THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
VNU-HCM
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
(BA117IU)
COURSE GUIDELINE
CONTENT
1. COURSE STAFF...3
1.2. Communication with Staff...3
2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE...3
2.2. Teaching times and Locations...3
2.3. Units of Credit...3
2.4. Perquisite and Parallel courses...3
2.5. Relationship of this course to other course offerings...3
2.6. Approach to learning and teaching...4
3. COURSE OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES...4
3.2. Course objectives...4
3.3. Student learning and outcomes...4
3.4. Teaching Strategies...4
4. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT...5
4.1. Workload...5
4.2. Attendance...5
4.3. General Conduct and Behavior...5
4.4. Keeping informed...5
5. LEARNING ASSESSMENT...5
5.1. Assessment details...5
5.2. Assignment Submission Procedure...7
5.3. Late submission...7
5.4. Assignment Format...7
6. ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM ...7
7. STUDENT RESOURCES...8
7.1. Course Resources...8
1. COURSE STAFF
Teaching Staff: Dr. Tu Van Binh Room:
Phone:
Email: [email protected]
Consultant times: To be advised/ also by appointment
Tutor:
Room: Phone: Email:
Consultant times:
1.2. Communication with Staff
Student are advised to contact staff during consultant times, or by arranging an appointment, or by posting your enquiries on link: https://sites.google.com/site/tuvanbinh/microeconomics
2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
2.2. Teaching times and Locations
Week Activity Day Time Room Note
1 – 7 Lecture Tutorial
Monday 8.00 – 11.30 A1.202
8 Mid-term
9 – 13 Lecture Tutorial
Monday 8.00 – 11.30 A1.202
14 – 15 Reserve
16 Final Exam
2.3. Units of Credit
UOC value for the course: 3
2.4. Perquisite and Parallel courses
2.5. Relationship of this course to other course offerings
This is core required course for all majors in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA). It focuses on the basic principles of market economy.
2.6. Approach to learning and teaching
The teaching and learning adopted in this course is learner-center, and consequently, requires active student participation and contribution. Through a range of interactive activities and teaching strategies, it seeks to engage students in the learning. It also seeks to facilitate independent learning through individual tasks and research, and fosters collaborative learning through a range of group activities. It considers prior learning through a range of group activities.
3.
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES
3.2. Course objectives
This course seeks to provide an in-depth understanding of basic economic concepts and scare resources, market in which supply, demand and prices are examined in connection with consumers as well as producer behavior. The students can also evaluate various types of market structures as well as the Government intervention into the market. The subject also provides the students with necessary abilities to evaluate economic variables of efficiency. All of the help students plan for a company’s short-run and long-run development more effectively with consideration of effects of the government’s policies.
3.3. Student learning and outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of economics, the allocation of scare resources
- Analyze and evaluate the factors that affect supply, demand, and price of a good in a market and the elasticity
- Demonstrate an understanding of the government intervention into the market of a particular product such as price ceiling and floor, tax and subsidy. etc
- Recognize and demonstrate and understanding of various kinds and market structures and the strategies of firms in these market structures.
- Understanding the beaviours of supplier and buyer in the input market
3.4. Teaching Strategies
The teaching and learning approach in this course is highly inter-active, requiring student participation and contribution. To this end, and prior to each class, students must:
- Download the weekly lecture and tutorial outline from the course website through
https://www.facebook.com/drnguyenquynhmai
- Prepare your weekly readings (from the textbook and other distributed course materials)
The general format of classes in this course will be as follows (with some variations) - Lecture (3.0 hours): theories and conceptual framework, discussions and group
presentations
- Tutorial (1.0 hours): case studies, group discussion, exercises and assignments
4. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT
4.1. Workload
It is expected that you will spend at least 6 hours per week studying this course. This time should be made up of reading, working on exercises and problem, group assignment and attending class lectures and tutorials. In periods where you need to complete assignment or prepare for examinations, the workload may be greater.
4.2. Attendance
Your regular and punctual attendance at lectures and related seminar (if any) is expected in this course. University regulations indicate that if students attend less than 80% of scheduled classes they may be refused final assessment. Regular attendance is essential for successful performance and learning in this course, particular in view of the interactive teaching and learning approach adopted. Please inform your lecture if you are unable to attend the class, and arrange for a classmate to collect any handouts.
4.3. General Conduct and Behavior
You are expected to conduct yourself with considerable and respect for the needs of your fellow students and teaching staff. Conduct that unduly disrupts or interferes with a class, such as ringing, or talking on mobile phones, or chatting on internet, is nor acceptable and students may be asked to leave the class.
4.4. Keeping informed
You should take note of all announcements made in lectures, tutorials or on the course website. From time to time, the University will send important announcements to your through website, course website and/ or Announcement Board (of School of Business and/ or Academic Affair) without providing you with a paper copy. You will be deemed to have received this
information.
5. LEARNING ASSESSMENT
5.1. Assessment details
To pass this course, student must:
- attempt ALL FIVE assessment tasks
Assessment Tasks:
Tasks Marks Date/ Notes
2. Assignment & Group presentation (cases) + Quizzes
10% On the beginning of presentation date
3. Mid-term Test 30 4. Final Test 40%
1. Quizzes
The quizzes are usually in the form of multiple choices questions or short-questions that take 10 – 15 minutes each.
3. Assignment & Group presentation:
The group will include 5-6 members and will present the cases (that is specified in the Course schedule). Due to the large number of groups and the limited of time, the groups that have the same topic should prepare the presentation (Power Point file) and one group will be random selected for presentation. The presentation will be taken in 5 – 10 minutes, questions and discussions are in 10 minutes.
