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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1 hour class, 1 x 2 hour seminar per week; independent online learning activities via the unit site
1 hour class recording (or equivalent instructional videos), 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week; independent online learning activities via the unit site
This unit is about the behaviour of consumers and producers and their interaction in the marketplace. The study of how markets operate is essential to understanding any form of economic behaviour in the global arena. The tools of market analysis developed in the unit provide the foundation for an understanding of issues such as coordinating people's needs with the world's limited resources, corporate pricing strategies, monopoly power, government regulation, the environment, income inequality, the economic relationships between countries and foreign trade.
Describe, analyse and apply key microeconomic concepts, including the rational basis upon which consumers and producers make decisions
ULO2
Describe policy approaches applied to the operation of markets when they fail to provide socially optimal outcomes
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO3
Use appropriate economic tools (including graphs and basic algebra) to interpret, analyse and explain microeconomic concepts
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO3: Digital literacy
ULO4
Obtain and present information and data related to a real world issue, and critique approaches to the issue in a global context
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO8: Global citizenship
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Online Examination (Open Book)
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MAE101 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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