Undergraduate - UnitECC1000 - Principles of microeconomics

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) Sunway First semester 2012 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day) Sunway Second semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Ross Booth (First semester)

Synopsis

The nature and scope of economics; different economic systems; economic policy analysis and evaluation; main bodies of economic thought; examples of household, business and government economic decision problems; consumer choice, product demand and factor supply; enterprise choice, product supply and factor demand; market analyses of contemporary issues; competitive market long run equilibrium; market power; market failure and concerns for efficiency and equity; government involvement in the Australian economy.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

be familiar with the 'economic way of thinking' about a broad range of individual, business and government choices and decisions
apply economic principles to explain and analyse Australian economic institutions, economic decisions and performance
make informed and critical assessment and criticism of the public debate on many economic policy issues
proceed to the study of other economics units which have an introduction to microeconomics as a prerequisite.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (2 hours): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Ross Booth (Semester 1)
Dr Dinusha Dharmaratna (Semester 2)

Contact hours

3 hours per week