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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.

313410 (v.1) International Resource Trade 602

Area: Department of Minerals and Energy Economics
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 36.0
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: 9 x 4 Hours Semester
Prerequisite(s): 10939 (v.6) Natural Resources Economics 601 or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit seeks to investigate the sources of international competitiveness of the world resources industries. Its focus is: on nations such as Australia, Canada, and Chile, which are now leading minerals exporters; on emerging (and declining) developing nations with major mineral endowments; and on companies which seek to maintain profits and enhance, or at least retain, their market positions.
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: 091900 Economics and Econometrics (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Perth City Campus Trimester 1 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