ECON104-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010

Introduction to Microeconomics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2010
End Date: Sunday, 27 June 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 5 March 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 21 May 2010

Description

Scarcity, exchange and trade. Market analysis and policy. Consumer choice theory. Theory of the firm. Imperfect competition. Externalities and public goods.

Restrictions

ECON106, ECON199

Course Coordinator

Steve Agnew

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 7%
On-line multi choice tests 10%
AWA Assessment & Workshops 3%
Final Exam 60%
Term Test 20%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Mankiw, N. Gregory; Principles of microeconomics ; 4th ed; Thomson South-Western, 2007.

The course text can be purchased as a bundle with the ECON105 text:

Mankiw, N., G. Bandyopadhyay, D. & Wooding, P. (2007).  Principles of Macroeconomics in New Zealand.  Australia:  Thomson Learning.  

This text bundle can be purchased for a combined student discount price of around $135 and is a significant saving compared to buying both books separately.  

Students are also required to purchase the ECON104 Handbook that contains supplementary material, tutorial questions and details of assessment.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $593.00

International fee $2,538.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

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