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SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Trade, economic integration and business administration
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name MICROECONOMICS
2.2. Course tutor
Prof. Bogdan Glavan
2.3. Seminar tutor
Prof. Bogdan Glavan
2.4. Year of study
I
2.5. Semester
I
2.6.
Type of Assessment
E
2.6. Subject category
GS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 4 out of
which:
3.2. course
2 3.3. seminar 2
3.4. Total hours/semester
56 out of
which:
3.5. course
28 3.6. seminar 28
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 25
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 30
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 25
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 78
3.8. Total hours/semester 150
3.9. Number of credits 6
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
✓
5.2.
for seminar
✓
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s
C1. To conduct studies for trading companies, private and public institutions in the international business
field.
C5. To provide international business assistance to public international organisms, local and regional
communities (EU institutions, chambers of commerce, clusters etc)
C7. To use quality and quantity tools to interpret phenomena, processes, conditions and trends specific
to economic activities through micro- and macro-economic correlations
2
Tra
nsv
ersa
l
com
pet
ence
s
-
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject • Acquiring a set of mandatory knowledge and informations in the field
of microeconomics, representing basic conditions for becoming an
economist
7.2. Specific objectives • Course:
✓ Developing abilities for becoming an economist;
✓ Knowing methodological aspects related to economic activity;
✓ Knowing the consequences of economic decisions on social-economic
environment;
✓ Emphasizing the charecteristics of markets, competition and economic
agents’ behavior as producers and consumers
Seminar:
✓ Creating abilities for solving practical applications specific for
microeconomics and firm-level activity;
✓ Identifying specific elements concerning the relation needs-resources, the
productivity of factors, costs, return, market and competition
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
1. Fundamentals of Economic Theory
• Theories, principles and economic models
• Appropriation of resoursces – options, limits and
the optimal choice
• Market system and the monetary flows
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
2. Supply and demand
• What determines the supply and demand
• The market equilibrium
• The elasticity of supply and demand
• Maximizing the economic utility
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
4 hours
3. Production and costs
• The law of diminishing returns
• Production costs
• Economies of scale
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
4. Market and competition
• Competition
• Price discrimination
• Maximizing the profit
• Oligopoly and competition
• The monopoly
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
4 hours
3
5. Externalities and issues of information
• Externalities and public goods
• Asymetric information
• Adverse selection
• Moral hazard and the flock behavior
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
4 hours
6. Problems and microeconomic policies
• Antitrust policy
• Traffic jams
• Environment policy
• Issues of the workforce market: unions,
discrimination, migration
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
4 hours
7. Money
• Money and the monetary equilibrium
• Interest
• Money market
• Value of money and the level of prices
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
8. Capital market
• Shares and bonds
• Institutions of the capital market
• Yield of investments
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
9. Labor and human capital
• Institutions of the workforce market
• Unions and the migration of workforce
• Discrimination in the labour market
• Anti-discrimination policies
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
10. Evaluation 2 hours
Bibliography
1. Mankiw, N. G. 2018. Principles of Economics, 8th ed. Cengage Learning
2. Hyman, David N. – Economics, Economics, Homewwod, Irwin, 1989,
3. Barron, John – Economics, Homewwod, Irwin, 1989
4. McConnell, R. Campbell - Economics: Principles, problems, and policies, New York, McGrawHill, 1996
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home?
https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare
https://www.doingbusiness.org/
https://www.weforum.org/
https://www.worldbank.org
https://www.oecd.org/
https://mises.org/books-library
8.2. Seminary/Laboratory Teaching Methods Observations
1. Decision of allocation.
Constraints and options.
Optimal choice
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
2. Property rights, the role of
stimulants and the prosperity
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
3. Exchange and labour division Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
4. Supply and demand. Elasticity
of the demand
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
5. Productivity and costs Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
6. Competition Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
7. Producer’s behavior on the
oligopoly markets
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
8. Entrepreneurship, innovation
and competitiveness in the
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
4
modern economy
9. Technology development,
research and economic
efficiency
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
10. Public goods, common’s
tragedy and the free rider
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
11. Asymmetric information.
Public and private solutions
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
12. Money market and the interest
rate
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
13. Capital market and labour
market
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
2 hours
14. Written test. Written test sustention 2 hours
Bibliography
1. Mankiw, N. G. 2018. Principles of Economics, 8th ed. Cengage Learning
2. Hyman, David N. – Economics, Economics, Homewwod, Irwin, 1989,
3. Barron, John – Economics, Homewwod, Irwin, 1989
4. McConnell, R. Campbell - Economics: Principles, problems, and policies, New York, McGrawHill, 1996
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home?
https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare
https://www.doingbusiness.org/
https://www.weforum.org/
https://www.worldbank.org
https://www.oecd.org/
https://mises.org/books-library
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
The contents of the discipline were elaborated taking into account the competencies and skills and competencies necessary
for the possible jobs listed in Annex 1, according to the Code of Occupations in Romania. Also, there were taken into
account the theoretical information specific to this discipline, comprised in the books recognized both at the domestic and
international level, as it can be seen in the Bibliography included in the spreadsheet.
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 80% 10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance 50%
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance 30% Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
Seminar test
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION 20% For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and
B in the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
Date of the department approval Head of department signature
1
SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Finance, Credit and Accounting
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING
2.2. Course tutor
Ionut Cosmin LUNGU, PhD Lecturer
2.3. Seminar tutor
Ionut Cosmin LUNGU, PhD Lecturer
2.4. Year of study
I
2.5. Semester
I
2.6.
Type of Assessment
E
2.6. Subject category
GS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 3 out of
which:
3.2. course
2 3.3. seminar 1
3.4. Total hours/semester
42 out of
which:
3.5. curs
28 3.6. seminar 14
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 23
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 24
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 20
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 67
3.8. Total hours/semester 125
3.9. Number of credits 5
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
✓
5.2.
for seminar
✓
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s C4.To manage data bases in international business
C7. To use quality and quantity tools to interpret phenomena, processes, conditions and trends specific
to economic activities through micro- and macro-economic correlations
2
Tra
nsv
ersa
l
com
pet
ence
s
-
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
• "Fundamentals of Accounting" operates within a broad socio-economic
environment, and so, the knowledge required of the accountant cannot be sharply
compartmentalized. It is therefore, difficult to discuss one area without relating to other
areas of knowledge. We place a great emphasis on the conceptual knowledge. The
accountant should not only know but he should understand.
7.2. Specific objectives "Fundamentals of Accounting general objective is the process of recording,
classifying and summarizing transactions so that relation with outsiders is exactly
determined and result of operation during a particular period can be calculated, and the
financial position as the end of the period may be shown.
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
Chapter I - Accounting and the Business Environment
1) Define accounting vocabulary.
2) Define the users of financial information:
3) Describe the accounting profession and the organizations
that govern it.
4) Identify the different types of business organizations.
5) Delineate the distinguishing characteristics and
organization of a proprietorship.
6) Apply accounting concepts and principles.
7) Define and use the accounting equation.
8) Depict accounting for business transactions.
9) Explain and prepare the financial statements.
10) Use financial statements to evaluate business
performance. Relationships among the Financial Statements
• Lecture-demonstration by teacher
• Encouraging students to prepare for
the lesson before class • Learning through Homework
6
Chapter II - Recording Business Transactions
1) Define accounting vocabulary. Assets, Liabilities,
Owner’s Equity, Revenues, and Expenses
2) Record transactions in the journal using rules of debit and
credit. Double-entry accounting.
3) List the steps of the transaction recording process.
4) Depict journalizing and posting to the ledger
5) Prepare the trial balance from the T-accounts.
• Lecture-demonstration by teacher
• Encouraging students to prepare for
the lesson before class • Learning through Homework
6
Chapter III - The Adjusting Process
1) Distinguish between accrual and cash-basis accounting
2) Use the work sheet to prepare financial statements.
3) Close the revenue, expense, and dividend accounts.
4) Journalize and post adjusting entries
5) Explain the purpose of and prepare an adjusted trial
balance.
6) Prepare the financial statements from the adjusted trial
balance
• Lecture-demonstration by teacher
• Encouraging students to prepare for
the lesson before class • Learning through Homework
7
Chapter IV - Completing the accounting cycle
1) Prepare an accounting work sheet.
2) Define the users of financial information:
3) Describe the accounting profession and the organizations
that govern it.
4) Prepare post-closing trial balance.
5) Classify assets and liabilities as current or long-term.
• Lecture-demonstration by teacher
• Encouraging students to prepare for
the lesson before class • Learning through Homework
7
3
6) Use the current ratio and the debt ratio to evaluate a
company
7) Evaluation 2
Bibliography
1. JOHN J. WILD, KEN W. SHAW - Fundamental Accounting Principles, McGraw Hill; 24 edition, 2018
2. JERRY J. WEYGANDT - Accounting Principles: IFRS Version, Wiley, 13 edition, 2018
3. JOEL A. LERNER - Schaum's Outline of Principles of Accounting I, Fifth Edition (Schaum's Outlines), 2019
4. JOE BEN HOYLE, THOMAS SCHAEFER, TIMOTHY DOUPNIK - Advanced Accounting, McGraw-Hill
Education; 13 edition, 2017
5. DONALD E. KIESO, JERRY J. WEYGANDT, TERRY D. WARFIELD, Intermediate Accounting, Wiley; 17th
ed. Edition, 2019
6. ****PricewaterhouseCoopers' Manual of accounting – IFRS 2020 provides practical guidance on the IFRSs issued
by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/learning-provider/virtual-classrooms.html
8.2. Seminar Teaching methods Observations
Chapter I - Accounting and the Business Environment
Chapter II - Recording Business Transactions
Chapter III - The Adjusting Process
Chapter IV - Completing the accounting cycle
Evaluation
• Encouraging students to prepare
for the lesson before class • Learning through Homework
• 3
• 3
• 3
• 3
• 2 Bibliography
1. JOHN J. WILD, KEN W. SHAW - Fundamental Accounting Principles, McGraw Hill; 24 edition, 2018
2. JERRY J. WEYGANDT - Accounting Principles: IFRS Version, Wiley, 13 edition, 2018
3. JOEL A. LERNER - Schaum's Outline of Principles of Accounting I, Fifth Edition (Schaum's Outlines), 2019
4. JOE BEN HOYLE, THOMAS SCHAEFER, TIMOTHY DOUPNIK - Advanced Accounting, McGraw-Hill
Education; 13 edition, 2017
5. DONALD E. KIESO, JERRY J. WEYGANDT, TERRY D. WARFIELD, Intermediate Accounting, Wiley; 17th
ed. Edition, 2019
6 ****PricewaterhouseCoopers' Manual of accounting – IFRS 2020 provides practical guidance on the IFRSs issued by
the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/learning-provider/virtual-classrooms.html
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
Preparing for CPA , ACCA, CIMA, ACA exams; Preparing for being part (member) of CPA , ACCA, CIMA, ACA
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 80%
10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance 50%
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance
30%
Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
Seminar test
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION 20%
For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and B in
the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
Date of the department approval
1
SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
2020-2021
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Informatics, Statistics, Mathematics
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name Economic Informatics
2.2. Course tutor
Alexandru TĂBUȘCĂ, PhD Associate Professor
2.3. Seminar tutor
Alexandru TĂBUȘCĂ, PhD Associate Professor
2.4. Year of study
1
2.5. Semester
1
2.6.
