Economic sages

By what criteria do people consume? How do companies compute to operate profitably? How does economic action affect our environment and our society? How does globalization influence economic processes, nature, and human behavior? What role does the state play in economic processes?

These and similar guiding questions provide starting points for considering the connections at the macro and micro levels from economic and biological perspectives.

In the profile WirtschaftsWeisen, the role of private sector companies, that of humans, and the role of the state in the economy are examined from different perspectives.
Students engage with questions of economic and ecological sustainability and align themselves with real challenges of our time. Central topics include the leeway for action and the responsibility of companies and the state in a changing producer and consumer reality.

Basic knowledge of operational processes and economic market processes is conveyed. Starting from exporting Germany as a nation, European and global market activity is analyzed, and different economic orders are examined for their feasibility. Additionally, we seek answers to the question of how a just global economic order should be designed and what responsibilities we as market participants have from the perspective of households as well as companies.

In the seminar, the focus lies on project orientation – the founding of a student company in collaboration with the external partner 'Juniorproject' of the Institute of the German Economy in Cologne. The students found a company and operate with their own business idea as in real business life, with the difference of simplified conditions. Economic education and business knowledge are acquired in a 'life-like' manner. The students work more independently than in conventional lessons and must tackle the unfamiliar, economy-life–modeled, complex challenges of the project on time.

Semester 1	I develop what I want!
Economics	The private company – economic and social center of action in transition
Biology	Molecular genetics and genetic engineering
Informatics	Object-oriented Programming
Seminar	Founding a student company JUNIOR-Expert
Semester 2	I sell what I want!
Economics	Fundamental questions of economics and the market as field of action
Biology	Ecology and sustainability
Informatics	Encryption & Networks
Seminar	Further work in the student company JUNIOR Expert
Semester 3	I do what I want!
Economics	Economic policy as an ordering design task
Biology	Evolution
Informatics	Simulation of economic processes
Seminar	Wissenschafts-propädeutisches Arbeiten I
Semester 4	I live as I want!
Economics	International economic relations and Europe
Biology	Neurobiology and self-understanding
Informatics	Artificial intelligence
Seminar	BOSO and scientific-propädeutisches Arbeiten II

 

Additional information:

Due to the central Abitur task and the resulting requirements for the subjects Biology and Informatics, both subjects try to integrate as much as possible with the core topics in Economics and connect them.

On April 27, 2018, Gyra was awarded the "Junior Premium School" badge. This badge is awarded after five years for constant participation in the Junior program and its consistent implementation in teaching by the Institute for Economic Research.