This course is compulsory on the BSc in Economic History. This course is available on the BA in Geography, BSc in Accounting and Finance, BSc in Economic History and Geography, BSc in Environment and Development, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and International Relations and BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students. This course cannot be taken with EC1A3 Microeconomics I.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Economic History. This course is available on the BA in Geography, BSc in Accounting and Finance, BSc in Economic History and Geography, BSc in Environment and Development, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and International Relations and BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students. This course cannot be taken with EC1A3 Microeconomics I.
20 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the MT. This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures totalling a minimum of 30 hours in the Michaelmas Term. This year, some or all of this teaching may be delivered through a combination of virtual classes, live streamed (recorded) lectures, and flipped content delivered as short online videos.
Students will submit weekly problems sets, and feedback will be provided on two pieces of work. Solutions will be available for both problem sets and weekly Moodle quizzes.
The course will loosely follow the following textbook. Any edition can be used. Microeconomics ? Daron Acemoglu, David I. Laibson, and John A. List (note the content is also part of the textbook Economics by the same authors). The following source will be useful for applications and discussion of core microeconomic issues: The Economy, Economics for a changing world. The Core Team.
Exam (90%, duration: 2 hours) in the January exam period. Coursework (10%) in the MT.