Type of Assessment
E
2.7. Subject
category
GS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 3 out of
which:
3.2. course
1 3.3. seminar 2
3.4. Total hours/semester
42 out of
which:
3.5. course
14 3.6. seminar 28
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 20
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 20
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 27
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 67
3.8. Total hours/semester 125
3.9. Number of credits 5
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
✓ Multimedia & video-projection system
5.2.
for seminar
✓ Multimedia & video-projection system
✓ Computer lab with specific software, internet access
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s • C4 To manage data bases in international business
• C7 To use quality and quantity tools to interpret phenomena, processes, conditions and trends
specific to economic activities through micro- and macro-economic correlations
2
Tra
nsv
ersa
l
com
pet
ence
s
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
En: Students will learn specific ways to use the main software products used in office work:
word processors, spreadsheets, presentation software, commercial software for creating simple
web pages and dedicated software for planning and management activities, e-mail accounts and
messages management
7.2. Specific objectives
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
Course orientation, Q&A Problem proposal and solving
Conversation
Explanation
Directed observation
Exercises
Quizes
2
What is a computer? Functions, history, classification,
binary code, modern uses, convergence. Application
software, types and uses of business software suites,
entertainment and multimedia.
2
File management, navigating the computer, file extensions
and names, backup, local and cloud. Hardware,
components, devices, peripherals, communication devices.
2
System software, comparisons, Windows – MacOS – Linux,
smart devices. Digital devices and multimedia,
characteristics, memory cards, transferring images and
video, AV file types.
2
The Internet, history, world wide web, connection types,
web browsers, www navigation and content.
Communicating and Sharing: The Social Web, synchronous
/ asynchronous communication.
2
Networks and communication, network classification, wired
vs. wireless, network protection. Security and privacy,
cybercrime, malware, spam, adware, spyware, viruses,
worms, trojans, rootkits. Databases, components, DBMS
types, comparison, best practices.
2
Evaluation 2
Bibliography
Mandatory
• Visualizing Technology COMPLETE – ISBN 978-0134401072, Author: Debra Geoghan, Pearson Publishing
• New Perspectives Microsoft Office 365 & Word 2016 Comprehensive – ISBN 978-1305880979, Author: Ann
Shaffer, Katherine Pinard, Dan Oja
• New Perspectives Microsoft Office 365 & Excel 2016 Comprehensive – ISBN 978-1305880405, Author: June
Parsons, Dan Oja, Patrick Carey, Carol DesJardins
• New Perspectives Microsoft Office 365 & PowerPoint 2016 Comprehensive – ISBN 978-1305881235, Author:
Katherine Pinard, June Parsons, Kathy Finnegan
• Course notes published on www.rau.ro, “TEACHING SUPPORT” section (http://paginamea.rau.ro/en)
Optional
• New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2016 Comprehensive - ISBN 978-1305271616
• New Perspectives Microsoft Office 365 & Excel 2016: Comprehensive – ISBN 978-1305880405
• New Perspectives on HTML and CSS – ISBN 978-1111989651, Thomson South-Western – Patrick Carey
• Teach Yourself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript All in One – ISBN 978-0538470681, Sams Publishing – Julie C. eloni
• Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day - ISBN 672330962, Sams Publishing –
Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn
3
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO): An Hour a Day - ISBN 0470902590, Sybex Publishing – Jennifer Grappone,
Gradiva Couzin
8.2. Seminar Teaching methods Observations
Placement test (NOT graded, just to check the average level
of the group, in order to calibrate the lab workload throughout
the module)
Problem proposal and solving
Conversation
Explanation
Directed observation
Exercises
Quizes
2
MS Word – creating& editing docs, navigating & formatting,
tables and reports, enhance page layout design
2
MS Word – templates, themes, styles, mail merge,
collaborating and integrating data
2
MS Word – customizing and automating work, online forms
with advanced tables, managing long documents
2
MS Excel – Excel basics, formatting workbook text/data,
calculations with formulas and functions, analyzing financial
data
2
MS Excel – tables, pivot tables, pivot charts, multiple
worksheets/workbooks
2
MS Excel – excel applications, advanced functions 2
MS Excel – financial tools and functions, What-if analysis 2
MS Excel – Connecting to external data, shared workbooks 2
MS PowerPoint – creating a presentation, adding media and
special effects
2
MS PowerPoint – advanced formatting to objects, integrating
and collaborating with others
2
MS PowerPoint – integration with other programs,
customizing presentations/environment
2
Project presentations 4
Bibliography
Mandatory
• Visualizing Technology COMPLETE – ISBN 978-0134401072, Author: Debra Geoghan, Pearson Publishing
• New Perspectives Microsoft Office 365 & Word 2016 Comprehensive – ISBN 978-1305880979, Author: Ann
Shaffer, Katherine Pinard, Dan Oja
• New Perspectives Microsoft Office 365 & Excel 2016 Comprehensive – ISBN 978-1305880405, Author: June
Parsons, Dan Oja, Patrick Carey, Carol DesJardins
• New Perspectives Microsoft Office 365 & PowerPoint 2016 Comprehensive – ISBN 978-1305881235, Author:
Katherine Pinard, June Parsons, Kathy Finnegan
• Course notes published on www.rau.ro, “TEACHING SUPPORT” section (http://paginamea.rau.ro/en)
Optional
• New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2016 Comprehensive - ISBN 978-1305271616
• New Perspectives Microsoft Office 365 & Excel 2016: Comprehensive – ISBN 978-1305880405
• New Perspectives on HTML and CSS – ISBN 978-1111989651, Thomson South-Western – Patrick Carey
• Teach Yourself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript All in One – ISBN 978-0538470681, Sams Publishing – Julie C. eloni
• Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day - ISBN 672330962, Sams Publishing –
Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn
Search Engine Optimization (SEO): An Hour a Day - ISBN 0470902590, Sybex Publishing – Jennifer Grappone,
Gradiva Couzin
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities’ representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
Yes, the content of the discipline is regularly discussed and updated together with business environment representatives. All
practical applications (labs/seminars) are based on the latest software packages with world wide recognition level (eg. MS
Office for office applications).
10. Assessment
4
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 80% 10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance 50%
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance 30% Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
Seminar test
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION 20% For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and B in
the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
Date of the department approval Head of department signature
1
SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
2020-2021 1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Informatics, Statistics and Mathematics
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMICS
2.2. Course tutor
Assoc. Prof. Din Marilena – Aura, Math PhD
2.3. Seminar tutor
Assoc. Prof. Din Marilena – Aura, Math PhD
2.4. Year of study
I
2.5. Semester
1
2.6.
Type of Assessment
E
2.6. Subject category
GS
3. Estimated total hours(teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 4 out of which:
3.2. course
2 3.3. seminar 2
3.4. Total hours/semester
56 out of which:
3.5. curs
28 3.6. seminar 28
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 24
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 24
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 30
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities
3.7. Total hours/individual study 78
3.8.Total hours/semester 150
3.9. Number of credits 6
4. Preconditions(if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum
4.2.for competences
5. Pre – requisites(if there is any)
5.1. for course
5.2. for seminar
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s
• C4. To manage data bases in international business
• C7. To use quality and quantity tools to interpret phenomena, processes, conditions and trends
specific to economic activities through micro- and macro-economic correlations
Tra
nsv
ersa
l
com
pet
ence
s
2
7. Objectives(resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1.General objective of the
subject
En: Initiate students in those classes of economic problems for which have to apply
mathematics.
7.2.Specific objectives En: Stimulating the creativity of students through economic examples which require
applying mathematics. Skills training for calculus and applying the theoretical
concepts into practical exercises and problems with specific examples of the
specialization.
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
En:
I. Introduction to Linear Algebra:
Matrix. Determinants. Linear equations. Linear equation systems. (Review)
Vector Spaces. Linear Dependence and Linear Independence of the Vector
Systems. The Base and the Size of a Vector Space. Changing the Base and the
Coordinates of a Vector. Iterative Methods: Gauss Jordan Elimination Method.
II. Elements of Mathematical Analysis:
Function on R: limit, continuity. (Review). Real Functions of Several Real
Variables. Partial Derivatives. Local Extremes (Minima and Maxima) without
constrains for Real Functions of Several Real Variables. Applied Problems to the
Extremes for Functions of Vector Variables.
III. Introduction to Probability:
Operating with random events. Probability of an Event – classical and
axiomatically. Probability approaches: Venn Euler Diagrams, Contingency Table,
and Decision Tree. Proprieties of Probability function. Incompatible / mutually
exclusive events. Adding rule. Independent Events. Conditional Probability.
Multiplication rule. Probability formulas for complete systems of hypothesis: Total
probability formula. Bayes’ formula. Classical probability schemes for repeated
experiments: Poisson, Bernoully, Hypergeometrical scheme. Random variables:
discrete and continuous, probability distributions, mean value and variance.
