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Location: Hobart

Introduction

Microeconomics is essential for advancing understanding of human behaviours and evaluating the impact of public policy and business practices. The unit builds upon the materials covered in undergraduate economic units. The goal of the unit is to apply the basic principles of microeconomics to analyse a range of real-world problems and policy issues that involve the behaviour of consumers and firms and market interaction. The unit covers both theoretical and empirical approaches in microeconomics.

Summary

Unit name Microeconomics
Unit code BEA470
Credit points 12.5
College/School Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline Economics
Coordinator Associate Professor Satoshi Yamazaki
Delivered By University of Tasmania
Level Honours

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Availability

Location Study period Attendance options Available to
Hobart Semester 1 This unit is available through on-campus delivery Available to International Students Available to Domestic Students
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Study Period Start date Census date WW date End date
Semester 1 23/2/2025 24/3/2025 13/4/2025 31/5/2025

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Learning Outcomes

  • Analyse and contrast the economic behaviour of individual consumers and firms in different institutional environments.
  • Analyse and critically evaluate policies that affect the behaviour of individuals and market outcomes.
  • Communicate and present economic reasoning, knowledge and ideas.

Fee Information

Field of Education Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 Domestic Full Fee 4
091901 $2,124.00 $1,663.00 not applicable $2,726.00
  • Available as a Commonwealth Supported Place
  • HECS-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility3
  • FEE-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility4

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Requisites

Prerequisites

BEA200

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

4 hour workshop x 3; plus online content. Please refer to the timetable for dates, time and venue.

AssessmentTest 1 (30%)|Test 2 (30%)|Assignment (40%)
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Textbooks

Required

There is no prescribed text for this unit.
Recommended

Students find it useful to consult alternative references as part of their study program. Some useful references are:

  • Nicholson and Snyder, Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions (12th Edition), Cengage Learning, 2016. ISBN 9781305505797.
  • Perloff, Microeconomics (8th edition), Pearson, 2018. ISBN 9781292215624.
  • Angrist and Pischke, Mostly Harmless Econometrics, Princeton University Press, 2009. ISBE 9780691120355.
  • Cameron and Trivedi, Microeconometrics: Methods and Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 9780521848053.

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