Postgraduate Course: Mathematical Microeconomics 1 (ECNM11073)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 30 |
ECTS Credits | 15 |
| Summary | This course introduces the tools of microeconomic analysis, with a special emphasis on writing mathematical proofs. These tools are widely used in modern micro-founded macroeconomics, industrial economics, public economics, labour economics, environmental economics, international economics and finance. |
| Course description |
This course introduces the tools of microeconomic analysis, with a special emphasis on writing mathematical proofs. These tools are widely used in modern micro-founded macroeconomics, industrial economics, public economics, labour economics, environmental economics, international economics and finance.
The exact sequence of topics varies from year to year. In recent years, the main topics of the course were general equilibrium theory, decision theory, game theory and metric spaces.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
300
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Lecture Hours 65,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 33,
Summative Assessment Hours 12,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 6,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
184 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Model formulation and analysis is examined separately from mathematical maturity in separate exams. Both topics are assessed in December and May. The weights are:
* Model formulation and analysis: 66% (25% December + 75% May)
* Mathematical maturity: 33% (maximum of December and May scores) |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 3:00 | | | Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Model formulation: transforming a research question into a mathematical model suitable for analysis.
- Analysis: applying the tools to economic models to obtain model predictions.
- Mathematical maturity: writing coherent and logically sound proofs, fluency with mathematical notation, formulating appropriate (counter)-examples to evaluate conjectures.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew Clausen
Tel: (0131 6)51 5131
Email: Andrew.Clausen@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sophie Bryan
Tel: (0131 6)50 9905
Email: Sophie.Bryan@ed.ac.uk |
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