A)EDUCATIONAL GOALS
The provision of the basic analytical tools to understand the functioning of the economic and financial system and the role of households, enterprises, banks, Government and the rest of the world, by presenting the economics as a social science characterized by a plurality of theoretical approaches.

B) EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
1.Knowledge and understanding ability: the knowledge of theories and economic policies useful to understand the main issues of contemporary economy.
2.Capability to apply knowledge and understanding: the knowledge of concepts and methods to judge the main criticalities and opportunities of an economy.
3.Capability to approach the subject in a critical manner: the capability to identify the main relationships of the economic system to grasp its logic and explain it according to the different theoretical approaches and with a critical capacity.
4.Communication abilities: to knowledge of the analytical rigor through the use of formulas and graphs and with the illustration of logical links.
5.Learning ability: successful condition in learning is the ability to reconstruct autonomously and critically the introductory notions of political economy.