MAE101 - Economic Principles

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 3: Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Elizabeth Manning

Trimester 2 Unit Chair:

Chris Doucouliagos

Trimester 3 Unit Chair:

Andrew Torre

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: MAEM101
Scheduled learning activities - campus:

2 x 1 hour classes, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 3 scheduled online seminars

Content

This unit is about the behaviour of consumers and producers and their interaction in the marketplace. The study of how markets operate is essential to understanding any form of economic behaviour in the global arena. The tools of market analysis developed in the unit provide the foundation for an understanding of issues such as coordinating people's needs with the world's limited resources, corporate pricing strategies, monopoly power, government regulation, the environment, income inequality, the economic relationships between countries and foreign trade.

Assessment

Assessment 1: (Individual) - Written assignment – includes graphs and/or calculations using digital technologies, finding and presenting information and/or data, explanations, analysis and critique (2,000 words) 25%

Assessment 2: (Individual) - Aplia: online quizzes and experiments 15%

Examination: (2-hours) 60%

Hurdle requirement: achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the examination

From Trimester 2 2019

Assessment 1: (Individual) - Written assignment – includes graphs and/or calculations using digital technologies, finding and presenting information and/or data, explanations, analysis and critique (2,000 words) 30%

Assessment 2: (Individual) - Aplia: online quizzes and experiments 20%

Examination: (2-hours) 50%

Hurdle requirement

From Trimester 2 2019

Hurdle requirement: Nil

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