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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

307795 (v.2) Economic Principles 515

Area: School of Economics and Finance
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: The syllabus covers the key principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics analyses how the economy’s scarce resources are allocated. The focus is on prices and markets. Topics include the economic problem, marginal analysis, demand and supply analysis, elasticity, market efficiency and market failure. Emphasis is placed on the application of theory to real world events. Macroeconomics focuses on the performance of the whole economy. Topics include the business cycle, measuring economic activity, economic growth, unemployment and inflation, the aggregate demand and aggregate supply model, monetary and fiscal policy, the exchange rate and the international economy.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 091901 Economics
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1         Y
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2         Y
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2012 Sydney Campus Semester 2 Y        
2012 Sydney Campus Summer Semester Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External