Units : | 1 |
School or Department : | School of Business |
Grading basis : | Graded |
Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Requisites
Enrolment is not permitted in ECO1201 if either ECO1002 or ECO1000 has been previously completed
Overview
This course provides you with an understanding of the fundamental concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics. This course develops your ability to apply economic analysis to business problems and policy issues as a business graduate. The course provides technical competency in the economics of market systems, market structures, market failures, and macroeconomic indicators and policies, and professional competency in intellectual, interpersonal and communication skills. This course is a required technical and profession competency component of CPA and CAANZ accreditation and specifically addresses Technical Competency Area 5.
Economics is a social science that studies how society manages its scarce resources. In this course, you will learn how to use resources more efficiently and allocate things in a manner that makes us all better off. You will master the fundamental concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics and gain the capacity to apply them to real-world issues through case studies. These case studies place you in real-world situations requiring them to apply their theoretical understanding to explain and critically analyse these problems faced by business and economic managers.
Course offers
Study period | Mode | Campus |
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Semester 2, 2023 | On-campus | Springfield |
Semester 2, 2023 | On-campus | Toowoomba |
Semester 2, 2023 | Online |