Undergraduate, Postgraduate - UnitECC4860 - