Area: | Curtin Business School |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Syllabus: | The nature of economics, the market economy (supply and demand, elasticity). Production and cost structures of firms, market structures (perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly). The Circular Flow model. Government intervention in the economy. The macroeconomic goals of government. Fiscal and Monetary policy. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be have - Developed an understanding of key economic principles. Become aware of a cross-section of contemporary economic problems facing many countries today. Established a modest level of economic literacy. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Shade, Mullins and Miller, Practical Economics - An Introduction, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Test One (week 3) 10 %. Test Two (week 7) 10 %. Test Three (week 9) 10 %. Test Four (week 12) 10 %. Examination (week 13) 60 %. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 91901 Economics | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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