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Advanced Microeconomics

  • Course Number: 3.30333
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 3
  • Semester: 1

The course objective is to provide students with a strong conceptual and analytical framework for understanding the operation of markets and the behaviour of consumers and producers. The course will cover many of the microeconomic principles you have learnt previously using robust mathematical techniques. This course introduces at the intermediate level the theory of the firm in a competitive and imperfectly competitive setting, introduction to game theory, factor markets, general equilibrium

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Environmental Economics

  • Course Number: 3.40313
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 4
  • Semester: 2

The course studies the output side of the economy by addressing environmental and related issues caused by economic activities that are currently face by developing countries. Environmental issues are ow becoming a global concern, hence the need to warn countries to take precautionary measures wilst using resources.

The pressure is now on all countries to use natural resources in an environmentally safe manner or sustainable development. By the end of the course, students should have a clear

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Economic Policy

  • Course Number: 3.40304
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 4
  • Semester: 2

The course covers various economic policy issues and tries to apply economic theory to economic policy matters. Economic policy issues include monetary and exchange rate issues, fiscal policy and public expenditure, employment, wages, prices and

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Intermediate Macroeconomics

  • Course Number: 3.30332
  • Credit Points: 6
  • Year of Study: 3
  • Semester: 2

This course covers advanced topics in macroeconomic theory at the intermediate level that goes beyond the elementary macro topics covered in 3.20332. In addition, it cover topics in international monetary and financial aspects.

Macro topics include

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Agricultural Economics

  • Course Number: 3.30314
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 3
  • Semester: 2

The aim of the course is to teach students the application of economic theory in the solution of agricultural problems.

Topics to be discussed include principles of production economics and farm management, agricultural marketing and agricultural

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Economic Development

  • Course Number: 3.30313
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 3
  • Semester: 2

The course introduces students to the theory and application of development economics, specifically, the fundamental principles and concepts of development, underdevelopment, and sustainable development and their models.

Also covered are topics on

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  1. Applied Economics & Business Statistics
  2. Quantitative Economics II
  3. Principles of Macroeconomics
  4. Cost Benefit Analysis

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