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ECON8069
Business Economics

Workloads
Students taking this course are expected to commit at least 8 hours a weekto completing the work. This will include:

• Lectures – 2 hours

1 | T H E A U S T R A L I A N N A T I O N A L U N I V E R S I T Y

COURSE OVERVIEW

• Verbal

• Written comments on mid-semester exam

Policies
ANU has educational policies, procedures and guidelines, designed to ensure that staff and students are aware of the University’s academic standards, and implement them. You can find the University’s education policies and an explanatory glossary at:
http://policies.anu.edu.au/

Students are expected to have read the Academic Misconduct Rules 2014 before the commencement of their course.

The main textbook recommended for this course is:

Acemoglu, D., Laibson, D., and List, J.A, 2016, Economics, Global Edition, Pearson, Australia.

Tutors provide guidance to individuals and discuss solutions to pre-assigned questions in tutorial classes. To get the most out of the tutorials, students are advised to attempt the questions before hand. Solutions will not be provided online, if you wish to obtain solutions attendance of tutorials is recommended.

Given assessment will be marked and returned to you during your tutorial session it is advised that once you choose a tutorial you continue to attend that tutorial and only that tutorial.

ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS

Assessment Tasks

The final exam will cover material presented in lectures 8-13 only (the macroeconomics component of the course). The exam will be held as determined by Central Examinations.

Details will be made available closer to the date and will be available on http://timetable.anu.edu.au

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Communication
Attendance at all class meetings (lectures and tutorials) is expected. Students are responsible for all material and announcements that they miss due to absence. If students miss a class, they should liaise first with classmates who did attend. All announcements will be made on Wattle.