Course guide of Monetary and Banking Economics (23911A1)

Not required

• The financial system: organization and institutional aspects
• Theory of monetary policy
• Theory of financial intermediation
• Industrial Organization of the Banking Sector
• The transmission channels of monetary policy
• Applications and cases of monetary policy and banking economics

• As a result of successfully completing this course unit, the student will be able to:
• Know and apply the basic concepts of Finance
• Know the operation and transmission mechanisms of monetary policy from a theoretical and practical perspective
• Know the institutional configuration of the financial system. Identify and develop financial intermediation models.

• The financial system: organization and institutional aspects
• Theory of monetary policy
• Theory of financial intermediation
• Industrial Organization of the Banking Sector
• The transmission channels of monetary policy

Applications and cases of monetary policy and banking economics

Casu, B., Girardone, C. and P. Molyneux (2021), Introduction to Banking, 3rd Edition, Pearson

Walsh. C. (2010) Monetary Theory and Policy, Fourth Edition, MIT Press

List of papers provided by the professor

https://www.ecb.int

https://www.federalreserve.org

https://www.bis.org

• MD01. Docencia presencial en el aula 
• MD02. Estudio individualizado del alumno, búsqueda, consulta y tratamiento de información, resolución de problemas y casos prácticos, y realización de trabajos y exposiciones. 
• MD03. Tutorías individuales y/o colectivas y evaluación  

According to the Rules of assessment and grading of the students of the University of Granada (latest changes approved by the Governing Board of 26th October 2016), the assessment of students’ academic performance will reflect public, objective and impartial criteria, and will preferably be continuous:

• Article 8 of the current Rules for Assessment provides for the taking of a single final assessment, which students may apply for in the first two weeks of teaching of the subject (or two weeks following change of matriculation). Application is to be made through the electronic system, citing and accrediting the reasons for not being able to undergo the system of continuous assessment (reasons of employment, health, disability or any other correctly justified cause), with the understanding that this assessment is undertaken in a single academic act in order to accredit that the student has acquired in full the competencies described.

General assessment:

• Exam: 7 points. It consists open-ended questions

• Practical exercises: The exercises proposed on each lesson can be submitted as part of the continuing assessment process. They can add to 2 points when they are submitted before they are resolved in class and 1 point extra if the student volunteers to resolve them during class.

• A final extraordinary assessment will consist of open-ended questions. The exam will be grade on a 0-10 scale.

• It will consist of open-ended questions. The exam will be grade on a 0-10 scale

INCLUSION and DIVERSITY. In the case of students with disabilities or other specific educational support needs (SEN), the tutoring system will be adapted to these needs, according to the recommendations of the area with competences in inclusion of the University of Granada, proceeding departments and centers to establish appropriate measures so that the tutorials are held in accessible places. Likewise, at the request of the teaching staff, support may be requested from the competent unit of the UGR in the case of special methodological adaptations.

The Department of Economic Theory and History, in accordance with the Regulations for the attention to students with disabilities and other specific educational support needs (approved by the Governing Board of the University of Granada on 20th September 2016) will promote the right to education under conditions of equal opportunities to students with disabilities and other specific educational support needs. The necessary assistance actions will be established to achieve their full and effective inclusion, guaranteeing their right to inclusive education, in accordance with the principles of non-discrimination, equal opportunities and universal accessibility, so that they can achieve the maximum possible development of their personal and , in any case, the objectives established in general for all students.

Likewise, according to article 11 current Rules for Assessment of students at the University of Granada, the evaluation systems will be adapted to students with disabilities or other specific needs of educational support, guaranteeing in any case their rights and favouring their inclusion in university studies

The information in this guide may be modified due to supervening circumstances, changes in regulations or new guidelines that may be given by the health authorities, the University, or the School of Economics and Management.