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ECON6049 – Economic Analysis

2021 – Session 1, Special circumstances

Notice

As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group activities on campus, and most will keep an online version available to those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.

To check the availability of face-to-face and online activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor and Lecturer
Ha Vu
ha.vu@mq.edu.au
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4ER 426
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Lecturer
Edwin Franks
edwin.franks@mq.edu.au
TBA
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Admission to MAccg or MAccLead or MAppEcon or MBkgFin or MIntBus or MProfAcc or MProfAccgLead
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

This unit provides an introduction to modern economic analysis. The first half of the unit deals with the theory and application of microeconomics, where individual decision making units and their interactions are examined. The second half is devoted to macroeconomics, which examines the problems associated with inflation, unemployment and the business cycle in the context of the Australian economy.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://students.mq.edu.au/important-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Analyse business issues using key microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts.
  • ULO2: Evaluate and apply appropriate diagrammatic representations of economic concepts and models.
  • ULO3: Identify and distinguish between the different market structures in an economy.
  • ULO4: Apply statistical analysis to evaluate the role of the government and the central bank and the instruments available to them to manage the economy.
  • ULO5: Appraise and suggest policy using relevant macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts and models to deal with real-world economic problems.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Assignments 40% No Week 6 and Week 10
Final online examination 60% No University Examination Period

Assignments

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: Week 6 and Week 10
Weighting: 40%

 

Economic theory and application will be analysed in two written submissions. Length will be of up to 1,500 words per submission.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse business issues using key microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts.
  • Evaluate and apply appropriate diagrammatic representations of economic concepts and models.
  • Identify and distinguish between the different market structures in an economy.
  • Apply statistical analysis to evaluate the role of the government and the central bank and the instruments available to them to manage the economy.
  • Appraise and suggest policy using relevant macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts and models to deal with real-world economic problems.

Final online examination

Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 35 hours
Due: University Examination Period
Weighting: 60%

 

A two-hour open book examination will be held during the University Examination Period

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Evaluate and apply appropriate diagrammatic representations of economic concepts and models.
  • Identify and distinguish between the different market structures in an economy.
  • Apply statistical analysis to evaluate the role of the government and the central bank and the instruments available to them to manage the economy.
  • Appraise and suggest policy using relevant macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts and models to deal with real-world economic problems.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Learning Skills Unit for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

Classes

• Each student must listen to the lectures and read the lecture slides each week that are available on the unit iLearn web page.

• Each student is required to participate in a weekly tutorial session to discuss and work on the worksheet associated with weekly lectures.

 

Textbook

• The textbook for this course can be found at the following: http://www.core-econ.org/

• You will need to register using your student email to access the textbook.

• The electronic version of the textbook is free. You can choose to purchase a hard copy of the textbook from the website.

 

Technology

• Students will require a non-programmable calculator. A calculator is non-programmable if it does not have any memory, or if it is capable of storing only numerical data within its memory.

• Students will also require access to a computer to view the iLearn website, to use Zoom for any online learning activities and to access the ebook that forms the textbook for the course.

 

Unit Web Page

• Course material is available at https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/

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Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct

Results

Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au

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The Library provides online and face to face support to help you find and use relevant information resources. 

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Equity Support

Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.

IT Help

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