The course introduces students to the history of economic theory, microeconomics and macroeconomics. The subject deals with the presentation of the most important economic philosophers, the close microeconomic approach of economic problems from the point of view of the consumer, the individual worker and the entrepreneur acting in the economy as well as the macroeconomic examination of global phenomena such as economic growth, inflation and of unemployment. A presentation of economic science and an attempt to understand concepts such as wealth and poverty, supply and demand, anatomy and operational problems of the market system, business operation and dynamics, income distribution and related economic activity of ecological problems.

Upon completion of the course the students will be able to:

• Understand the basic economic concepts

• Analyze the contemporary developments in the universal economic system

• Develop critical views for the economic crises and the economic policies in national and international level

• Deepen to the understanding of the contemporary economic phenomena and their impact in everyday life

• Familiarize with the special vocabulary of economics and the abstract, analytical character of economic thought.

Week 1: Economic Topography - Microeconomics Week

Week 2: Classification of goods-Productive factors Week

Week 3: Economic efficiency

Week 4: The market system

Week 5: Problems and incomplete market functioning Week 6: External effects on the market

Week 7: Checking external influences

The bibliography is included in the EYDOXOS system and the e-class course

• -  Δρακόπουλος Σταύρος (2018), Εισαγωγή στις Αρχές της Οικονομικής, Εκδόσεις Παπαζήσης, Αθήνα, ISBN 978-960-02-3426-8

• -  Ζαχαρίας Ελευθέριος (2017), Εισαγωγή στην Οικονομική Επιστήμη, ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΑΞΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΥΣΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟΥ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ ΑΕ, ISBN: 978-618-83313-0-3 -

Begg David, Vernasca Gianluigi, Fisher Stanley, Dornbusch Rudiger (2015), Εισαγωγή στην οικονομική, Εκδόσεις Κριτική, Αθήνα ISBN 978-960-218-937-5

Face to face

The course is delivered in a hybrid lecture-laboratory form.. It is largely based on discussion with their students and their comments. Supervisory tools, slides and laboratory exercises are used. Material that covers the whole curriculum is provided. The provision of the material is done through e- class platform.

Use of ICT in teaching

The assessment is carried out through an intermediate examination or work (corresponding to 40% of the total grade) and a final examination (representing 60% of the total grade).

In order to score the papers, they should include the following statement: "this work has been done by myself, and it does not involve copying or plagiarism."