309732 (v.1) Agribusiness Economics 102

Area:

Muresk Institute

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

6.0

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Lecture:

2 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Introduces students to the application of economic principles to the real world and the operation of economic policies. The objective is to introduce students to the basic economic principles and concepts of supply and demand, elasticities, basic market structures of agribusiness firms, and the factors that affect their operation, including issues related to competition and the failure of market mechanisms. 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.

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Field of Education:

059999 Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies not elsewhere classified

Funding Cluster:

10 - Agriculture

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Supplemental
*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
2007	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