6 ECTS credits
154 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1002264BER for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten geslaagd zijn voor ‘macro-economie’ en geslaagd zijn voor minstens 30 ECTS-credits op bachelorniveau.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Applied economics
Educational team
Benny Geys (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

36 contact hours Lecture
118 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Parts of the course are: functions of the government, the budget, taxes, expenditures, social secutity, local government and public management.

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Handboek openbare financiën, Theorie en praktijk in België, Naert - Algoed - Crombez - Marneffe - Vereeck, 6de, Uitg. Intersentia, 9789400006119, 2016
Additional info

Information about the course will be made available at the website of Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

To help understand students the role and functioning of the government.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Not applicable.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Business Economics: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Economics: Minor Political Science (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Economics: Minor Law (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Economics: Minor Sociology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Economics: Minor Philosophy and Moral Sciences (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Economics: Minor Management and Policy in Health Care (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Economics: Minor Minor Education (only offered in Dutch)