RDEV10030

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:Specify the different roles and functions of the key economic institutions in Ireland and the EU;Identify the most important factors in the development of an economy and the operation of the inter-linkages between them;Identify the principal components of the agri-food sector in Ireland and how they interact with each other;Explain the role and importance of the agri-food sector in Ireland;Use basic tools of economic analysis to show how markets for goods and services in the agri-food sector operate.

Indicative Module Content:

Overview of the Agri-Food Sector in Ireland
The basic tools of economic analysis applied to the sector
Market structures in the agri-food sector
Overview of the national economy
Issues of economic development
The policy environment

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

There are two in-semester continuous assessment exercises which take place in Week 5 and Week 8 of the module. For both of these, online automated feedback will be provided. For the end of semester assignment in Week 11, feedback to the individual student will be provided, post assessment