IV. EVALUATION TEST
• Algorithm-based
thinking
• Mathematical modeling
• Learning through
examples
• Problematical Learning
• Case studies
• Conversation
• Debates
I. 10 hours
II. 6 hours
III. 10 hours
IV. 2 hours
Bibliography
Textbook1: Michael Sullivan and Abe Mizrahi Mathematics for Business and Social Science - An Applied Approach, John Wiley
& Sons Inc., 8thEd, pdf. (URA Library code 7907)
Textbook2: Frank Werner and Yuri N. Sotskov „Mathematics of Economics and Business”, Routledge Print, New York 2006.
pdf.
Textbook3: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Statistics for Business and Economics, pdf (also URA
Library)
On the web site of RAU, at teaching materials, Briefing notes by Din Marilena Aura:
“Best Use of Teaching Methods for Mathematics for Economics”, „Exercises from textbook to practice for preparing
exam/tests”, “Examination paper with solutions and marking schemes- template” , „Course notes”
Additional Bibliography:
• Textbook4: Simon, C.P., Blume, L., Mathematics for Economists, W.W. Norton & co., New York-London, pdf.
• Textbook5: Ian Jacques Mathematics for Economics and Business, Pearson Education Limited, 2006, pdf.
• Textbook6: Ronald J. Harshbarger and James J. Reynolds “Mathematical Applications for Management, Life, and
Social Science”, (RAU Library: Code 3517)
• Textbook7: Laurence D. Hoffmann and Gerald L. Bradley “Finite Mathematics with Calculus” 2nd Ed, (RAU Library:
Code 6067)
• Textbook8: Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, etc. Applied Calculus, 3rd Edition, John
Wiley & Sons Inc., 2006
Chapters for readings from the Textbooks (pdf format):
• Textbook1: Michael Sullivan and Abe Mizrahi “Mathematics for Business and Social Science” - An Applied
Approach, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 8thEd, pdf. (URA Library code 7907):
o Chapter 1+2 Linear Equations, Systems of Linear Equations; Matrices.
3
o Chapter 7. Probability.
o Chapter 8. Additional Probability Topics.
o Chapter 17. Calculus of Functions of Two or More Variables.
• Textbook2: Frank Werner and Yuri N. Sotskov „Mathematics of Economics and Business”, Routledge Print, New
York 2006, pdf:
o Chapter 6 (Vectors),
o Chapter 7 (Matrices and Determinants),
o Chapter 8 (Systems of Linear Equations),
o Chapter 11 (Functions of several variables),
• Textbook3: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Statistics for Business and Economics,
pdf:
o Chapter 4 (Basic Probability),
o Chapter 5 (Random Variables and Probability Distributions)
Suggested bibliography on each learning unit
CH: I. Introduction to Linear Algebra
I.0 Preliminary Knowledge about Matrices and Determinants, Systems of Linear Equations - Cramer's Rule, the Inverse Matrix
Folders from Textbook2 Werner “01 Preliminary about MATRICES”, “02 Preliminary about DETERMINANTS”, “03
Preliminary about SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS CRAMER'S RULE”, “04 Preliminary about THE INVERSE
MATRIX”, “05 EXERCISES Matrix and Determinants”
I.1 Vector Spaces in Economics_ Folder from Textbook2 _ “VECTORS_0-12_Werner”
I.2. Linear Dependence and Independence Vector Systems_ Folder from Textbook2 _ “VECTORS_0-12_Werner”
I.3 The Base and the Size of a Vector Space_ Folder from Textbook2 _ “VECTORS_0-12_Werner”
I.4 Changing the Base and the Coordinates of a Vector _Folder from Textbook 1_Mizrahi _ GAUSS JORDAN_1-14
I.5 Iterative Methods: Gauss Jordan Elimination Method_Folder from Textbook1 Mizrahi GAUSS JORDAN 1-14
Ronald J. Harshbarger and James J. Reynolds “Mathematical Applications for Management, Life, and Social Science”, RAU
Library: Code 3517
Laurence D. Hoffmann and Gerald L. Bradley “Finite Mathematics with Calculus” 2nd Ed, RAU Library: Code 6067
CH. II. Elements of Mathematical Analysis
Folders from Textbook6 and Textbook7: Go to the Library/Reading Room and ask for mathematical books Codes No. 6067
and No. 3517, for reading and outline (Librarian will make photocopies for who wishes or ask to the teacher the following
folders):
Folder: CAP II. OPTIMIZATION in Business_3517 (Ch 10. Section 10.3. Optimization in Business and Economics pages 613-
630);
Folder: CAP II. PARTIAL DERIVATIVES_Relative Max and Min_6067 (Ch 11. Section 5. Applications to Business and
Economics pages 742 to 759);
Folder: CAP II. DERIVATIVES _Applications to Business_6067 (Ch 15. Section 4. Relative Maxima and Minima pages 965-
974).
CH. III. Introduction to Probability
From Textbook3 David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Statistics for Business and Economics, pdf:
Chapter 4, p. 141: Basic Probability (Addition Law, Conditional Probability, Independent Events, Multiplication Law)
Chapter 5, p. 186: Random Variables and Probability Distributions (Discrete Random Variables, Continuous Random
Variables, Discrete Probability Distributions, Expected Value, and Variance)
8.2. Seminar Teaching
methods
Observation
En:
1. Applications to matrix, determinants, linear equation systems. 2 hours
2. Applications to linear dependence, linear independence, and base of a vector
systems. 4 hours
3. Applications to change the coordinates of a vector when the base is
changing. 2 hours
4. Applications to the iterative calculation methods: Gauss Jordan elimination
• Algorithm-based
thinking
• Mathematical
modeling
• Learning through
examples
4
method. 2 hours
5. Applications to partial derivatives. 2 hours
6. Applications to the unconstrained optimization (minima and maxima). 4
hours
7. Applications to operations with random events. 2 hours
8. Applications to the probabilistic formulas. 4 hours
9. Applications to the classical probability schemes. 2 hours
10. Applications to random variables: discrete and continuous, probability
distributions, mean value and variance. 2 hours
11. Evaluation 2 hours
• Problematical
Learning
• Case studies
• Conversation
• Debates
Bibliography
▪ Michael Sullivan and Abe Mizrahi Mathematics for Business and Social Science - An Applied Approach, John Wiley
& Sons Inc., 8thEd, pdf. (URA Library code 7907)
▪ Frank Werner and Yuri N. Sotskov „Mathematics of Economics and Business”, Routledge Print, New York 2006, pdf.
▪ Ian Jacques Mathematics for Economics and Business, Pearson Education Limited, 2006, pdf.
▪ Ronald J. Harshbarger and James J. Reynolds “Mathematical Applications for Management, Life, and Social
Science”, RAU Library: Code 3517
▪ Laurence D. Hoffmann and Gerald L. Bradley “Finite Mathematics with Calculus” 2nd Ed, RAU Library: Code 6067
▪ Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, etc. Applied Calculus, 3rd Edition, John Wiley &
Sons Inc., 2006
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 80%
10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance 50%
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance 30%
Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, exercises portfolios,
etc.
Seminar test
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION 20%
For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and B in
the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
Date of the department approval Head of department signature
.
SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Management - Marketing
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name MANAGEMENT
2.2. Course tutor
PhD Professor BONCIU FLORIN
2.3. Seminar tutor
PhD Lecturer Anca Ștefănescu
2.4. Year of study
II
2.5. Semester
I
2.6. Type of Assessment
E
2.7. Subject category
GS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week
3
out of
which:
3.2. course
2
3.3. seminar
1
3.4. Total hours/semester
42
out of
which:
3.5. curs
28
3.6. seminar
14
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 20
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 25
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 20
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 67
3.8. Total hours/semester 125
3.9. Number of credits 5
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum
4.2. for competences
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course • videoprojector, installed computer software, Internet access
5.2.
for seminar • videoprojector, installed computer software, Internet access
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s
C1 To conduct studies for trading companies, private and public institutions in the
international business field
C5.To provide international business assistance to public international organisms, local
and
C7 To use quality and quantity tools to interpret phenomena, processes, conditions and
trends specific to economic activities through micro- and macro-economic correlations
Transversal
competences
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the En: The discipline emphasizes the fundamental core of knowledge which comprises the
subject content of modern management (concept, approaches, management functions)
7.2. Specific objectives En: The course will help students to develop a systemic thinking and will facilitate the
creation of a modern managerial conception, useful in managing knowledge based
organizations in a globalized economy. It also helps in forming and developing of
rational, ethic and moral abilities, skills and managerial conducts.
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
En: Theoretical fundaments of management
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Organization and their business environment
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Components of management system
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Management process
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Managers, leaders, entrepreneurs
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Organizational culture
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Management of knowledge based companies
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Power, conflict and negotiation at organizational level
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Management theories and approaches
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Management functions: planning
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Management functions: organizing
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Management functions: staffing
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
En: Management functions: directing, coordinating and
controlling
Presentation,Explanation, Discussion
Case Study
2
Evaluation 2
Bibliography
Mandatory references:
1. Robbins S., DeCenzo, D., Coulter M. – “Fundamentals of Management”, 7th Edition, Pearson, 2011
2. Baye, M. - Managerial economics and business strategy, 7th Edition, Mc_Graw Hill, 2010
3. Daft R., Marcic D. – “Understanding Management”, 5th Edition, Thomson, 2006
4. Decenzo D., Robbins S. – “Fundamentals of Management. Essential Concepts and Applications”, Prentice Hall, 2005
Optional references:
1. Gomez-Mejia L., Balkin D. – “Management”, McGraw Hill, 2001
2. Jones G. – “Contemporany management”, Second Edition, Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2000
3. Jones A.B. – „ Knowledge Capitalism – Business, Work and learning in The New Economy”, Oxford University Press,
Oxford, 2002
Business trends 2021: Top management skills needed, Business University School of Navarra, December, 2020
https://www.iese.edu/standout/management-skills-business-trends-2021/
The 4 Key Elements Of Great Leadership, Forbes, August, 2018
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashiraprossack1/2018/08/28/4-key-elements-of-great-leadership/?sh=b18e9feb445b
COVID-19 crisis management essentials: ten better questions to ask, Ernst & Young, March, 2020
https://www.ey.com/en_ro/covid-19/covid-19-crisis-management-essential-ten-better-questions-to-ask
Articles on Management Basics, Management Study Guide,
https://www.managementstudyguide.com/management-basics-articles.htm
8.2. Seminar Teaching methods Observations
En:
Presenting in detail topics related to the courses’ contents
Decision making processes based on the taught courses
Case studies
Presentation
Explanation
Discussion
Case Study
Conversation
Directed observation
14
Bibliography
Mandatory references:
1. Robbins S., DeCenzo, D., Coulter M. – “Fundamentals of Management”, 7th Edition, Pearson, 2011
2. Baye, M. - Managerial economics and business strategy, 7th Edition, Mc_Graw Hill, 2010
3. Daft R., Marcic D. – “Understanding Management”, 5th Edition, Thomson, 2006
4. Decenzo D., Robbins S. – “Fundamentals of Management. Essential Concepts and Applications”, Prentice Hall, 2005
Optional references:
1. Gomez-Mejia L., Balkin D. – “Management”, McGraw Hill, 2001
2. Jones G. – “Contemporany management”, Second Edition, Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2000
3. Jones A.B. – „ Knowledge Capitalism – Business, Work and learning in The New Economy”, Oxford University Press,
Oxford, 2002.
