303299 (v.4) Agricultural Market Analysis 102

Area:	Department of Agribusiness and Wine Science
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	309732 (v.2) Agribusiness Economics 102 or any previous version
Syllabus:	The application of economic principles to the real world and the operation of economic policies as they apply to agricultural markets. The analysis of current and future market trends to make decisions about which crops and livestock to produce. Students are introduced to the basic principles and concepts of supply and demand, elasticities, basic market structures of agribusiness firms, and the factors that affect their operation. Major macroeconomic issues in the economy and their effect on agribusiness firms, the functioning of the government in agribusiness, and the effect of government intervention in the market and international trade. An agricultural market of the student's choice will be studied in greater depth.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	050100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2010	Northam Campus	Semester 2	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