ECON1101: Microeconomics 1

20% free marks from an online game called Playconomics (which you have to buy for like $30), 2x 15% short answer exams, 50% multiple choice finals.

None, but high school economics would help a lot.

Very important if you're studying economics or commerce or anything of that sort in the Business School. For me it was just a course which needed to be completed, despite being irrelevant to my degree. Please take this review with a grain of salt, I'm sure you'll fly through it if you're passionate about economics or even if you try a little bit (which I didn't really).

3 (2 hr lecture, 1 hr lab)

4/5 for me, 2-3/5 for literally everyone else

Yea

Alberto Motta

Will be provided with playconomics when you purchase it.

3

All playconomics!

2017, Sem 1

73

50% final exam, 30% tutorial quizzes, 20% Playconomics (a video game based on economic principles - Surprisingly easy, and literally a guaranteed 20% because all you have to do is finish it)

None

I took this as an elective - This is a really enjoyable course - Also the easiest course I've taken. 20% of the marks are literally free, most people I know who actually gave a damn in this subject got either a D or a HD. Playconomics is actually surprisingly enjoyable as a game, it's not a chore to play, just do it periodically to avoid massive all nighters near the end of semester to finish. The content is very interesting (though if you did HSC Economics, probably a bit repetitive), and although there is math involved, it's not hard. If you did alright in Year 10 math, this will be fine for you.

Sarah was good as a lecturer, but in the end I found it easier to self teach from the textbook (not difficult, the textbook is fabulous).
I highly recommend this as a Gen Ed. Not too difficult conceptually, so it won't take heaps of time away from more difficult courses from your stream, but very interesting nonetheless!

2 hour lecture, 1 hour tutorial

1 out of 5

Yes

Sarah Walker (there is a team of lecturers over several streams)

-

5 out of 5

Definitely required, you can buy it with Playconomics to make it easy. It was written specifically for this course.

2016/2

92 HD

20% of the marks are free because you just have to play through a game to get them. Other than that, essentially every mark counts, because the 15% weighting quizzes are out of 15, and the 50% weighted final exam is 50 multiple choice.

Nil, but I've heard that knowledge of Preliminary (Year 11) economics is beneficial. General maths skills would also help.

By nature, economics builds upon itself. This course is somewhat hard to self-learn, but regardless of how you learn (I seriously liked the lectures) you find that everything links to each other. It is not content heavy, and is in general, regarded as the easiest of the first year business courses.

This course is mandatory to all students undertaking a degree offered by the UNSW Business School, with the exception of B Information Systems.

Some courses are nice to give free marks, but I haven't seen them "as freely" as here. All you're doing is playing a game, and it actually helped me understand economics concepts better. The final exam is a bit of a shocker because it shows you how difficult multiple choice is, but for many people it still isn't hard enough to push them out of an easy HD.

This was my favourite course. It was the first time I loved something over my life-long passion for maths.

2 hours of Lecture, 1 hour of Tutorial

1/5

Yes

Scott French (LIC), Alberto Motta (Other lecturers include Peter Nichols, Sarah Walker)

Extremely limited. Usually gotta count on higher years having scavenged hard enough.

4.5/5

Dobrescu et. al., Principles of Microeconomics - An online textbook written by the lecturers specifically for this course. You will need it. Note that it also comes with some video recordings.

2016/1

96 HD