Business trends 2021: Top management skills needed, Business University School of Navarra, December, 2020
https://www.iese.edu/standout/management-skills-business-trends-2021/
The 4 Key Elements Of Great Leadership, Forbes, August, 2018
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashiraprossack1/2018/08/28/4-key-elements-of-great-leadership/?sh=b18e9feb445b
COVID-19 crisis management essentials: ten better questions to ask, Ernst & Young, March, 2020
https://www.ey.com/en_ro/covid-19/covid-19-crisis-management-essential-ten-better-questions-to-ask
Articles on Management Basics, Management Study Guide,
https://www.managementstudyguide.com/management-basics-articles.htm
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives,
professional associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
• Yes, the discipline’s content has been analysed and discussed with the representatives of the business and IT
environment.
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 80% 10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance 50%
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance 30% Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
Seminar test
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION 20%
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
Date of the department approval Head of department signature
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SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, BANKING
AND FINANCE
1.3. Department FOREIGN LANGUAGES
1.4. Bachelor field ECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1.5. Study program BACHELOR PROGRAM
1.6. Major INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES I
2.2. Course tutor
2.3. Seminar tutor
Associate Professor Gabriela BROZBA, PhD
Asist. Prof. PhD Cristina Niculescu Ciocan
2.4. Year of study
I
2.5. Semester
I
2.6.
Type of Assessment
V
2.6. Subject category
GS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 2 out of
which:
3.2. course
3.3. seminar 2
3.4. Total hours/semester
28 out of
which:
3.5. course
3.6. seminar 28
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 15
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 10
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 6
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 31
3.8. Total hours/semester 75
3.9. Number of credits 3
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
-
5.2.
for seminar
-
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s C5.
Assistance in international affairs for public international organizations, local and regional communities (EU
institutions, professional associations, chambers of commerce, clusters, etc.)
2
Tra
nsv
ersa
l
com
pet
ence
s
CT4
To be able and use written and spoken English in their professional business interactions
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
• Ability to use standard English in business communication
7.2. Specific objectives - The students will acquire competencies regarding the professional
communication in the field of economics, in English.
- Use English for business communication with co-workers in some situations via
speaking and listening;
- Read adapted passages and articles on business topics and identify main ideas;
- Carry on business correspondence by understanding and replying to in-coming e-
mails.
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
Bibliography
1.
8.2. Seminar Teaching methods Observations
1. The Business Environment – introductory notions
2. The Business Environment – further vocabulary and the
noun
3. The Communication Revolution – human communication
throughout history – old vs. new means
4. The Communication Revolution – Internet breakthrough and
its impact on business activities. Present Simple and
Continuous, stative verbs
5. The Communication Revolution – Letter of Opinion.
Replying to a newspaper article.
6. Company Structure and Legal Status – types of companies
and departments
7. Company Structure and Legal Status – Past Simple and Past
Continuous
8. Company Structure and Legal Status – working in SMEs as
opposed to multinationals; business reports
9. Jobs and Responsibilities – job security, turnover,
incentives, benefits in kind
Problem-solving
Conversation
Explanation
Observation
Exercises
3
10. Jobs and Responsibilities – gender stereotypes and bias in
leadership positions; Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
11. Jobs and Responsibilities – interview simulation; assessing
job candidates as an HR evaluator
12. Jobs and Responsibilities – cover letter
13. Revision 1. Units 1-4 – Present Simple and Continuous;
Past Simple and Continuous; Present Perfect Simple and
Continuous
14. Written test
Bibliography
1. Focus on Business (Dude at ali.), 10th edition, Ed. ProUniversitaria, 2019.
2. English Grammar in Use Book with Answers and Interactive eBook: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for
Intermediate Learners of English (Raymond Murphy), Cambridge University Press, 2019.
3. Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners (Robin Torres-Gouzerh), McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.
4. Business English, 10th Edition (Mary Ellen Guffey, Carolyn M. Seefer), South-Western College Pub., 2010.
5. Ian Mackenzie. English for Business Studies + student's book, teacher's book, audio cassettes & disks, Cambridge
University Press, 2010.
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance 10%
Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
50%
Seminar test 40%
B. FINAL EVALUATION
For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and
B in the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
Associate Prof. Gabriela BROZBĂ, PhD
Date of the department approval Head of department signature
Associate Prof. Elena MUSEANU, PhD
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SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Physical Education and Sport – Kinesiotherapy
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name SPORTS I
2.2. Course tutor
2.3. Seminar tutor
Associate professor DIMA MARIUS DUMITRU PhD.
2.4. Year of study
I 2.5. Semester
I 2.6.
Type of Assessment
V 2.6. Subject category
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 2 out of
which:
3.2. course
3.3. seminar 2
3.4. Total hours/semester
28 out of
which:
3.5. course
3.6. seminar
28
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 6
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities -
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 6
3.8. Total hours/semester 50
3.9. Number of credits 2
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum
4.2. for competences Acquisition of a system of motor skills, to compensate professional activities and
promote a healthy lifestyle.
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
5.2.
for seminar
Seminar activities take place in well-equipped gyms with modern equipment.
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s
2
Tra
nsv
ersa
l
com
pet
ence
s
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
The graduate student with physical, mental and training attributes, very competitive,
able to cope with the prolonged work schedule, in a functional market economy.
7.2. Specific objectives • To maintain and preserve physical and mental health and strength
• To positively influence somatic, physiological and motion indicators by
increasing the level of physical training.
• To acquire basic elements pertaining to the technique and practice of certain
sports.
• To acquire the habit of independent and systematic practice of physical
exercise and preferred sports, as attributes of an individual with a high degree
of civilization and emancipation.
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
8.2. Seminar Teaching methods Observations
Discussing the regulations and requirements of the
physical education and sports subject.
Clear acquisition of procedures and techniques specific
for sports games.
Applications regarding the techniques specific to certain
sports games, accessible for the students.
Acquisition of adequate physical training.
Acquisition of theoretical knowledge and regulations
regarding the sports discipline.
Acquisition of knowledge regarding the hygienic
lifestyle, of the influence of physical training upon the
body, upon the basic functions, prevention of certain
accidents.
Bibliography
• Burrows S., Byrne M., Young S., AQA A Level Physical Education Student Guide: Factors affecting
optimal performance in physical activity and sport, Hodder Education, 2019
• Darst P., Dynamic Physical Education for Secondary School Students, Cram101 Publisher, 2016
• Haag H., The Future of School Sport (Physical Education) in Today's World: Scientific Concepts for
Practical Innovations, Logos Verlag Berlin, 2008
• Hardman K., Contemporary Issues in Physical Education, Meyer Meyer Sports, 2011
• Jeziorski R., Hesburg T. M., Importance of School Sports in American Education and Socialization,
UPA Publisher, 1994
• Rajagopal I., Physical and Health Education: Text Book for Education & Physical Education Students,
CreateSpace Publishing, 2014
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9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 10.4. Course
10.5. Seminar Number of classes per semester It is registered the
attendance and level of
involvement during the
seminar activities
50
Test for checking general motor skills Testing during classes 10
Tests specific to the sports discipline for which the student opted
Testing during classes 10
Evaluation of the level of appropriation of the exercises and work programs, as well as progress in aerobic gymnastics and fitness
Testing during classes 10
Participation in sports and student competitions and basic theoretical knowledge from the sports and physical education subject
Testing 10
Level of acquisition of the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject
Testing 10
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION Admitted/ rejected For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and
B in the final grade are reversed.
10.6 Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance
Performance Course test
10.5. Practical activities Frequency Seminar attendance 50%
Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
50%
B. FINAL EVALUATION
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
………. .............................................. .....................................................
Date of the department approval Head of department signature
..................................... ............................................
1
SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Trade, economic integration and business administration
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name MACROECONOMICS
2.2. Course tutor
Prof. Bogdan Glavan
2.3. Seminar tutor
Prof. Bogdan Glavan
2.4. Year of study
I
2.5. Semester
II
2.6.
Type of Assessment
E
2.6. Subject category
GS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 3 out of
which:
3.2. course
2 3.3. seminar 1
3.4. Total hours/semester
42 out of
which:
3.5. course
28 3.6. seminar 14
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 25
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 20
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 24
Tutoring hours 12
Examinations 2
Other activities
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 69
3.8. Total hours/semester 125
3.9. Number of credits 5
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course ✓ Course room tooled up with videoprojector, whiteboard and markers
5.2.
for seminar ✓ Seminar room with at least 25 seats, tooled up with whiteboard and markers
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s
C1. To conduct studies for trading companies, private and public institutions in the international business
field.
