JABATAN EKONOMI
FAKULTI EKONOMI DAN PENGURUSAN
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA
NAMA KURSUS
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KOD KURSUS
KREDIT
JUMLAH JAM
BELAJAR
PELAJAR
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PRINSIP EKONOMI
(Principles of Economics)
ECN3100
3 (3+0)
120 jam per semester
PRASYARAT
HASIL
PEMBELAJARAN
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Tiada
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Pelajar dapat:
1.
membincangkan konsep-konsep asas ekonomi. (C2, P2, A1, CS)
2.
mempraktikkan kaedah ekonomi yang bersesuaian dalam
menyelesaikan permasalahan ekonomi. (A2, C3, P3, CT, LL)
3.
membentangkan laporan mengenai isu-isu ekonomi secara
berkumpulan. (C3, CS, TS, LS)
SINOPSIS
: Kursus ini memberi pengenalan kepada konsep asas ekonomi, peranan kerajaan dalam
ekonomi, pendapatan negara, konsep-konsep mengenai faktor-faktor pengeluaran serta
perdagangan dan kewangan antarabangsa.
(This course introduces the basic economic concepts, role of government in national
economies, national income, and the concepts of factors of production as well as
international trade and finance.)
PENILAIAN :
Tugasan 1
Tugasan 2
Midterm
Peperiksaan Akhir
Jumlah
15%
15%
30%
40%
100%
PENSYARAH : PUAN SURYATI ISHAK
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RANGKA KURSUS (Topik) :
1.
Introduction to Economy
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Ten Principles of Economics
Economic Problem: Scarce resources, unlimited wants
Definition, microeconomic and macroeconomic
Production possibilities frontier
Economic System
Economic decision makers
Demand, supply theory and elasticity
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Chap 1 & 2
Chap 4 & 5
Demand
Supply
Market equilibrium
Demand and supply elasticity
Supply, demand and Government Policies
Chap 6
 Control on prices
 Price ceilings
 Price Floors
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The theory of consumer choice
 Budget constraint
 Indifference curve
Chap 21
Test 1
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Production and Cost
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Chap 13
Cost and Profit
Short run cost and production
Long run cost
Economies of scale/diseconomies of scale
Markets Structure
Chap 14 & 15
 Perfect competition and Monopoly
- Characteristic and graphs
- Short run and long run profit
- Firm’s and industries supply curve (Short run perfect competition)
- Price discrimination (monopoly)
Test 2
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National Income measurement
Chap 23
 Basic concept
 Measurement method
 Flow of consumption and expenditure
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Measuring the cost of living
 Consumer Price Index
 Inflation
 Real and nominal
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Unemployment
Chap 24
Chap 28
 Unemployment definition
 Unemployment Measurement
 Impact of Unemployment
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Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Chap 33
 Economic fluctuations
 AD/AS curve derivation
 AD/AS curve shift
11. The monetary system
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Chap 29
Function of money
Kinds of money
Money creation process
Money multiplier
Final
Text:
1.
Mankiw, G.N. (2008) Principle of Economics. Fifth
Edition. Orlando: Thomson South-Western.
References:
2. McEachern, W.A. (2009) Economics A Contemporary
Edition. New York: South-Western
Introduction. Eighth
3 Parkin, M. (2008) Economics. Eighth Edition. New York: Upper Saddle River:
Addison Wesley Longman.
4. Case, Karl E.and Fair, Ray C. (2004) Principles of
Economics. Seventh Edition. London: Pearson Prentice
Hall.
5. O’Sullivan, A and S.M. Sheffrin. (2008) Survey of Economics: Principles and
Tools. (Third Edition) New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
PENSYARAH
: PUAN SURYATI ISHAK
: BILIK A 328, (03-89467767)
: EMEL- suryati@econ.upm.edu.my
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