Course period: 1.
Year of study: 3.
Compulsory optional module

The main educational goal of the course is:

  • acquaint students with the basic principles and knowledge of index theory,
  • teach students to perform elementary analysis of time series, decomposition of time series,
  • acquire knowledge of basic demographic phenomena and processes,
  • to teach students the essence of theoretical and practical knowledge about the development and state of socio-economic characteristics in Slovakia and other countries,
  • provide students with the opportunity to improve their analysis work with MS-Excel,
  • gaining an analytical approach to solving economic problems that can be applied to the field of economic practice.

Brief course description:

  • Index theory.
  • Analysis and decomposition of time series.
  • Demographic phenomena and processes.
  • Socio-economic and macroeconomic indicators.