C5. To provide international business assistance to public international organisms, local and regional
communities (EU institutions, chambers of commerce, clusters etc)
C7. To use quality and quantity tools to interpret phenomena, processes, conditions and trends specific
to economic activities through micro- and macro-economic correlations
2
Tra
nsv
ersa
l
com
pet
ence
s
-
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
• Acquiring a set of mandatory knowledge and informations in the field of
microeconomics, representing basic conditions for becoming an economist
7.2. Specific objectives • Course:
✓ Developing abilities for becoming an economist;
✓ Knowing methodological aspects related to economic activity;
✓ Knowing the consequences of economic decisions on social-economic
environment;
✓ Emphasizing the charecteristics of markets, competition and economic
agents’ behavior as producers and consumers
Seminar:
✓ Creating abilities for solving practical applications specific for
macroeconomics and national level economy;
✓ Identifying specific elements concerning the macroeconomic indicators,
inflation, unemployment and the international balance of payments
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
1. Macroeconomics –quantitative evaluations
• Measuring GDP
• Nominal GDP versus Real GDP
• Measuring price level
• Measuring unemployment
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
4 hours
2. Economic analysis of the state functioning
• Inconsistency of the collecitve decisions
• Voting paradox
• Bureacracy and interest groups
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
3. Taxation
• Types of taxes
• Laffer curve
• Incidence of taxation
• State budget
• Fiscal policy
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
4. Monetary policy
• Banking and money supply
• Central bank and the monetary policy
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
5. Inflation
• Consequences of inflation
• Quantitative theory of money
• Inflation and anticipation
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
4 hours
6. Inflation and unemployment
• Keynesian theory
• Keynes and the paradox of saving
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
4 hours
3
• Phillips curve
7. Open economy
• International economic relations
• Exchange rate
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
8. Government policy and open economy
• Budget deficit
• Monetary policy
• Capital run
• Protectionism
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
9. Economic growth
• Productivity and development
• Institutions and economic development
• Development and economic convergence
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
10. Macroeconomic challenges
• Transition from socialism to capitalism
• Globalization and development
• Foreign aid
Lectures
Debates
Discussions
Presentations
2 hours
11. Evaluation 2 hours
Bibliography
1. Mankiw, N. G. 2018. Principles of Economics, 8th ed. Cengage Learning
2. Heyne, P., Boettke, P., Prychitko, D. Economic Way of Thinking, 11th Edition
3. Barro R. 2000. Macroeconomics. Cambridge: MIT Press
4. Burda M. and Wyplosz C. 2001. Macroeconomics. A European Text. New York: Oxford University Press
5. Hyman, David N. – Economics, Economics, Homewwod, Irwin, 1989,
6. McConnell, Campbell – Macroeconomics, New York, McGrawHill, 1996
7. Barron, John – Economics, Homewwod, Irwin, 1989
8. McConnell, R. Campbell - Economics: Principles, problems, and policies, New York, McGrawHill, 1996
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home?
https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare
https://www.doingbusiness.org/
https://www.weforum.org/
https://www.worldbank.org
https://www.oecd.org/
8.2. Seminary/Laboratory Teaching Methods Observations
1. Ways of measuring GDP Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
2. Consumer price index and
unemployment rate
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
3. Theory of public choice Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
4. Progressive taxation versus
Proportional taxation
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
5. Budget deficit. Expansionist
fiscal policy.
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
6. Government expenditure and
the crowding-out effect
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
7. Monetary multiplier.
Instruments of monetary
policy.
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
8. Discretion and rules for
monetary policy
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
9. Inflation and unemployment
in dynamic equilibrium
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
4
10. Currency market. Fixed and
floating exchange rates
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
11. Institutional economy. The
role of economic freedom in
the economic development
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
12. Public foreign aid and
development
Case studies. Analysis. Debates.
Discussions. Presentations.
1 hours
13. Written test Written test sustention 2 hours
Bibliography
1. Mankiw, N. G. 2018. Principles of Economics, 8th ed. Cengage Learning
2. Heyne, P., Boettke, P., Prychitko, D. Economic Way of Thinking, 11th Edition
3. Barro R. 2000. Macroeconomics. Cambridge: MIT Press
4. Burda M. and Wyplosz C. 2001. Macroeconomics. A European Text. New York: Oxford University Press
5. Hyman, David N. – Economics, Economics, Homewwod, Irwin, 1989,
6. McConnell, Campbell – Macroeconomics, New York, McGrawHill, 1996
7. Barron, John – Economics, Homewwod, Irwin, 1989
8. McConnell, R. Campbell - Economics: Principles, problems, and policies, New York, McGrawHill, 1996
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home?
https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare
https://www.doingbusiness.org/
https://www.weforum.org/
https://www.worldbank.org
https://www.oecd.org/
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
The contents of the discipline were elaborated taking into account the competencies and skills and competencies necessary
for the possible jobs listed in Annex 1a, according to the Code of Occupations in Romania. Also, there were taken into
account the theoretical information specific to this discipline, comprised in the books recognized both at the domestic and
international level, as it can be seen in the Bibliography included in the spreadsheet.
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 80% 10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance 50%
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance 30% Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
Seminar test
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION 20% For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and
B in the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
.
Date of the department approval, Head of department signature
1
SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Department of Trade, Economic Integration and Business
Administration
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
2.2. Course tutor
Ph.D. Professor Florin Bonciu
2.3. Seminar tutor
Ph.D. Assistant Professor Vlad Carstea
2.4. Year of study
I
2.5. Semester
II 2.6.
Type of Assessment
E
2.6. Subject category
FS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 3 out of
which:
3.2. course
2 3.3. seminar 1
3.4. Total hours/semester
42 out of
which:
3.5. course
28 3.6. seminar 14
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 20
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 25
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 22
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities 0
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 67 3.8. Total hours/semester 125
3.9. Number of credits 5
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
✓ videoprojector, installed computer software, Internet access
5.2.
for seminar
✓ videoprojector, installed computer software, Internet access
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s C1. To conduct studies for trading companies, private and public institutions in the international
business field
C3. To provide a diagnosis in the field of international business based on domestic, community and
international regulations
2
Tra
nsv
ersa
l
com
pet
ence
s
-
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
• Providing the conceptual framework for understanding the phenomena and processes
in the field of international econmic relations and European integration.
7.2. Specific objectives • Presenting the current characteristics and trends manifested in the world
economy, especially in the context of globalization;
• Presenting the changes in the balance of power in the world economy;
• Presenting the most important economic actors in the world economy:
national economies, transnational corporations, organizations of economic
integration;
• Explaining the place and importance of developed and developing
countries in the world economy. Analysis of underdevelopment causes.
• Explaining the importance and role of transnational corporations.
Presenting the particularities of the economic integration phenomena
(European Union, NAFTA) and their impact on the world econmy;
• Presenting the characteristics of the transition to a market economy
process in Central and Eastern Europe. Analizing the position of Romania
in the context of the changes in the world economy and from the point of
view of an European Union member country;
• Presenting the developments and trends in the dynamics of the
international trade and financial flows;
• Presenting the role of international monetary relations in contemporary
economic development;
• Presenting current approaches related to the sustainable dvelopment
concept.
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
1.Concept of world economy; origin, evolution and stages of
the formation process of world economy. Characteristics of
contemporary world economy. Regionalization and
globalization.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
2.Components of the world economy system; economic
growth and development; world balance of power and its
current change.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
3.The place of developed countries in the world economy:
specific elements. Models of historical evolution and
development; forms of association and cooperation specific
to developeed countries: OECD.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
4.The place of developing countries in the world economy:
specific elements. Characteristics of developing countries;
underdevelopment causes and related theories.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
5.Main developing countries and their development
prospects.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
6.Place of transnational corporations in the world economy:
specific characteristics and functioning mechanisms:
mergers and acquisitions, delocalization and relocalization.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
3
7.International integration organizations. Forms of economic
integration. Implication for the member states.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
8.Case studies international integration organizations:
European Union.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
9.Case studies international integration organizations:
NAFTA, MERCOSUR, ASEAN.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
10.International monetary relations. Bretton Woods system
and institutions. Post crisis situation and perspectives.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
11.Characteristics of international trade. Mechanisms for
international price formation. Trade balance.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
12.Foreign direct investments and globalization. Economic
implications of foreign direct investments.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
13. Towards a new global order in the context of a multi-
polar world economy.
Lectures, debates, free discussions, case
studies
2
14. Evaluation test. - 2
Bibliography
1) S. Beugelsdijk , S.Brakman, H. Garretsen, C. van Marrewijk (2013), Nations and firms in the global economy- An
Introduction to International Economics and Business, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press
1. Krugman, P., Obstfeld, M., Melitz, M. (2011), International Economics – Theory and Policy, 9th edition, New
Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.
2. World Economic Forum (2014), Global Risks, 9th Edition, Geneva.
3. Global Economic Prospects – Global Economy in Transition, The World Bank Group, June 2015
Global Economic Prospects, World Bank, January 2021
https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/global-economic-prospects
World economy in 2021: here’s who will win and who will lose, The Conversation, January 2021,
https://theconversation.com/world-economy-in-2021-heres-who-will-win-and-who-will-lose-
152631#:~:text=The%20coronavirus%20has%20crippled%20the,2021%20recovery%20is%20very%20uncertain.
World Economic Outlook Update, IMF, January 2021,
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2021/01/26/2021-world-economic-outlook-update
Coronavirus: How the pandemic has changed the world economy, BBC, January, 2021
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51706225
8.2. Seminar Teaching methods Observations
1. Presenting in detail topics related to the courses’
content;
2. Analyze case studies related to world economy
topics;
3. Simulate decision making processes in a global
context.
4. Evaluation
Presentation, debates, critical thinking
Presentation, debates, critical thinking
Presentation, debates, critical thinking
4
4
4
2 Bibliography
2) S. Beugelsdijk , S.Brakman, H. Garretsen, C. van Marrewijk (2013), Nations and firms in the global economy- An
Introduction to International Economics and Business, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press
3) Krugman, P., Obstfeld, M., Melitz, M. (2011), International Economics – Theory and Policy, 9th edition, New
Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.
4) World Economic Forum Reports, 2016 – 2019, Geneva.
5) OECD, Global Economic Outlook, 2016 – 2019, Paris
6) Global Economic prospects, The World Bank, 2016 – 2019 Global Economic Prospects, World Bank, January 2021
https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/global-economic-prospects
World economy in 2021: here’s who will win and who will lose, The Conversation, January 2021,
https://theconversation.com/world-economy-in-2021-heres-who-will-win-and-who-will-lose-
152631#:~:text=The%20coronavirus%20has%20crippled%20the,2021%20recovery%20is%20very%20uncertain.
