CLASSES

• This unit consists of a weekly 1 x 30 minute overview video lecture, 1 x 1 hour tutorial, and a two-hour video lecture and supporting slides that summarise the relevant sections from the textbook for that week.

• The timetable for lectures and tutorials can be found on the university web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au

Technology Used and Required

The lecture videos and slides will be available on the unit web page at http://ilearn.mq.edu.au and through Echo. Students are strongly advised that their learning is significantly enhanced by regularly following the videos and undertaking the relevant reading for the week. It is assumed that students will attend all tutorials. Students who do not regularly follow the video lectures put themselves at a significant disadvantage, including that not all the material in the text is covered in the unit and not all the material in the unit is covered in the text. In some places the text deals with issues in greater depth than is necessary for the unit, and in other places it doesn’t go far enough. The video lectures contain key unit material taught at the level required for the assessment tasks and are the guide to the unit content. The tutorials will demonstrate the way questions in macroeconomics are approached. The lectures and tutorials will include significant guidance about the style and content of the final exam and recommendations about study technique. It is difficult to provide meaningful assistance to students outside class times on topics for which they did not follow in advance the relevant lectures and tutorials.

Tutorials constitute a critical learning experience of this unit and students must attend their set tutorial. In ECON1021 we emphasise peer-to-peer learning by working through the exercises and learning from others within the tutorial. Your tutor's role is to help you understand the material. Ask your tutor for guidance on how to approach questions and problems. Brief tutorial solutions will be posted on iLearn after completion of all classes of each week.

Textbook

Students will need to consult this textbook:

• The Economy: Economics for a Changing World.

This text is produced by the CORE ECON team, and is available free online at https://www.core-econ.org/project/core-the-economy/. You will need to register on the site as a student. It is possible to obtain hard copies if desired.

Note that the CORE ECON project site contains significant additional resources that you should aim to make use of in aiding your learning.

Additional Readings

For some topics students will be required to read material in addition to the textbook. All additional readings will be posted on iLearn.