— facilities and accistance in the development of extra-curricular activities
in theatre.
Melbourne College of Education BOOKS
Recommended for Preliminary Reading
HIGGINS, B. — What do Economists Know (M.U.P.) SHACKLE, G. L. S. — Economics for Pleasure (2nd edition,
C.U.P.) Prescribed Books
HANCOCK, K., HUGHES,
B. and WALLACE, R. — Applied Economics Readings for Aus- tralian Students (McGraw-Hill) SAMUELSON, P. A.,
HANCOCK, K. and
WALLACE, R. — Economics: Australian Edition (McGraw-Hill)
References
Book lists will be distributed during the year.
PRACTICAL WORK
This is an integral part of the course and attendance of practical classes is compulsory. A satisfactory standard of practical work must be attained in order to be considered for a pass in this subject.
EXAMINATION
Assessment will be based on tests and work submitted during the year.
ECONOMICS BI Macroeconomics
A course of two lectures a week, with practical classes throughout the year.
Economics A must be passed before this subject is taken.
SYLLABUS
A course in advanced macroeconomic theory, practice and policy, embrac- ing income determination, wages, employment, prices, economic fluctuations, growth, external influences, governmental influences, financial influences, and the measurement of macroeconomic data.
BOOKS
Prescribed for Preliminary Reading
PEN, J. — Modern Economics (Pelican, 1965) Prescribed Books
KEISER, N. F. — Macroeconomics (Random House, 1971) OR
SHAPIRO, E. — Macroeconomic Analysis (2nd edition Harcourt, Brace and World, 1970)
Australian National Accounts, Income and Expenditure 1971-72 (Government Printing Office, Canberra)
References
Book lists to be distributed throughout the year.
PRACTICAL WORK
This is an integral part of the course and attendance at practical classes is compulsory. A satisfactory standard of practical work must be attained in order to be considered for a pass in this subject.
EXA.MLNATION
Assessment will be based on tests and work submitted during the year.
ECONOMICS Bi Microeconomics
A course of two lectures a week, with practical classes throughout the year.
Economics A must be passed before this subject is taken.
SYLLABUS
A course in advanced microeconomic theory, practice and policy, embrac- ing methodology of economics; theories of perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly; the structure of Australian industry; the growth of the firm; government policy in regard to market structure, conduct and peformance; theories of consumer behaviour; consumer and household behaviour; influences on consumer behaviour, attitudes and expectations; con- sumerism and government consumer policy.
Reference
Book lists to be distributed throughout the year.
PRACTICAL WORK
This is an integral part of the course and attendance at practical classes is compulsory. A satisfactory standard of practical work must be attained as a pre-requisite for admission to the final examination.
EXAMLNATION
One three-hour paper at the end of the year.
ECONOMICS C Unit Courses
Economics BI must be passed before any of these units can be taken.
Students taking Economics C in the same year as Practice Teaching must enrol in two of the following unit courses.
Students taking Economics C in a year in which Practice Teaching is not being taken must enrol in three of the following unit courses.
Each unit will be a course of one lecture per week and one seminar every two weeks throughout academic terms one and two, and a research essay to be compiled during academic terms three and four.
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ECONOMICS
Cl
Public Finance SYLLABUSAn analysis of the function and impact of a government budget. The sources of government income, including the income and equity effects of the sale of government produced goods and taxation receipts. The theory of taxation and taxation systems. An analysis of the effects of government expenditure upon resource allocation and welfare. Federal-State financial relations.
BOOKS
Recommended for Preliminary Reading
ECKSTEIN. O. — Public Finance (2nd edition Prentice.
Hall) References
Book lists to be distributed throughout the year.
EXAMINATION
One 2-hour paper at the beginning of third term, and one essay.
ECONOMICS C2 International Economics SYLLABUS
A study of the Australian Balance of Payments. The theories of free trade and protection. Methods, and their impacts of increasing exports and capital inflow. Exchange Rate control and the international effects of trade policy. The theory of internal and external economic equilibrium. Theory of capital movements, and international liquidity.
