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Introductory Economics I (ECON 151) - Telecommunications Engineering

Academic telecommunications engineering course: Introductory Economics I with lessons, labs, quizzes and practice tests.

Independent university-level study of Introductory Economics I (ECON 151), part of the Erudex Telecommunications Engineering programme. Project: Analyze a local broadband market using demand, costs, competition and welfare; distinguish estimated evidence from normative recommendations. This original curriculum is not an official KNUST syllabus, university credit or accreditation.

90h Certificate available
Telecommunications EngineeringAcademic (University)ECON 151

Curriculum

One complete track with its own final exam and certificate.

Suggested 120-minute final. Test foundational concepts through economic reasoning and demand and supply; analytical application through elasticity and consumer choice and production and cost; design/case reasoning through market structures and market failures; and integrative judgment through policy and institutions and applied economic analysis. Use the course-type exam weighting in the program guidance.

Economic reasoning. Applied task: Analyze a resource allocation decision for connectivity.

  • Scarcity and opportunity cost Lab60 min
  • Economic models Lab60 min
  • Evidence Lab60 min

Careers this prepares you for

  • Telecommunications engineer
  • RF engineer
  • Network engineer
  • Transmission engineer

How you study

Every lesson pairs an in-depth video with written notes, key takeaways, a hands-on lab, exercises and a quiz. Work at your own pace, then sit the final examination for your Erudex certificate.