Late submissions of assessments

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, no extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available assessment-task marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24-hour period or part thereof that the submission is late. Late submissions will only be accepted up to 96 hours after the due date and time.

No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g., quizzes, online tests.

Table 1: Penalty calculation based on submission time

Special Consideration

To request an extension on the due date/time for a timed or non-timed assessment task, you must submit a Special Consideration application. An application for Special Consideration does not guarantee approval.

The approved extension date for a student becomes the new due date for that student. The late submission penalties above then apply as of the new due date.

CLASSES

This unit provides 2 hours teaching per week adopting a combination of asynchronous (one hour recorded lecture, slides, discussion forums, etc) and synchronous  (either one hour F2F lecture or one hour Online lecture via live Zoom meeting) and 1 hour tutorial per week (either F2F or Online via live Zoom meeting). Note: the intended delivery mode may need to change after the start of the session due to the evolving covid situation and students need to ensure they keep up with iLearn Announcements made during the session accordingly.

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 Unit Web Page on iLearn

Lecture and and all teaching material as well as up to date information concerning any aspect of the unit, including any changes to the schedule, will be available to students by logging on to the unit web page at http://ilearn.mq.edu.au.  Students are strongly advised that their learning is significantly enhanced by regularly following the videos, attending classes, and undertaking the relevant reading for the week. It is assumed that students will attend all live classes and 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 and live classes 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.coreecon.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.

Week 1:  Microeconomic foundations (Catch-up)

Week 2: Banks, money, and the credit market I (Chapter 10)

Week 3: Banks, money, and the credit market II (Chapter 10)

Week 4: Rent-seeking, price-setting, and market dynamics (Chapter 11)

Week 5: Markets, efficiency, and public policy (Chapter 12)

Week 6: Economic fluctuations and unemployment (Chapter 13)

Week 7: Unemployment and fiscal policy (Chapter 14)

Week 8: Inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy  (Chapter 15)

Week 9: Technological progress, employment, and living standards in the long run  (Chapter 16)

Week 10: Capstone: The great depression and the global financial crisis (Chapter 17)

Week 11: Capstone: The nation and the world economy (Chapter 18)

Week 12: Capstone: The Economics of pandemic (Extra materials)

Week 13: Review lecture - what have we learnt