# RDEV20030

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Academic Year 2025/2026

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#### Applied Economic Analysis (RDEV20030)

Subject:
:   Rural Development

College:
:   Health & Agricultural Sciences

School:
:   Agriculture & Food Science

Level:
:   2 (Intermediate)

Credits:
:   5

Module Coordinator:
:   Dr Rania Tremma

Trimester:
:   Spring

Mode of Delivery:
:   Blended

Internship Module:
:   No

How will I be graded?
:   Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This stage 2 module is designed to equip students with the tools and skills necessary to analyse the operation of the agri-food economy in a national and global context. Students will gain insights into the structure and driving forces of food markets; develop their capacity to analyse producer, consumer and market behaviour as it applies to the sector and assess the implications of agricultural, trade and environmental policy for the agri-food sector and the wider economy.

## About this Module

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### What will I learn?

###### Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module students should be able to: \
1. Fundamental understanding of microeconomic concepts and theory\
2. Analyse the structure and performance of agri-food markets \
3. Apply the tools of economic analysis to model producer and consumer behaviour in relation to agri-food markets. \
4. Identify and evaluate the impacts of agricultural, trade and environmental policy on agri-food markets and the wider economy.

### How will I learn?

###### Student Effort Hours:

| Student Effort Type | Hours |
| --- | --- |
| Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
| Lectures | 36 |
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| Total | 110 |

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###### Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

The approach to teaching and learning is based on lectures, active learning, tutorials and self-study exercises.

### Am I eligible to take this module?

###### Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

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###### Module Requisites and Incompatibles

**Incompatibles:**\
ECON10770 - *Introduction to Economics*, ECON30290 - *Advanced Microeconomics*\
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**Equivalents:**\
Applied Economic Analysis (AERD20010), Appl Econ Analysis (Tfr) (RDEV20150)\
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### How will I be assessed?

###### Assessment Strategy

| Description | Timing | Component Scale | Must Pass Component | % of Final Grade | In Module Component Repeat Offered |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Exam (In-person): Final Term Exam, 2 hour end of trimester exam | End of trimester  Duration:  2 hr(s) | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 60 | No |
| Quizzes/Short Exercises: Quizzes and exercises throughout the trimester | Week 7, Week 11 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 40 | No |

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###### Carry forward of passed components

No

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### What happens if I fail?

| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
| --- | --- |
| Autumn | No |

*Please see [Student Jargon Buster](https://www.ucd.ie/students/services/ucdstudentjargonbuster/) for more information about remediation types and timing.* \

### Assessment feedback

###### Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment\

###### How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Solutions to assessments will be discussed interactively in class after the assessment.

### Reading List

“Economics”, 4th edition (2017), N.G. Mankiw and M.P. Taylor, Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA, Andover, UK

### Associated Staff

| Name | Role |
| --- | --- |
| Anne Hayden | Tutor |

### When is this module offered?

**Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.**

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 15:00 - 16:50 |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |

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