Module Identifier | RS14320 | ||||||||||||||
Module Title | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RURAL ECONOMY | ||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2006/2007 | ||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Michael Christie | ||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||||||||||||||
Other staff | Dr Brian J Garrod | ||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 3 x 1 hour lectures per week | |||||||||||||
Practical | 2 x 3 hour workshops during semester | ||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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1. Describe and apply basic principles of economics to rural issues.
2. Relate economic behaviour at the household and rural firm level to aggregate changes in the countryside.
3. Discuss the principles of business accounts and appraisal.
4. Explain linkages between the overall economy and prospects for agriculture and other rural industries.
5. Evaluate the arguments for and against agricultural trade liberalisation.
6. describe the framework of rural policy in the United Kingdom and Western Europe;
7. describe government policies relating to agriculture, conservation and the rural economy, at present and in the recent past;
8. assess the effectiveness of interventions by governments and their agencies in achieving their objective and targets.
Problem_solving | Exercise sheets will set students particular problems that will require the application of economic principles and basic economic tools in order to solve them. Exercise sheets are to be assessed. | ||
Communication | Students will be required to write using appropriate economic terms and to communicate their understanding of economic concepts as they apply to rural issues. This will be assessed through the examination. | ||
Application of Number | Some economic principles require numerical approaches, and both the exercise sheets and the short-answer examination questions will require evidence of the development of these skills. Exercise sheets are to be assessed. |
This module is at CQFW Level 4