Knowledge and understanding
The coursedeals with a subject, economics, whichrequires the ability to abstract and understandgraphs and figures. Itaims to raiseawareness of the mainoperatingmechanisms of the economic system in general and of the plant nursery sector in particular.
Applying knowledge and understanding
The topicsaddressedwill be contextualized and applied to practical and realcasesboth on the demand and on the supply side. Students willacquire the ability to apply the theoreticalfoundations to realcases of plant nursery enterprises.
Making judgements
Referring to one'sownexperienceas consumers, the coursewill help to acquireawareness of the determinants of one'seconomicchoices and to formulate one'sownindependentjudgment on the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of suchchoices.
Communication skills
Communication skills are strengthenedthrough a constantemphasis on the use of appropriate and understandableterminology. The variousexamplesthat are discussed in the lessonsall derive from the dailyexperience of participants in the economic system and in thissenserepresent a reference for communicating to others the relevance of the economicdimension of every human activity, in particularthosethatconcern the nursery plant system.
Learning skills
Learning skills will be improved by connectingdifferent social and economicvariables in order to be able to evaluate the evolution of the socioeconomiccontext in whichagricultural farms and plantnuseryenterprises operate. To providestudents with the elements to betterlearn the contents of the subsequenteconomicscoursesthattheywillhave to undertakeduring the degree course.