Course Details in 2018/19 Session

Module Title	LC Mathematical Modelling for Economics
School	Birmingham Business School
Department	Birmingham Business School
Module Code	08 30393
Module Lead	TBC
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	10
Semester
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	Available to students studying in Dubai
Contact Hours	Lecture-30 hours Guided independent study-70 hours Total: 100 hours
Exclusions
Description	This module extends with applications the first year mathematics modules. It emphasises posing economic problems and the process of modelling them. The primary objective is to help students 'think like economists'. This is accomplished by studying examples from the literature in which key insights have allowed economic problems to be understood with new clarity. This module differs from others offered in its emphasis on formulating economic problems and the modelling process itself, rather than on solving already posed problems.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of the role of modelling in economics; pose economic problems formally; interpret examples of economic models from the literature reveal, through modelling, structural similarities between apparently dissimilar problems.
Assessment	30393-01 : Individual Problem Set : Coursework (80%) 30393-02 : Group Problem Set : Group Assessment - Coursework (20%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessments: 1 individual problem set (80%) 1 group problem set (20%). Reassessment: 2 x individual problem sets (100%)
Other	Duplicate of Bham-based module 08 11382
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