Economic Policy in Action (BEA121) - Courses & Units - University of Tasmania, Australia

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Unit name	Economic Policy in Action
Unit code	BEA121
Credit points	12.5
Faculty/School	College of Business & Economics Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline	Economics
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Learning Outcomes

LO1	Define, measure and interpret microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts.
LO2	Apply microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts to describe the impact of global events, social change, government policy, changing economic conditions and the problems faced by government, business and individuals.
LO3	Develop and critically evaluate basic microeconomic and macroeconomic policy solutions for firms and government, given current economic conditions and policy and identify their welfare implications for different members of society.

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Requisites

Prerequisites

Students enrolling in BEA121 are expected to have the following basic skills in mathematics (from high school)

Linear Functions–plotting functions, identifying slope and intercept.

Students enrolling in BEA121 are also expected to be able to use:

MS Excel and MS Word–to perform simple calculations and produce professional reports.

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

XPD104

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Please see the unit outline for details.
Assessment	Quiz (10%), Workshop (15%), Assignment (25%), Final Exam (50%).
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Textbooks

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