School / Prep
ENSEIRB-MATMECA
Internal code
EA5CE167
Description
This module consists of three complementary parts:
- Understanding economics
- Labor and contract law
Part 1: UNDERSTANDING ECONOMICS (12 hours)
This course focuses on the macroeconomic aspect of economic analysis. Macroeconomics is concerned with the economy as a whole, with the way in which households and companies behave as a whole, and more generally with everything that has a collective character: growth, unemployment, inflation, etc. Macroeconomics is also concerned with the way in which the economy as a whole behaves as a whole, and more generally with everything that has a collective character: growth, unemployment, inflation, etc.
Outline of Part 1:
1 - Basic economic principles
Economic agents and their role
Financing the economy and the role of money and credit
The global organization of the economy and trade
International regulation and the role of the IMF
Globalization of markets
2 - The evolution of the economy and the main economic policy concepts
1800 - The industrial revolution and liberalism The Industrial Revolution and prevailing liberalism
The 1929 crisis
The New Deal
Oil shocks and their consequences
2008 - The subprime crisis
The covid crisis
3 - Public policies
Objectives and their measurement
Cyclical state policies - TC actions
Structural policies - LT actions
The U.E. Monetary policy
Part 2: LABOUR AND CONTRACT LAW (24 hours)
The aim of this law course, which deals successively with two areas of law profoundly linked to the business world - employment law and contract law - is to provide future engineers with the necessary grounding to understand the rights and obligations arising from an employment relationship based on salaried employment, as well as the rights and obligations arising from a classic contractual relationship.
Outline of Part 2:
1- Employment law
Introduction
Chapter 1 Sources of employment law
Sources common to all areas of law
Sources specific to employment law
Chapter 2 Criteria and characteristics of the employment contract
Definition of the employment contract
Conclusion of the employment contract
Terms of the employment contract
Causes of suspension of the employment contract
Grounds for termination of the employment contract
Changes to the employment contract
Chapter 3 Fixed-term contracts
When a fixed-term contract may be used
Legal status of fixed-term contracts
Chapter 4 Apprenticeship contracts
Apprenticeship contracts
Status of the apprentice
Duration and termination of the contract
International and European mobility of the apprentice
Financing
2- Contract law
Introduction
The notion of contract
Formation of a contract
Conditions of validity of a contract
Sanctioning the conditions of validity of a contract
Effects of a contract
Non-performance of a contract
Teaching hours
- CMLectures36h
Further information
This first-year module focuses on general and business culture. It covers general economics, management and law.
Assessment of knowledge
Initial assessment / Main session - Tests
Type of assessment | Type of test | Duration (in minutes) | Number of tests | Test coefficient | Eliminatory mark in the test | Remarks |
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Final inspection | Written | 120 | 2 | without document | ||
Final inspection | Written | 120 | 1 | without document |
Second chance / Catch-up session - Tests
Type of assessment | Type of test | Duration (in minutes) | Number of tests | Test coefficient | Eliminatory mark in the test | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Final test | Written | 120 | 2 | without document | ||
Final test | Written | 120 | 1 | without document |