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BUS208: Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics

This unit provides an introduction to the quantitative and mathematical methods that are commonly used in economics and business units. The central topics will be the role of models in economics, calculus and its application to economics and business, constrained and unconstrained optimisation problems in business.

Points

4

Enrolment Options

Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

Contact Time

Lectures: 2 hours per week; workshops: 1 hour per week.

Prerequisites

Nil.
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Exclusions

Students who have successfully completed C167 Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics may not enrol in this unit for credit.

Notes

Recommended: Students with a weak mathematics background should complete M164/MAS164 Fundamentals of Mathematics before enrolling in this unit.

School

School of Business

Unit Coordinator

Dr Kumar Sathiendrakumar

  • Position:
Senior Lecturer - Economics
  • E-mail:
R.Sathiendrakumar@murdoch.edu.au
  • Location:
Murdoch Campus
Economics, Commerce and Law
Room 4.018
  • Phone:
    Prefix: +618
9360 2838
Unit Contacts
Contact Phone
Prefix: +618
Location
Teaching Period(s)
Dr Kumar Sathiendrakumar
Senior Lecturer - Economics
(R.Sathiendrakumar@murdoch.edu.au)
9360 2838 Murdoch Campus
Economics, Commerce and Law
Room 4.018
MURDOCH S1: Internal
(15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)
 
MURDOCH S1: External
(15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)
 
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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations:

APMISIN

Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore)

CEJTOKYO

Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo)

JKURASHIKI

NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan)

KDUPG

KDU College (Penang, Malaysia)

KDUPJ

KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)

SGP-REPOLY

Republic Polytechnic (Singapore)

SMANUFED

Singapore Manufacturing Federation

ZHENGZHOU

Zhengzhou University (China)