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2.4AimsandRelationshiptoOtherCourses4
2.5StudentLearningOutcomes5
3LEARNINGANDTEACHINGACTIVITIES5
3.1ApproachtoLearningandTeachingintheCourse5
3.2LearningActivitiesandTeachingStrategies6
4ASSESSMENT7
4.1FormalRequirements7
4.2QualityAssurance7
4.3AssessmentDetails8
4.3.1Week9In-SessionTest8
4.3.2TutorialParticipation8
4.4FinalExamFormat9
4.5FeedbackQuizzes9
5ACADEMICHONESTYANDPLAGIARISM10
6COURSEEVALUATIONANDDEVELOPMENT10
7STUDENTRESPONSIBILITIESANDCONDUCT11
7.1Workload11
7.2Attendance11
7.3KeepingInformed11
7.4SpecialConsiderationandSupplementaryExaminations11
Youmustsubmitallassignmentsandattendallexaminationsscheduledforyourcourse.Youshouldseekassistanceearlyifyousufferillnessormisadventurewhichaffectsyourcourseprogress.11
GeneralInformationonSpecialConsideration:
11
8STUDENTRESOURCESANDSUPPORT13
9COURSERESOURCES14
9.1OtherusefulReadings:
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10COURSESCHEDULE15
10.1LectureSchedule15
10.2TutorialSchedule15
11KEYDATESANDSTUDENTRESPONSIBILITIES16
STAFFCONTACTDETAILS
1.1Staff
LecturerinCharge
DianeEnahoro
RoomNumber:
ASB461
Ph:
93853317
D.Enahoro@unsw.edu.au
ContacttheLecturer-in-Chargeforallacademicmatters.
CourseAdministrator
JonathanLim
ASB463
93853565
Jonathan.k.h.lim@unsw.edu.au
Lecturers
ArielBenYishay
ASB404B
93854967
a.benyishay@unsw.edu.au
AlbertoMotta
Quad3124
93859771
motta@unsw.edu.au
PeterNichols
RoomNumberASB465
p.nichols@unsw.edu.au
ContacttheCourseAdministrator,JonathanLimforallmatters.
Tutors
Afulllistofthetutors’namesandcontactdetailswillbeavailableontheCoursewebsitebythefirstweekofsession.
1.2Communicationswithstaff
Youshouldfeelfreetocontactyourlectureraboutanyacademicmatter.Allenquiriesaboutthesubjectmaterialshouldbemadeatlecturesortutorialsorduringconsultationtime.Discussionofcoursesubjectmaterialwillnotbeenteredintovialengthyemails.
1.3Pitstop
Pitstopprovidesanopportunityforconsultationwithtutors.ItwillstartinWeek3andcontinueuntilWeek15;
thatisitcontinuesintotheexamstudyperiod.ThescheduleofPitstoptimesforthiscoursewillbeannouncedontheCoursewebsite.
2COURSEDETAILS
2.1TeachingTimesandLocations
LecturesstartinWeek1andendinWeek12.TutorialsstartinWeek2andendinWeek13.Afulllistoftutorials,timesandnamesoftutorswillbeavailableontheCoursewebsite.
Thelecturetimesandlocationsareshowninthetablebelow.
LectureGroupA
Mon13:
00-14:
00,
Wed10:
00-11:
00
CentralLectureBlock
KeithBurrowsTheatre
LectureGroupB
Mon11:
00-12:
Tue14:
00-15:
LectureGroupC
Thu12:
00-13:
Fri16:
00-17:
LectureGroupD
Wed14:
00
Fri11:
LawTheatre
LectureGroupE
Wed18:
00-20:
LectureGroupF
Wed15:
00-16:
Fri14:
RexVowelsTheatre
2.2UnitsofCredit
Thecourseisworth6unitsofcredit.
2.3SummaryofCourse
Thiscourseexaminestheprinciplethatmarketsworkefficientlyintheallocationandproductionofgoodsandserviceswhichresultsinmaximumwelfare.However,sometimesthemarketfailstowork(marketfailure);
thiscourseinvestigatesthereasonsforthemarketfailurewhilstsuggestingremediestothesefailures.Theseremedies,whichincludetheinterventionofthegovernment,arecomparedandevaluatedfortheireffectonefficiencyandwelfaremaximisation.
2.4AimsandRelationshiptoOtherCourses
Theaimofthiscourseistoprovideanintroductiontomicroeconomicanalysis.ThismeansthatECON1101Microeconomics1isanintroductorycourseinthetheoryofmarketswithrelevantapplicationstobusiness,socialandindividualissues.
Thecoursecoverstheprinciplesandconsequencesof“rational”choicebyindividualeconomicagentsinmarkets.Thecoursealsoprovidesanintroductoryanalysisoftheroleofgovernmentsinseekingtoensuretheefficientoperationofmarkets.
ECON1101Microeconomics1providesabroadintroductiontoeconomicanalysisandisacorerequirementforallstudentsintheB.ComandB.Ecprogram.ECON1101MicroeconomicsIisaprerequisiteforECON1102MacroeconomicsIandforallcoursesintheSchoolofEconomicswithacoursecodenumberbeginningwith2or3.
