| Type: | Postgraduate Subject |
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| Code: | ECON71-100 |
| EFTSL: | 0.125 |
| Faculty: | Bond Business School |
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| Credit: | 10 |
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Description
An introduction to economics for postgraduate students, with a focus on microeconomics. An overview of fundamental topics such as opportunity cost, trade-off, relative scarcity and marginal analysis are explained using contemporary issues, including minimum wages, carbon taxes, competition policy and state ownership of monopolies. The underlying structure of macroeconomics is also included to provide a framework for understanding the economy as a whole and the news and policy that affects it.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Explain methods of resource allocation with reference to both efficiency and equity.
- Examine the principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics, including utility maximisation and the concept of equilibrium.
- Explain the role of individuals and businesses in different types of market structures, including perfect competition, monopolistic competition, monopoly, and oligopoly.
- Critically analyse economic situations using game theoretic techniques and the economics of asymmetric information.
- Critically evaluate regulatory and political environments' impact on business, making use of the concepts of market failure and public choice theory.
- Describe the effect of changes in macroeconomic indicators on business activity.
Enrolment requirements
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Nil |
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| Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.
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Subject outlines
- January 2025 [Standard - Principles of Economics]
- May 2024 [Standard - Principles of Economics]
- January 2024 [Standard - Principles of Economics]
- May 2023 [Standard - Principles of Economics]
- January 2023 [Standard - Principles of Economics]
- May 2022 [Standard - Principles of Economics]
- January 2022 [Standard - Principles of Economics]
Subject dates
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January 2024
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023 Semester start: 15/01/2024 Subject start: 15/01/2024 Last enrolment: 28/01/2024 Teaching census: 09/02/2024 Withdraw - Financial: 10/02/2024 Withdraw - Academic: 02/03/2024 -
May 2024
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 17/03/2024 Semester start: 13/05/2024 Subject start: 13/05/2024 Last enrolment: 26/05/2024 Teaching census: 07/06/2024 Withdraw - Financial: 08/06/2024 Withdraw - Academic: 29/06/2024 -
January 2025
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 10/11/2024 Semester start: 20/01/2025 Subject start: 20/01/2025 Last enrolment: 02/02/2025 Teaching census: 14/02/2025 Withdraw - Financial: 15/02/2025 Withdraw - Academic: 08/03/2025
| Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 12/11/2023 |
| Semester start: | 15/01/2024 |
| Subject start: | 15/01/2024 |
| Last enrolment: | 28/01/2024 |
| Teaching census: | 09/02/2024 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 10/02/2024 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 02/03/2024 |
| Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 17/03/2024 |
| Semester start: | 13/05/2024 |
| Subject start: | 13/05/2024 |
| Last enrolment: | 26/05/2024 |
| Teaching census: | 07/06/2024 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 08/06/2024 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 29/06/2024 |
| Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 10/11/2024 |
| Semester start: | 20/01/2025 |
| Subject start: | 20/01/2025 |
| Last enrolment: | 02/02/2025 |
| Teaching census: | 14/02/2025 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 15/02/2025 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 08/03/2025 |