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ECM5953

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 26 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Economics

Coordinator(s)

Dr Luc Borrowman (Semester 1
Dr Poon Wai Ching (Semester 2)

Offered

Malaysia

  • First semester 2016 (Day)
  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit explores:

Microeconomics: scarcity, economic choice, economic systems, economic ideology, demand and supply analysis, consumer behaviour and elasticity, costs of production and profit maximisation, and perfect competition and monopoly.

Macroeconomics: aggregate demand and aggregate supply, Keynesian versus Neoclassical approaches, the money market and monetary policy, the government budget deficit and fiscal policy, the foreign exchange market and exchange rate policy, unemployment and inflation, and current and capital accounts.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. develop a basic understanding of the methodology and principles of economics
  2. develop a basic understanding of micro and macro economics
  3. present arguments and make decisions in the economic environment.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated reading, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Luc Borrowman (Semester 1)
Dr Poon Wai Ching (Semester 2)

Prohibitions

ECF5953, ECF9530