World Economic Outlook Update, IMF, January 2021,
4
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2021/01/26/2021-world-economic-outlook-update
Coronavirus: How the pandemic has changed the world economy, BBC, January, 2021
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51706225
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
The course enables the framing of the activities from the filed of international business in the larger context of globalized
economy.
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 80% 10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance 50%
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance 30% Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
Seminar test
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION 20% For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and
B in the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
.
Date of the department approval, Head of department signature
1
SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Finance, Credit, Accounting
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name Finance
2.2. Course tutor
Ph.D Prof. Eugen Dijmărescu
2.3. Seminar tutor
Ph.D. Lecturer Lucia Croitoru
2.4. Year of study
1
2.5. Semester
2
2.6.
Type of Assessment
E
2.7. Type of subject
GS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 4 out of
which:
3.2. course
2 3.3. seminar 1
3.4. Total hours/semester
42 out of
which:
3.5. curs
28 3.6. seminar 14
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 24
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 23
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 20
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities -
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 67
3.8. Total hours/semester 125
3.9. Number of credits 5
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
✓
5.2.
for seminar
✓
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s C1 To conduct studies for trading companies, private and public institutions in the international business field
C5 To provide international business assistance to public international organisms, local and regional communities
(EU institutions, chambers of commerce, clusters etc)
C7 To use quality and quantity tools to interpret phenomena, processes, conditions and trends specific to
economic activities through micro- and macro-economic correlations
2
Tra
nsv
ersa
l
com
pet
ence
s
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
Learning of general aspects related to public finance content and awareness of the
government's role in economy
7.2. Specific objectives Identify the problems and issues addressed in the discipline of public finance
Describe various ways of measuring the size of public sector
Describe the nature of public goods and how they differ from private goods
Describe the nature of externalities, both positive and negative, and how markets misallocate
resources in the presence of externalities
Analyze the structure of public expenditures
Analyze the structure of tax systems and the role of taxes
Describe excess burdens of taxes and optimal taxation
Analyze the aspects of equity in a tax system
The design of Roumanian and other countries' tax system
Analyze government budgets, explain the mechanism and impacts of government borrowing and
discuss deficit finance
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
Finance and Public policies
The public finance
Presentation (lecture and explanation).
Conversation. Demonstration
2
Public expenditure system
Public goods and externalities
Presentation (lecture and explanation).
Conversation. Demonstration
4
Public choices
Fiscal system - general consideration
Presentation (lecture and explanation).
Conversation. Demonstration
2
Public revenue Presentation (lecture and explanation).
Conversation. Demonstration
4
Income and payroll taxes Presentation (lecture and explanation).
Conversation. Demonstration
2
The corporate tax
Sales and excise taxes, income tax
Presentation (lecture and explanation).
Conversation. Demonstration
4
Budget and debt Presentation (lecture and explanation).
Conversation. Demonstration
4
Fiscal and Monetary policy Presentation (lecture and explanation).
Conversation. Demonstration
4
Evaluation 2
Bibliography
1. Harvey S. Rosen, Ted Gayer, Abdulkadir Civan, Public Finance, Tenth Edition, McGraw-Hill Education, 2014
2. John E. Anderson, Public Finance. Principles and Policy, Second Edition, South-Western Cengage Learning, 2012
3. Laurence S. Seidman, Public Finance, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2009
4. Robert E. Wright, Money and Banking, FlatWorld, 2017
5. Steve Suranovic, International Finance. Theory and Policy, FlatWorld, 2015
https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/growth-and-investment/structural-reforms/public-finances-and-
taxation_en
https://www.oecd.org/tax/public-finance/
3
8.2. Seminar Teaching methods Observations
Public expenditure system
Country specific policies
Case studies. Conversation.
Demonstration. Debates. Independent
activities or groups.
2
Public revenue Case studies. Conversation.
Demonstration. Debates. Independent
activities or groups.
2
Fiscal system - general consideration Case studies. Conversation.
Demonstration. Debates. Independent
activities or groups.
2
Income and payroll taxes Case studies. Conversation.
Demonstration. Debates. Independent
activities or groups.
2
The corporate income tax Case studies. Conversation.
Demonstration. Debates. Independent
activities or groups.
2
Sales and excise taxes Case studies. Conversation.
Demonstration. Debates. Independent
activities or groups.
2
Evaluation 2
Bibliography
1. Harvey S. Rosen, Ted Gayer, Abdulkadir Civan, Public Finance, Tenth Edition, McGraw-Hill Education, 2014
2. John E. Anderson, Public Finance. Principles and Policy, Second Edition, South-Western Cengage Learning, 2012
3. Laurence S. Seidman, Public Finance, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2009
4. Robert E. Wright, Money and Banking, FlatWorld, 2017
5. Steve Suranovic, International Finance. Theory and Policy, FlatWorld, 2015
https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/growth-and-investment/structural-reforms/public-finances-and-
taxation_en
https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/economy-finance/tax-reforms-eu-member-states-2015-tax-policy-challenges-
economic-growth-and-fiscal-sustainability_en
https://www.oecd.org/tax/public-finance/
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
The course is based on several books in the field nationally and internationally recognized.
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 80% 10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance 50%
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance 30% Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
Seminar test
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION 20% For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and
B in the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
.
Date of the department approval, Head of department signature
1
SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
Academic year 2020-2021 1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS,
BANKING AND FINANCE
1.3. Department TRADE, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
1.4. Bachelor field ECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1.5. Study program BACHELOR PROGRAM
1.6. Major INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name Investment Efficiency
2.2. Course tutor
Daniela Zirra, PhD Professor
2.3. Seminar tutor
Asist. Prof. PhD Elena Pavel
2.4. Year of study
I
2.5. Semester
II
2.6.
Type of Assessment
E
2.6. Subject category
FS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 4 out of which:
3.2. course
2 3.3. seminar 2
3.4. Total hours/semester
56 out of which:
3.5. course
28 3.6. seminar 28
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 23
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 25
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 30
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities -
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 78
3.8. Total hours/semester 150
3.9. Number of credits 6
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
Classroom, equipped with whiteboard, markers, projector and computer (with Internet access)
5.2.
for seminar
Classroom, equipped with whiteboard, markers, projector and computer (with Internet access)
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s
C1 To conduct studies for trading companies, private and public institutions in the international
business field
C4 To manage data bases in international business
C7. To use quality and quantity tools to interpret phenomena, processes, conditions and trends
specific to economic activities through micro- and macro-economic correlations
Tra
nsv
ers
al
com
pet
ence
s
2
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
• Familiarize students with a theoretical and practical knowledge system,
regarding the methods and techniques of economic and financial assessment of
the investment projects in the market economy;
• Formation of a new and logical thinking of the future economists;
• Learning the methods and models used for formulating investment decisions.
7.2. Specific objectives • Knowledge of the most common techniques, methods, indicators and criteria
for evaluating the effectiveness of investments, applied in countries with
developed market economy and by the international financial and banking
organizations;
• Applying in practice the models used for evaluating the effectiveness of
investment projects and for selecting the optimal decision-making regarding
investments.
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observation
s
Investments and their role in the market economy Lecture, Explanation 2 hours
Theoretical and methodological basis of investment
efficiency evaluation
Lecture, Explanation 4 hours
Investment decision. Activities and documentation
necessary to prepare investment decisions.
Immobilization indicators
Lecture, Explanation, Indirect exploration
methods of the reality / Problem
formulation
4 hours
Methods, indicators and benchmarks that do not
take into consideration the influence of the time
factor on investment projects
Lecture, Explanation, Indirect exploration
methods of the reality / Problem
formulation
2 hours
Assessing the effectiveness and the impact of the
time factor in investment and projects
Lecture, Explanation, Indirect exploration
methods of the reality / Problem
formulation
4 hours
Methods, dynamic indicators and evaluation
criteria of investment projects in conditions of
market economy
Lecture, Explanation, Indirect exploration
methods of the reality / Problem
formulation
4 hours
Methods and techniques for the integration of risk
and uncertainty in preparing investment decisions
and formulating options
Lecture, Explanation, Indirect exploration
methods of the reality / Problem
formulation
4 hours
Investments and their role in economic growth and
development Lecture, Explanation 4 hours
Bibliography:
1. Geltner, D.; de Neufville, R. (23 February, 2018). Flexibility and real estate valuation under uncertainty: a
practical guide for developers. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons,
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119106470.fmatter
2. Sartori, D.; Catalano, G.; Genco, M.; Pancotti, C.; Sirtori, E.; Vignetti, S.; Del Bo, C. (2015). Guide to Cost-
Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects. Economic appraisal tool for Cohesion Policy 2014-2020. European
Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban policy.
3. Leach, C., Melicher, Ronald W. (2015), Entrepreneurial Finance, 5th Edition, Cengage Learning, Business
& Economics, Stamford USA.
4. Rogers, S.; Makonnen, R. (2014). Entrepreneurial Finance, Third Edition: Finance and Business Strategies
for the Serious Entrepreneur. Harvard Business School, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, USA.
5. Zirra, D. (2012). Investment’s Efficiency Handbook - Theory And Practice, Ed Universitară, Bucureşti.
8.2. Seminar Teaching methods Observations
1. The investment process at company level
2. Immobilization indicators
3. Static indicators
4. The influence of time factor on investment projects
5. Dynamic indicators
Explanation
Exercise
Conversation
Questions formulation
Team project
28
3
6. Sensitivity analysis. Uncertainty and risk in
investment process
7. Selecting investment decision
8. Evaluation
Bibliografie:
1. Geltner, D.; de Neufville, R. (23 February, 2018). Flexibility and real estate valuation under uncertainty: a
practical guide for developers. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons,
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119106470.fmatter
2. Sartori, D.; Catalano, G.; Genco, M.; Pancotti, C.; Sirtori, E.; Vignetti, S.; Del Bo, C. (2015). Guide to Cost-
Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects. Economic appraisal tool for Cohesion Policy 2014-2020. European
Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban policy.
