Sloman, J. and Wride, A. (2010) Economics 7th edition. Financial Times Prentice Hall
Taylor, S. (2005) Business Statistics 2nd edition. Palgrave Macmillan.

A range of resources, including, University library and IT facilities, the Internet, journals and databases

The learning strategy for the module requires students to commit 150 learning hours (including assessment). There will be 24 hours of class support and 126 hours of independent and self directed study.

Students will engage with:

. a mix of lectures/ tutorials and small group activities, plus self directed learning. Learning support material will be provided for independent /self directed learning.
. participation in group activities, involving peer assessment
. undertake their own (contemporary) research
. a midterm formative assessment will involve the students in a group presentation
. Workshops
. Technology supported activities (e.g. wiki development)

Microeconomic Analysis:
. Introductory concepts
. Demand and Supply
. Equilibrium and disequilibrim
. Elasticity
. Market failure
. Government intervention

Supporting statistics
. Basic stats: mean, mode etc, standard deviation
. Demand and supply equations
. Elasticity equations
. Graphs
. Relationships: correlation, regression
. Costs

An individual assignment demonstrating Learning Outcomes1, 2 and 3.