EC5208 - International Trade
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
Subject to sufficient enrolments
An exposition of the theory of international trade, the theory and practice of commercial policy and the theory of open-economy macroeconomics and its relation to regional development.
Learning Outcomes
- be able to apply this theory to a critical evaluation of policy debates;
- be able to evaluate the usefulness and limitations of international economics theory;
- have a knowledge of international trade.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to appraise information critically;
- The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
- The ability to think laterally and be original;
- The ability to conceptualise problems;
- The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems;
- The ability to encompass and use methods and conceptual advances in areas of knowledge cognate to their central area(s) of expertise.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Introductory subjects in Economics and Statistics |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EC3401 and BX3021 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor Zhang-Yue Zhou. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); other exams (20%); assignments (50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.