The requirements for this assignment are:
- Present the case (and ensuring that you are well understanding that case)
- Apply into Vietnamese economic context (you can find the appropriate example in Vietnamese environment)
The group is strongly recommended to consult with lecturer and tutor before make the presentation.
3. Mid-term Test
The midterm test will be 60 – 90 minutes in length and will be in the form of multiple choices questions. This is close book test.
4. Final Test
The final test will be 90 – 120 minutes in length during Final Exam Period. The paper will consist of 2 parts: the first part is multiple choices questions, that usually take 50 – 60%, and the second part is case study and/ or open questions. This is open book test.
Grading
The letter grade will be followed by the University suggested rule:
90-100: A+, 80-90: A, 70 – 80: B+, 65 – 70: B, 55 – 65: C+, 50 – 55: C, 30 - <50: D+, 10 - <30: D
5.2. Assignment Submission Procedure
It is essential that you submit all your assignment tasks on time via the appropriate procedures. You should submit your written assignment to the tutor or lecturer in the beginning of class that your group will present.
Procedure
i) Attach a copy of the Assignment Cover Sheet to be found at the end of this document ii) Make the copy of the assignment for safe keeping
5.3. Late submission
Request for late submission of assignments or absent in the session that your group will present must be made in writing to the course lecturer. Extensions will be granted on medical grounds only, or on compassionate grounds under special circumstances. Medical certificates or other supporting documents may be required. Late submissions may incur a penalty of 5% of the assignment mark per day.
5.4. Assignment Format See page 10
6. ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM
*The University regards plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct, and has very strict rules regarding plagiarism.
Plagiarism is the presentation of the thoughts or work of another as one’s own. Examples include:
- direct duplication of the thoughts or work of another, including by copying work, or knowingly permitting it to be copied. This includes copying material. Ideas or concepts from a book, article, report or other written document (whether published or
unpublished), composition, artwork, design, drawing, circuitry, computer program or software, web site, Internet, other electronic resource, or another person’s assignment without appropriate acknowledgement;
- paraphrasing another person’s work with very minor changes keeping the meaning, form and/ or progression of ideas of the original;
- piecing together sections of the work of others into a new whole;
- presenting an assessment item as independent work when it has been produced in whole or part in collusion with other people, for example, another student or a tutor;
The inclusion of the thoughts or work of another with attribution appropriate to the academic discipline does not amount to plagiarism.
Students are also reminded that careful time management is an important part of study and one of the identified causes of plagiarism is poor time management. Students should allow
sufficient time for research, drafting and the proper referencing of sources in preparing all assessment items.
7. STUDENT RESOURCES
7.1. Course Resources
The following text and references are essential for the course.
Textbook:
N. Gregory Mankiw (2004 or newer editions), Principles of Economics, 3rd edition, Thomson
South-Western
References:
David Begg, Economics, Stanley Fischer
Paul A. Samuelson & William D. Nordhaus, Economics, 14th Edition, Mc.Graw-Hill, Inc.
Lecture Notes:
Will be distributed by Dr. Nguyen Quynh Mai via email or Blackboard
Useful Websites:
1. Open Courseware, Fulbright Economics Teaching Program:
http://ocw.fetp.edu.vn/index.cfm
2. Mankiw Xtra! Website: http://mankiwxtra.swlearning.com
3. Vietnam Economic Times: http://vneconomy.vn/home.htm
4. Dominique Salvatore, Managerial Economics Website
http://www.swlearning.com/economics/salvatore/salvatore5e/salvatore5e.html
5. ECO 100 Online
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reak/eco100/
8. COURSE
SCHEDULE
Wk Topic Readings: Mankiw Class activities
1 Course Introduction Lecture 1: Basic Concepts of the Economics
Chapter 1, Chapter 2 & Chapter 3
2 Lecture 1: Basic Concepts of the Economics (Cont)
Chapter 1, Chapter 2 & Chapter 3
3 Lecture 2: Supply – Demand & Market Prices
Chapter 4, Chapter 6, Chapter 7
4 Lecture 2: Supply – Demand & Market Prices (Cont)
Chapter 4, Chapter 6, Chapter 7
Assignment 1 Due date Presentation 1
5 Lecture 3: Elasticity and Its Applications
Chapter 5 Quiz 1
Presentation 2
6 Lecture 4: Theories of Consumer Choice
Chapter 21 Presentation 3
7 Lecture 5: Externalities and Public Goods
Chapter 10, 11 Quiz 2
Presentation 4
8 MID-TERM Lecture 1 – Lecture 4 (Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 21)
9 Lecture 6: Production and the Cost of production
Chapter 13 Assignment 2 Due date Presentation 5
10 Lecture 6: Perfect competitive market
Chapter 14 Quiz 3
Presentation 6
11 Lecture 7: Monopoly Chapter 15 Presentation 7
12 Lecture 8: Monopolistic
competition Chapter 16 Presentation 8 13 Lecture 9: Oligopoly Chapter 17 Presentation 9
Assignment 3 Due date
16 – 17
THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
VNU-HCM
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS
GROUP REPORT
Group members:
Student Number Surname Given Name 1.
2. 3.
Student Name Responsibility in Assignment Participation % * 1.
2. 3.
* Please ensure that you discuss this % as a group and that the mark is fairly allocated. If your group has any problem, please discuss with the course lecturer
Signatures:
a. ____________________________________
b. ____________________________________
c. ____________________________________