3. Leach, C., Melicher, Ronald W. (2015), Entrepreneurial Finance, 5th Edition, Cengage Learning, Business
& Economics, Stamford USA.
4. Rogers, S.; Makonnen, R. (2014). Entrepreneurial Finance, Third Edition: Finance and Business Strategies
for the Serious Entrepreneur. Harvard Business School, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, USA.
5. Zirra, D. (2012). Investment’s Efficiency Handbook - Theory And Practice, Ed Universitară, Bucureşti
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic community’s
representatives, professional associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study
program
The aim of developing discipline contents is to achieve a high degree of compatibility with other similar
programs in different universities in the country and abroad. Also, during the drawing up of the program content
were involved representatives of businesses and institutions where students perform their professional practice.
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment
criteria
10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination
(percent)*
A. Evaluation based on attendance and performance criteria 80%
10.4. Course Attendance and
Performance
Attendance 50%
Evaluation Test (semester)
10.5. Seminar Attendance and
Performance
Active participation to the seminar 30%
Applicative activities / case studies /
essays / practical papers /
monographs etc.
Participation in the session of student
scientific communications
Evaluation Test (semester)
B. Final evaluation in the exam’s session 20%
Written evaluation (written test / project / report / case study / monograph, etc.) 20%
Oral evaluation (oral exam / practice test / project / report / case study / monograph, etc.) * For students who do not get at least 80% of the maximum score for criterion A, the weights of criteria A and B in the final grade are reversed
10.6. Minimum performance standard
• Acquiring correctly the basic theoretical concepts and applying them in current activity (exercises and
applications.
• Elaboration of a team project 1 (small team - maximum 2 students).
• Elaboration of a team project 2 (extended team - maximum 5 students).
• Course Test and Seminar Test.
• Attendance (minimum 80%, Courses and Seminars).
• Respecting deadlines for homework and projects. Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
.
Date of the department approval, Head of department signature
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SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Foreign Languages
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name Communication and Public Relations
2.2. Course tutor
Associate Professor, Elena Museanu, PhD
2.3. Seminar tutor
-
2.4. Year of study
1
2.5. Semester
II 2.6.
Type of Assessment
E
2.6. Subject category
GS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 2 out of
which:
3.2. course
2 3.3. seminar 0
3.4. Total hours/semester
28 out of
which:
3.5. course
28 3.6. seminar 0
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 21
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 10
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities -
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 31
3.8. Total hours/semester 75
3.9. Number of credits 3
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
✓
5.2.
for seminar
✓
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s C2 To assist in the negotiation, contracting and performance of product and/or service transactions on
international markets
C6.To assist in the identification and assessment of opportunities and risks specific to international markets in the context of business internationalization strategies
2
Tra
nsv
ersa
l
com
pet
ence
s
CT1. To apply the principles, norms and values of professional ethics in their own rigurous, efficient and
responsible work strategy
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
Explaining, understanding and learning the mechanisms to promote personal and group
image
7.2. Specific objectives • presentation and explanation of basic concepts, theories, models, methods and
specific communication_ sciences phenomena and public relations
• to familiarize students with issues of interpersonal communication process, its
role for social and personal experience;
• examining the process of interpersonal communication in terms of its role and
functions of organizations
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
What is communication?
-Defining communication
- Explanatory models of communication
- A typology of communication
- Personality, prosocial behavior and communication
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Interpersonal Communication
- Interpersonal relationships, definition, type, features
- The strategic targets of interpersonal communication
- Elements of interpersonal communication process
- Effective interpersonal communication
- With whom we communicate - an attempt to quantify the interlocutors
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Attitude and communication influence
- The role of attitudes in communication
- Conformity, complaisance and nonconformance in interpersonal
communication
- Interpersonal influence
- Aggressiveness in communication - from symbolic aggression to physical
aggression
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Barriers to interpersonal communication
- Signs indicating the presence of obstacles
- How to examine the barriers
- Communication jamming and bottlenecks
- Barriers to professional communication
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Verbal communication
- Special features of verbal communication
- The role of listening in verbal communication
- Dimensions of personality and verbal communication
- Voice qualities
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Written Communication
- Written communication features
- Referring to a written text – reading methods
- Managing __reading - effective reading skills
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
3
- Structuring text messages
- How we write a CV
Conversation.
Demonstration
Nonverbal Communication
- Special features of nonverbal communication
- Behavior and nonverbal communication
- Nonverbal communication types
- Culture, spatial distance and nonverbal communication
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Ways of improving the communication
- How can we communicate better
- Johari's model
- Active listening
- Feedback use
- Aggressiveness management in communication
- Consent by persuasion
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Organizational Communication
- Role of communication in the organization
- Special features of organizational communication
- The new context of organizational communication studies
- Types of organizational communication
- Management communication – manager’s communication roles
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Interpersonal communication and conflict resolution
- What is a conflict?
- Constructive conflict and destructive conflict
- Causes of conflict in organizations
- A typology of conflicts
- Ways of managing conflict
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Public Relations - management of the organizational image
- Organizational objectives and the need for public relations
- What are Public Relations?
- Key concepts in public relations
- Social responsibility of the organization and public relations values
- PR process characteristics
- Public relations theories
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Public relations - the organization's external communication tool
- What are the audiences? A theoretical and practical perspective
- PR campaign
- External communication and media
Presentation (lecture and
explanation).
Conversation.
Demonstration
Bibliography:
1. Big Ideas in Public Relations Research and Practice Vol: 4, Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019
2. Ana Mihaela Istrate, Elena Museanu, Roxana Bîrsanu, Practice File in Business English Communication, Editura
Universitară, 2019, ISBN 978-606-28-1008-5.
3. Courtland L. Bovee, John V. Thill, Business Communication Today, 730 pag., Editura Pearson, 2017
4. Ferreol Gilles, Noel Flageul, Methods and techniques of written and oral expression, Polirom, 2007, p. 13-65
5. Mihaela Pruna, Communication and Public Relations, lecture notes, Ed Prouniversitaria, Bucharest, 2006
6. Andra Serbanescu How to write a text, edition III, Ed Polirom, Iasi, 2005, p. 11-108
7. Jean Claude Abric, Communication psychology, Theories and methods, Polirom, 2002, p. 13-56
8. Marius Milcu, Psychology of interpersonal relations, Competition and conflict, Polirom, Iasi, 2005, p. 21-34, p. 59-
109
9. Science Bernard Dagenais, Public relations campaign Polirom, U.S., 2003
10. Doug Newson, Judy VanSlyke Turk, Dean Kruckeberg, 2003, All about public relations, Ed Polirom Iasi
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9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
The discipline’s content has been analysed and discussed with the representatives of the business environment
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 80% 10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
Seminar test
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION 20% For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and
B in the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
………. .............................................. .....................................................
Date of the department approval Head of department signature
..................................... ............................................
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SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Legal Sciences
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name LAW
2.2. Course tutor
Silvia Tabusca, PhD
2.3. Seminar tutor
Silvia Tabusca, PhD
2.4. Year of study
1 2.5. Semester
2 2.6.
Type of Assessment
E 2.6. Subject category
GS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 2 out of
which:
3.2. course
2 3.3. seminar 0
3.4. Total hours/semester
28 out of
which:
3.5. course
28 3.6. seminar 0
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 15
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 16
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 0
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 31
3.8. Total hours/semester 75
3.9. Number of credits 3
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
✓
5.2.
for seminar
✓
2
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s C1. To conduct studies for trading companies, private and public institutions in the international
business field
C3. To provide a diagnosis in the field of international business based on domestic, community and
international regulations
Tra
nsv
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l
com
pet
ence
s
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
This course is intended to introduce students to the basic concepts and problems of
public international law and of the international legal system. The course will cover the
traditional major topics in this field such as the sources and subjects of international law,
the jurisdiction of states, international law and the use of force, and the relationship
between international law and the internal law of states. It will also address newer
themes in international law such as the international law of human rights and
international criminal law. The course will review and discuss a number of international
law cases decided by national and international tribunals, as well as certain treaties,
resolutions and other international legal instruments of importance.
7.2. Specific objectives The primary focus of this course is upon public international law, which is traditionally
considered to encompass the binding normative rules and principles dealing with the
conduct of states and of international organizations and with their relations inter se. An
important secondary theme will be the effect of public international law upon private
activity.
• A better understanding of basic concepts and problems of international actors (states,
intergovernmental organizations, and multinational corporations) and of the
international legal systems.
• Knowledge about the international treaties, their elaboration procedures and the legal
force of different types of international agreements.
• Knowledge about the relationship between international and national legal norms, as
well as international responsibility of the states regarding international norms that they
are party to.
• Identification of basic concepts and problems of public international law and of the
international legal system regarding the special interest of the students.
8. Contents
8.1. Course
Teaching methods Observations
Aims and Purpose of the Course: Explanation of the
Syllabus and Assignments PPT, video teaching, conversations,
explanations, case law, quizzes 2 hours
1.
WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL LAW?
• When did the present system of international law
develop?
• How does the idea of natural law differ from the
idea of positive international law?
The Origins of the International Legal Order and its
Nature
PPT, video teaching, conversations,
explanations, case law, quizzes
Case of the S.S. Wimbledon
2 hours
3
2. THE SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
• Where does international law come from?
• Why are sovereign States legally bound by
customary international law?
PPT, video teaching, conversations,
explanations, case law, quizzes
The Antelope Case- Restatement
3rd on Sources of International Law
2 hours
3. THE SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL
ORDER
• What are the necessary characteristics of a state?
• How is it determined when a new state is formed?
• Who acts on behalf of the state for purposes of
international law?
PPT, video teaching, conversations,
explanations, case law, quizzes
4 hours
4. TREATIES
• What is a treaty?
• How do states express their consent to be bound by
treaties?
• What is a reservation to a treaty?
PPT, video teaching, conversations,
explanations, case law, quizzes
4 hours
5. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
• What is the basic principle of state responsibility?
• Is state responsibility a rule of international law or
something different?
• When does state responsibility become an issue?
PPT, video teaching, conversations,
explanations, case law, quizzes
Draft Articles on Responsibility of
States for internationally wrongful
acts (ILC 2001)
4 hours
6. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LAW
• Can rules of international law be effective within
states?
