AST1000/Course guide/Regional economics/Syllabus

Please follow the learning pathways to work through your discoveries for this micro course. It is suggested this micro course should take around three to four weeks to complete.

Week 1: Orientation

Familiarise yourself with the course site and establish your personal blog or learning journal.

• Dates: are published online for independent, self study learners.
• Learning Activities
  1. Start Here
  2. Introduction
• Key activities:
  1. Create your Learning Journal
  2. Introduction to WEnotes (WEnotes).

Week 2: Regional economic imperatives in Asia .

We will explore the regional economic imperatives of Asia in this learning pathway; the history of economic relations in the region, and identifying the regional economic imperatives.

• Dates: are published online for independent, self study learners.
• Learning pathway material
• Key activities:
  1. Economic imperatives facing the Asian region (Video signpost) (WEnote).
  2. Economic relations in Asia (Learning Journal).

Week 3: Regional economic imperatives in the Pacific.

We continue our examination of regional economic imperatives in this learning pathway. The Pacific region faces some unique economic imperatives due to location, size and the somewhat limited resources of many states in the region.

• Dates: are published online for independent, self study learners.
• Learning pathway material
• Key activities
  1. Regional Imperatives in the Pacific (Video signpost) (WEnote).
  2. Economic relations in the Pacific (Learning Journal)

Week 4: Assignment

Consult the course assignment page.

• Due Date: midnight DAY DATE YEAR
• Full instructions on the course assignment page.