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Course Outline
Semester 1, 2017
Students are also expected to have read and be familiar with Part B
Supplement to All Course Outlines. This contains Policies on Student
Responsibilities and Support, Including Special Consideration, Academic
Misconduct and Plagiarism, and Key Dates. It also contains the BUSINESS
SCHOOL PROGRAM LEARNING GOALS.
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2 COURSE DETAILS
There are no lectures in Week 8 due to the Anzac Day public holiday.
There are no tutorials in Weeks 7 due to the mid-term exam or Week 8 due to the
Anzac Day public holiday.
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The Course Learning Outcomes are what you should be able to DO by the end of this
course if you participate fully in learning activities and successfully complete the
assessment items.
The Learning Outcomes in this course also help you to achieve some of the overall
Program Learning Goals and Outcomes for all undergraduate coursework students in
the Business School. Program Learning Goals are what we want you to BE or HAVE
by the time you successfully complete your degree. You demonstrate this by achieving
specific Program Learning Outcomes - what you are able to DO by the end of your
degree.
For more information on the Undergraduate Program Learning Goals and Outcomes,
see Part B of the course outline.
The following table shows how your Course Learning Outcomes relate to the overall
Program Learning Goals and Outcomes, and indicates where these are assessed:
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This course helps you On successful completion of the course, This learning outcome
to achieve the following you should be able to: will be assessed in the
learning goals following items:
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Lectures
The purpose of lectures is to provide a logical structure for the topics that make up the
course; to emphasize the important concepts and methods of each topic, and to
provide relevant examples to which the concepts and methods are applied. Students
should refer to the assigned readings for further details and be sure to attempt the
tutorial exercises.
Tutorials
Tutorials begin in Week 2 and are an integral part of the subject. The object of the
tutorials is to discuss various approaches to, and issues associated with the assigned
exercises and topics covered in the course.
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Week 7 in lecture
Mid-session exam 40% 1 hr 30 min
time
University Exam
Final Exam 50% 2 hours
Period
Total 100%
4.3 Homework
No homework or assignments requirement. However, series of questions and problems
will be assigned prior to tutorial. Students should attempt answers and answers will be
presented in the tutorials, along with some additional material. Adhering to this practice
will maximize your learning experience and ease your study for exams.
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6 COURSE RESOURCES
The website for this course is on UNSW Moodle at: http://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au
Textbooks:
There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Whenever possible we will use open-
source textbooks that are freely available online. More details on the location of the
textbooks will be given on the first day of class. Examples of such textbooks that will be
referring to are:
This is a more basic treatment than the level of this course, but it is a good reference
and it has many applications.
Lecture notes will be available on Moodle, and should be treated as textbook material.
Additional Readings: Additional readings will be assigned for some lectures. As long
as copyright laws permit, these readings will be made available on the course website.
Lecture notes (when relevant) will be available on the course website on Moodle
usually at least 24 hours before each lecture. Tutorial exercises will be available on
Moodle about a week in advance of the tutorial in which they are covered.
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LECTURE SCHEDULE
Week Topic Reference
Introduction.
Admin matters
Detailed references for
Week 1 Equilibrium, efficiency, inefficiency each lecture will be
27 February distributed in the first
A simple 2-market example of general lecture/Week.
equilibrium
constraints
Pareto efficiency
economy.
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diagrams.
holiday)
Week 8
24 April No lectures due to Anzac Day public
holiday
Week 13 NO LECTURES
29 May
Tutorials start in Week 2 and finish in Week 13. The tutorial topics follow the topics of
the previous week lectures. More details on locations and dates for the tutorials will be
given on the first Week of class.
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