail. Students will acquire a theoretical background and, through the analysis of practical cases, the ability to critically study economic policies and models in the context of international trade. (c) Making judgments Students will increase not only their theoretical skills but also their critical curiosity in reading economic phenomena and economic models from an open economics perspective. (d) Communication skills Students/youth, through class discussions and exercises, will acquire tools for critical analysis and communication skills. They will acquire the technical and scientific language of the discipline; they will also learn how to structure and present a research report. (e) Learning skills Students who pass the exam will have learned notions, definitions, patterns of analysis and methods of analysis that will enable them to take other courses in economics and social sciences.