ØASØK4100 Microeconomics Course description

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam: 

• Coursework 1: A written literature review with a scope of 3-4 pages written individually.
• Coursework 2: Presentation of an analysis carried out in groups. Each presentation must be 10 minutes long, and each group member must contribute to the presentations. The group will consist of 4-8 students, depending on the number of students enrolled in the course.
• Coursework 3: Preparation of questions based on one of the other groups' analyses. The students must oppose one of the other groups' presentations, and create discussion in the classroom. 

The aim of the coursework requirement is the development of individual and group analysis skills, as well as contributing to discussion in plenary. 

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If one or more coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given one new opportunity to get these approved, within a given deadline.

The exam in the course is a course paper with a scope of up to 12 pages. The term paper must be based on a self-defined problem related to one of the topics covered by the course. The content of the term paper must be an analysis of the problem based on theory and research, as well as a discussion of proposed solutions/measures.

The term paper can be written in groups of 2 students or individually. Students are encouraged to write the term paper in groups. Font size 12pt. Line spacing 1, max 12 pages without front page, content and reference list. 

Students awarded a fail grade are given one opportunity to submit an improved version of the assignment for assessment, 

• Konsumentteori
• Produsentteori
• Markedsteori
• Nytte-kostnadsanalyse
• Betydningen av usikkerhet
• Offentlig økonomi

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A-F

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner. 

Professor Karl Joachim Breunig, PhD

The course is appropriate for students from all profiles.

• The importance of knowledge work to value creation and employment in modern society
• Knowledge management as an interdisciplinary project
• Strategy and knowledge-based value creation
• Characteristics of knowledge-intensive organisations
• Servicification and the importance of the immaterial aspects of goods and services
• Innovation, value creation and business models based on immaterial resources
• Measuring and managing knowledge-intensive work
• Internationalisation of knowledge-intensive work

Mads Greaker