• Must all rules of international law be effective as
law within states?
• Does it make a difference if the rule is treaty or
custom?
• Are international law and municipal (national) law
part of a single system of law or two different
systems?
• Are states under an obligation to give effect to
treaties within their municipal law?
PPT, video teaching, conversations,
explanations, case law, quizzes 4 hours
7. JURISDICTION, IMMUNITY FROM
JURISDICTION AND INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL LAW
• What are the two different philosophies of
international law and state sovereignty were
advanced by France and Turkey in the Lotus case?
• How does concurrent jurisdiction work?
• If two states have concurrent jurisdiction to try
someone, does that mean that either one can legally
send police to arrest him? Why not?
PPT, video teaching, conversations,
explanations, case law, quizzes
Lotus Case, The Antelope Case (Topic
2), Schooner Exchange Case
4 hours
8. Evaluation 2 hours
Bibliography 1. Malcom D. Evans, International Law, Third Ed., Oxford University Press, (2010);
2. David Harris, Cases and Materials on International Law, Fourth Ed., Sweet & Maxwell, (2001);
3. Additional readings, as indicated on this syllabus, will be posted to the website for this class and can be accessed
from the following page: http://www.rau.ro/cursuri.php;
4. Supplemental reading assignments and special questions/problems for research and reflection will occasionally be
distributed in class.
5. https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/the-hague-academy-collected-courses/*A9789028616622_05
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8.2. Seminar
Teaching methods Observations
Bibliography
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities’ representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
Yes, the content of the discipline is regularly discussed and updated together with business
environment representatives. All practical cases discussed are relevant for the students.
10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 80% 10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
Seminar test
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION 20% For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and
B in the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
………. ......................... ..................... ....................... ..............................
Date of the department approval Head of department signature
..................................... ............................................
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SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, BANKING
AND FINANCE
1.3. Department FOREIGN LANGUAGES
1.4. Bachelor field ECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1.5. Study program BACHELOR PROGRAM
1.6. Major INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES II
2.2. Course tutor
2.3. Seminar tutor
Associate Professor Gabriela BROZBA, PhD
2.4. Year of study
I
2.5. Semester
II
2.6.
Type of Assessment
V
2.6. Subject category
FS
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 2 out of
which:
3.2. course
3.3. seminar 2
3.4. Total hours/semester
28 out of
which:
3.5. course
3.6. seminar 28
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes 10
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study 11
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 10
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 31
3.8. Total hours/semester 75
3.9. Number of credits 3
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum -
4.2. for competences -
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
-
5.2.
for seminar
-
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s C5.
Assistance in international affairs for public international organizations, local and regional communities (EU
institutions, professional associations, chambers of commerce, clusters, etc.)
2
Tra
nsv
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l
com
pet
ence
s
CT4
To be able and use written and spoken English in their professional business interactions
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
• Ability to use standard English in business communication
7.2. Specific objectives - The students will acquire competencies regarding the professional
communication in the field of economics, in English.
- Use English for business communication with co-workers in some situations via
speaking and listening;
- Read adapted passages and articles on business topics and identify main ideas;
- Carry on business correspondence by understanding and replying to in-coming e-
mails.
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
Bibliography
8.2. Seminar Teaching methods Observations
1. Money in the Economy – budgets, forms of money; idioms
with money; money-related actors and activities
2. Money in the Economy – forms of remuneration,
reimbursement, financial aid; Present Perfect versus Past;
letter of compliment
3. Revision 1 – Present Perfect Simple and Continuous,
Present Perfect versus Past
4. Products and Services – types of products; life cycles;
online businesses
5. Products and Services – deliveries, wholesale and retail;
Present Perfect and Past Perfect Simple and Continuous;
letters of inquiry
6. Sales and World Trade – sale, sales, selling stages and
vocabulary
7. Sales and World Trade – international trade
8. Sales and World Trade – Future tenses; contracts; orders
Problem-solving
Conversation
Explanation
Observation
Exercise
28
3
9. Growth and Development: The Future of Business –
current trends and future outcome for businesses; the case of
Romania
10. Growth and Development: The Future of Business –
ecologist approaches and industry; drawing charts and
specific vocabulary
11. Travelling for Business and Leisure – preparations for
busines travel
12. Travelling for Business and Leisure – cultural awareness
and specificity; If Clauses; inquiries; brand awareness and
comparisons
13. Revision 2, Units 6-9 – tenses, phrasal verbs, vocabulary
14. Written test
Bibliography
1. Focus on Business (Dude at ali.), 10th edition, Ed. ProUniversitaria, 2019.
2. English Grammar in Use Book with Answers and Interactive eBook: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for
Intermediate Learners of English (Raymond Murphy), Cambridge University Press, 2019.
3. Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners (Robin Torres-Gouzerh), McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.
4. Career Paths - Business English: Student's Book (Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley), Express Publishing UK Ltd., 2011.
5. Business English, 10th Edition (Mary Ellen Guffey, Carolyn M. Seefer), South-Western College Pub., 2010.
6 Ian Mackenzie. English for Business Studies + student's book, teacher's book, audio cassettes & disks, Cambridge
University Press, 2010.
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
10. Assessment
11. Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance
Performance Course test
10.5. Seminar Frequency Seminar attendance 10%
Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
50%
Seminar test 40%
B. FINAL EVALUATION
For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and
B in the final grade are reversed.
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
Associate Prof. Gabriela BROZBĂ, PhD
Date of the department approval Head of department signature
Associate Prof. Elena MUSEANU, PhD
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SYLLABUS SPREADSHEET
1. Program information
1.1. University ROMANIAN – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
1.2. School / Department Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance
1.3. Department Physical Education and Sport – Kinesiotherapy
1.4. Bachelor field Economics and international business
1.5. Study program Bachelor program
1.6. Major International Business
2. Subject information
2.1. Subject name SPORTS II
2.2. Course tutor
2.3. Seminar tutor
Associate professor DIMA MARIUS DUMITRU PhD.
2.4. Year of study
I 2.5. Semester
II 2.6.
Type of Assessment
V 2.6. Subject category
3. Estimated total hours (teaching hours/semester)
3.1. Number of hours per week 2 out of
which:
3.2. course
3.3. seminar 2
3.4. Total hours/semester
28 out of
which:
3.5. course
3.6. seminar
28
Allotted time hours
Study from teaching materials, course notes, bibliography and student notes
Additional library study, on specialized online platforms and on field study
Preparation seminars/laboratories, topics, essays, portfolio 6
Tutoring hours 14
Examinations 2
Other activities -
3.7. Total hours/ individual study 6
3.8. Total hours/semester 50
3.9. Number of credits 2
4. Preconditions (if there is any)
4.1. for curriculum
4.2. for competences Acquisition of a system of motor skills, to compensate professional activities and
promote a healthy lifestyle.
5. Pre – requisites (if there is any)
5.1.
for course
5.2.
for seminar
Seminar activities take place in well-equipped gyms with modern equipment.
6. Acquired specific competences
Pro
fess
ion
al
com
pet
ence
s
2
Tra
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s
7. Objectives (resulting from the acquired specific competences scale)
7.1. General objective of the
subject
The graduate student with physical, mental and training attributes, very competitive,
able to cope with the prolonged work schedule, in a functional market economy.
7.2. Specific objectives • To maintain and preserve physical and mental health and strength
• To positively influence somatic, physiological and motion indicators by
increasing the level of physical training.
• To acquire basic elements pertaining to the technique and practice of certain
sports.
• To acquire the habit of independent and systematic practice of physical
exercise and preferred sports, as attributes of an individual with a high degree
of civilization and emancipation.
8. Contents
8.1. Course Teaching methods Observations
8.2. Seminar Teaching methods Observations
Discussing the regulations and requirements of the
physical education and sports subject.
Clear acquisition of procedures and techniques specific
for sports games.
Applications regarding the techniques specific to certain
sports games, accessible for the students.
Acquisition of adequate physical training.
Acquisition of theoretical knowledge and regulations
regarding the sports discipline.
Acquisition of knowledge regarding the hygienic
lifestyle, of the influence of physical training upon the
body, upon the basic functions, prevention of certain
accidents.
Bibliography
• Burrows S., Byrne M., Young S., AQA A Level Physical Education Student Guide: Factors affecting
optimal performance in physical activity and sport, Hodder Education, 2019
• Darst P., Dynamic Physical Education for Secondary School Students, Cram101 Publisher, 2016
• Haag H., The Future of School Sport (Physical Education) in Today's World: Scientific Concepts for
Practical Innovations, Logos Verlag Berlin, 2008
• Hardman K., Contemporary Issues in Physical Education, Meyer Meyer Sports, 2011
• Jeziorski R., Hesburg T. M., Importance of School Sports in American Education and Socialization,
UPA Publisher, 1994
• Rajagopal I., Physical and Health Education: Text Book for Education & Physical Education Students,
CreateSpace Publishing, 2014
9. Enhancing the subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic communities representatives, professional
associations and important employers pertaining to the field of the study program
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10. Assessment
Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 10.4. Course
10.5. Seminar Number of classes per semester It is registered the
attendance and level of
involvement during the
seminar activities
50
Test for checking general motor skills Testing during classes 10
Tests specific to the sports discipline for which the student opted
Testing during classes 10
Evaluation of the level of appropriation of the exercises and work programs, as well as progress in aerobic gymnastics and fitness
Testing during classes 10
Participation in sports and student competitions and basic theoretical knowledge from the sports and physical education subject
Testing 10
Level of acquisition of the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject
Testing 10
B. FINAL EVALUATION -EXAM SESSION Admitted/ rejected For students who, based on criterion A do not obtain at least 80% of the maximum score, the weights of criteria A and
B in the final grade are reversed.
10.6 Activity type 10.1. Assessment criteria 10.2. Assessment methods 10.3. Final grade
determination (percent)
A. ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
10.4. Course Frequency Course attendance
Performance Course test
10.5. Practical activities Frequency Seminar attendance 50%
Performance Applicative activities, case
studies, etc.
50%
B. FINAL EVALUATION
Date Course tutor signature Seminar tutor signature
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Date of the department approval Head of department signature
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