Nopreviousstudyofeconomicsisassumed.
2.5StudentLearningOutcomes
AfterstudyingECON1101,studentsshould:
1.Befamiliarwithacoresetofeconomicconceptsandprinciplesthatareimportantforsoundeconomicreasoningandrationaldecisionmaking
2.Beabletoapplythiscoresetofeconomicconceptsandprinciplestotheunderstandingofawiderangeofeconomicproblemsandissues.
3.Constructeconomicargumentsintermsoftheseconcepts,andpresentlogicaleconomicargumentsinbothwrittenandoralform.
4.Befamiliarwiththedifferentmarketenvironmentsinwhichmanagement,social,andindividualbusinessdecisionsaremade;
5.Haveknowledgeofthejustificationsfor,andlikelyeffectsofGovernmentMicroeconomicpolicy.
ThiscoursecontributestoyourdevelopmentofthefollowingAustralianSchoolofBusinessGraduateAttributeswhicharethequalities,skillsandunderstandingswewantyoutohavebythecompletionofyourdegree.
GraduateAttributes
LearningOutcomes
ASBGraduateAttributes
AttributeNo.
1,2,3,5
Criticalthinkingandproblemsolving
1
2,3
Communication
2
3
Teamworkandleadership
4,5
Social,ethicalandglobalperspectives
4
In-depthengagementwithrelevantdisciplinaryknowledge
5
Professionalskills
6
3LEARNINGANDTEACHINGACTIVITIES
3.1ApproachtoLearningandTeachingintheCourse
ThephilosophyunderpinningthiscourseanditsTeachingandLearningStrategiesarebasedon“GuidelinesonLearningthatInformTeachingatUNSW.Theseguidelinesmaybeviewedat:
www.guidelinesonlearning.unsw.edu.au.Section3.2(below)providesmoredetailonTeachingandLearningStrategiesforthiscourse.
Thelectures,tutorialsandassessmenthavebeendesignedtoappropriatelychallengestudentsandsupporttheachievementofthedesiredlearningoutcomes.Aclimateofinquiryanddialogueisencouragedbetweenstudentsandtutorsandamongststudents(inandoutofclass).Thelecturerandtutorsaimtoprovidemeaningfulandtimelyfeedbacktostudentstoimprovelearningoutcome.
TheexaminablecontentofthecourseisdefinedbytheTextreferencesgivenintheLectureOutline,thecontentoflectures,thecontentoftheTutorialProgram,andanyadditionalmaterialprovidedbytheLecturerinCharge.
3.2LearningActivitiesandTeachingStrategies
Studentswillbetaughtthe“coreprinciples”ofeconomicsandgivenpracticeatapplyingtheseprinciplestoeverydayproblems.Theaimistoteachthestudentsto“thinklikeaneconomist”whetheritisineverydayorworkplacesituations
Lectures
ThepurposeofLecturesistoprovidealogicalstructureforthetopicsthatmakeupthecourse;
toemphasizetheimportantconceptsandmethodsofeachtopic,andtoproviderelevantexamplestowhichtheconceptsandmethodsareapplied.
Tutorials
Thepurposeoftutorialmeetingsisprimarilytoprovideanopportunityforsmallgroupdiscussionoftheissues,towhicheconomicconceptsandmethodscanbeapplied,andtoprovidepracticeandfeed-backinwritingshortanswersaddressingspecificquestionsassetoutintheProblemandReviewQuestions.
ATutorialProgramwhichcontainstheProblemandReviewQuestionsfortutorialswillbedistributedinthefirstlectureandwillbepostedontheCoursewebsite.
TheProblemQuestionsconsistofselectedend-of-chapterproblemsandexercisesfromthetextbook(Frank,JenningsandBernanke)andotherproblemsandexercises.Studentsshouldattemptthesetofweeklyexercisesbeforeeachtutorial.Thesolutionswillbepostedonthewebthefollowingweek.
Insometutorialsstudentswillbeexpectedtowriteaparagraphtypeanswertoquestions.Inthefirsttutorialsthesewillbeselfassessed,inlatertutorialsthesewillbepeerassessedandinalatertutorialthesewillbeassessedbythetutor.Theaimofthesequestionsistogiveyoupracticeinwritinganswers.Nomarkswillbeawardedtoselfandpeerassessedattemptsbutyourparticipationinthesewritingtasksasawriterandasanassessorwillformthebasisofyourmarkoutof5forclassparticipation.
Inthetutorialsitisexpectedthatthetutorwillcoveronlythosequestionswhichstudentsfindparticularlydifficult.ThismaymeanthatnotallthequestionssetoutintheTutorialProgramwillbeaddressedineachtutorial.QuestionswhicharenotcoveredinthetutorialscanbeaddressedinPITSTOPorPASS(seeSection6.2below)orpostedontheDiscussionforumofthewebsite.
Out-of-ClassStudy
Whilestudentsmayhavepreferredindividuallearningstrategies,itisimportanttonotethatmostlearningwillbeachievedoutsideofclasstime.Lecturescanonlyprovideastructuretoassistyourstudy,andtutorialtimeislimited.
An“ideal”strategy(onwhichtheprovisionofthecoursematerialsisbased)mightinclude:
1.Readin