ECF1100: Microeconomics

weekly tutorial participation - 10%
so i went to all 10 tutorials but they only gave me 9/10. so apparently you have to talk a considerable amount within your group (which i thought i did lol but i guess not). in other tutorials this may be how you present your answer to the class.

preclass quiz through aplia - 10%
this quiz you have to do before the lecture. its basically a quiz on the lecture material that the lecturer will present to you on the week. i think its so stupid because it means you have to self learn and forces you to do the readings before the lecture which means you know all the content because its self taught and there's really no point in attending the lectures. i found myself the lectures to be quite useless as i basically self taught myself the content through aplia. it is important you do the quizzes 3 times if you got the first time wrong so your aplia grade will go up - this can add up to a considerable amount of time (2-3 hrs per aplia quiz per week).

mid sem - 20%
this mid sem was very easy. i think average was a D. it only covers weeks 1-6 which you'll well in if you nail and understand the aplia quizzes.

assignment 1 - 5%
relates to the early weeks which was easy. i used paint to make demand and supply curves and still got full marks for it. just make sure you explain everything you put down because people had marks taken off for supplying a graph but with no explanation as to why their graph was the way it was.

assignment 2 - 5%
a lot harder than assignment 1. my friend found the answers to this assignment on google, in which some of it was wrong lmao. i know different groups of people who followed the answers that was found on google and got the same mark so make sure you know what your writing down before you mindlessly copy from google

exam - 50%
only testing weeks 7-12 which is arguably harder than testing weeks 1-12 because 7-12 is muchhhhhhhhh harder than weeks 1-6. if you did vce economics, weeks 1-6 you will breeze through but 7-12 you will start to struggle if you do not focus. it is important you really understand what is happening because weeks 7 content builds off the rest of the semesters.
during the exam, it was quite easy but the way they worded things was a bit difficult and unnecessary.

ok so i really hate how this unit was structured because im not sure why they would test you before the lecture. i know its to promote the fact that u have to do your readings but whats the point of the lecture further in the week when you already know the content through the aplia quizzes you have to do before hand? i think thats the most stupid thing ever.

i found myself not going to the lectures because of the lecturer's thick accent as well as the fact that i already knew the content. i guess if you wanted to consolidate your learning you would go but i felt that i did not need to and i did fine without it. 2 hours for a lecture is also very draining and if i were you, i would just watch parts at home on stuff you dont really understand.

content is ok i guess but gets difficult towards the end as mentioned before. you can do well in this unit if you dedicate time. if you don't then i dont think this unit is for you as you cannot bludge the later weeks.

he ling shi

1 sample exam with answers (much easier than what was on the exam lol)

2 out of 5

Yes with screen capture

principles of micro economics 7th edition by joshua gans. this is a very important book because its what you use for the aplia quiz since you dont know any content and are already tested on it. it is also important for tutorial questions because previous editions will have different questions than this specific edition. i know in clayton they cater to both 7th edition and 6th, but in caulfield they do not.

2 hr lecture - really long and drags on often. lecturer takes a while to explain concepts.
1 hr tutorial (compulsory) - my tute, we didn't really do anything except talk in groups about tutorial questions which tbh was a waste of time but i was there because each tutorial equals 1 per cent of each grade. but some of my friends in other tutes said you had to present a tutorial question each to the rest of the class so it really depends on your tute.

sem 1 2018

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Tutorial participation and homework completion - 10%
Group assignment - 10%
Mid semester test (multiple choice) - 20%
Online quizzes (weekly) - 10%
Exam - 50%

Overall this was a very good introductory subject into microeconomics. Assessments were easy and the lectures were engaging. I had George Rivers as my lecturer and he made the lectures interesting with the odd joke and showed the lighter side of the subject.

George Rivers and Kristy Coulter

No past exam available, however there was one practice exam provided, some of the exam questions appeared on the practice exam

4.5/5

Lectures are not recorded, however slides which the lecturer has annotated on are uploaded onto noodle

What must you buy? What is "recommended"? Do you need it?

1 x 2 hour lecture per week and 1 x 1 hour tutorial each week

Semester 2, 2013

(Pending)