Module Identifier EC10510  
Module Title ECONOMICS 1A:RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND THE MARKET PROCESS  
Academic Year 2000/2001  
Co-ordinator Professor John Cable  
Semester Semester 1  
Mutually Exclusive EC10120  
Course delivery Lecture   20 Hours  
  Seminars / Tutorials   5 Hours  
Assessment Exam   2 Hours   100%  

Aims
To provide an introduction to the principles underlying microeconomics - the study of consumers, firms and market behaviour.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will understand the tradeoffs people face, the notion of opportunity cost, the way marginal analysis can help lead to rational decisions, how people respond to incentives, how trade can make everyone better off, and how markets are usually a good way to organise economic activity, but governments can sometimes improve market outcomes.

Module outline
The current year's module outline can be found via The School's website

Reading Lists
Books
N G Mankiw. (2000) Principles of Economics. 2nd ed. Dryden Press