Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminar | 11 x 1 Hour Seminars |
| Lecture | 11 x 1 Hour Lectures |
| Lecture | 11 x 2 Hour Lectures |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours Unseen written examination | 90% |
| Semester Assessment | Tutorial attendance and completion of prescribed exercises | 10% |
| Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Unseen written examination | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
* Understand optimising behaviour by households and firms and the effects of alternative market structures.
* They will also have analysed the composition of the main macroeconomic aggregates and how they are measured - consumption, saving, foreign economic activity, government spending.
* They will also gain an appreciation of how taxation and monetary policy can influence economic activity and the nature and causes of unemployment and inflation.
* They will also be able to relate the impact of changes in macroeconomic activity on the business sector.
Aims
To consolidate students' understanding of the principles underlying economics, using further detailed illustrations from the study of markets and the macroeconomy.
Brief description
This module builds on the fundamental principles underlying microeconomics and macroeconomics introduced to students in the prerequisite module. It develops key analytical concepts and consolidates the skills, knowledge and understanding required to work in management and business from a specialist perspective, for students taking single, major or joint honours Economics, Business Economics and Business Finance.
Content
- More on Microeconomics
- Consumer Choice
- Producer Choice
- Different Market Structures
- Goods where Consumption is Non-Rival
- General Equilibrium and Economic Efficiency
- More on Macroeconomics
- Personal Consumption
- The Monetary System
- Government and the Economy
- The International Economy and the Domestic Economy
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4