Policy seminar
Professor Richard Snape
One 1.5 hour seminar per week * Full-year * Clayton * Prerequisites: admission to fourth year honours, Graduate Diploma in Economics or preliminary masters in the Departments of Economics, Econometrics or Accounting and Finance
Objectives On completion of this subject students should have gained experience in presenting issues of policy importance, based in their own disciplines, to non-specialist audiences in written and oral forms; gained experience in analysing and discussing such issues in a seminar context; become aware of the major issues involved in a range of related policy questions.
Synopsis Topics for seminar presentation are selected in consultation with the coordinator. A list of possible topics will be distributed but students are encouraged to propose subjects of interest to them, based in their own discipline. Industry Commission reports generally provide a basis for some presentations. Students present one paper, act as formal discussant on another, and are expected to engage in discussion of others.
Assessment Written (2500-word seminar paper and oral presentation): 70% * Performance as formal discussant and in class participation: 30%