BOOKS
Recommended for Preliminary Reading
KENEN, P. B. and — International Economics (3rd edition LUBITZ, R. Prentice-Hall)
References
Book lists to be distributed throughout the year.
EXAMINATION
One 2-hour paper at the beginning of third term, and one essay.
ECONOMICS C3 Industrial Relations SYLLABUS
The nature of an industrial relations system. Industrial conflict: nature and significance. Trade Unions and employer associations: function, structure and legal status. Settlement of industrial disputes: collective bargaining, conciliation and arbitration. Legal provisions and industrial relations.
BOOKS
Prescribed Books
ISAAC, J. E. and — Australian Labour Relations: Readings FORD, G. W. (eds.) (2nd edition Sun Books, 1971) MATTHEWS, P. W. D.
and FORD, G. W. (eds.) — Australian Trade Unions (Sun Books) References
Book lists to be distributed throughout the year.
EXAMINATION
One 2-hour paper at the beginning of third term, and one essay.
ECONOMICS C4
Economic Growth and Development This subject will not be offered in 1973.
ECONOMICS C5 Comparative Economic Systems SYLLABUS
A comparative study of different economic systems in terms of their goals, methods of allocating resources, organization and institutions. Particular emphasis will be given to the following systems: competitive capitalism, competitive socialism, market capitalism, market socialism and non-market socialism.
BOOKS
Recommended for Preliminary Reading
GROSSMAN, G. — Economic Systems (Prentice-Hall) References
Book lists to be distributed throughout the year.
EXAMINATION
One 2-hour paper at the beginning of third term, and one essay.
ECONOMICS C6 History of Economic Thought SYLLABUS
A study of the development of economic ideas and theory in order that current theory (and practice) of economics may be seen in historical perspec- tive. Economic theories of money, aggregate demand and supply, and the whole of Government and Welfare will be traced from the Renaissance to the present day. Schools and individuals to be studied include the Mercan- tilists, the Physiocrats, Adam Smith, the Classical and Neo-Classical econo- mists, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes.
BOOKS
Recommended for Preliminary Reading
BARBER, W. — A History of Economic Thought (Penguin)
Melbourne College of Education Prescribed Books
ROLL, E. —A History of Economic Thought (Faber and Faber)
References
Book lists to be distributed throughout the year.
EXAMINATION
One 2-hour paper at the beginning of third term, and one essay.
ENGLISH A
A course of two discussion classes and one or two lectures per week.
Although there are no prerequisites for this subject, intending students should have a background of some success in English, and a preparedness to work at a post-Higher School Certificate level.
SECTION A LITERATURE SYLLABUS
This constitutes approximately two-thirds of the year's work. It is essen- tially an introductory course in the concentrated study and critical evaluation of works of literary merit taken from the seventeenth century to the present BOOKS
Recommended for Preliminary Reading COOMBES, H.
DREW, E.
MACLEISH, A.
— Literature and Criticism (Penguin)
— Poetry (Dell paperback)
— Poetry and Experience (Penguin) Prescribed Books
(a) Poetry
WARHAFT, S., WOODBURY, J. and O'FLAHERTY, P. (eds.) — HUNTER, Jim (ed.) — DONNE, J.
HOPKINS, G. M.
English Poems 1250-1800 (Macmillan) Modern Poets Two (Faber)
Modern Poets Three (Faber)
— Songs and Sonnets (Penguin)
— Poems and Prose (Penguin) (b) Fiction
Students should read at least four of the novels listed below, including those works marked with an asterisk.
SWIFT, J.
FIELDING, H.
AUSTEN, Jane HAWTHORNE, N.
TOLSTOY, L. N.
WOOLF, Virginia HELLER, J.
— Gulliver's Travels (Penguin)
—*Tom Jones (Penguin)
— *Emma (Penguin)
— The Scarlet Letter (Signet, or Merrill, Standard Edition)
—*Anna Karenina (Penguin)
— To the Lighthouse (Penguin)
— Catch 22 (Corgi)
(c) Drama
SHAKESPEARE, W.
CHEKHOV, A.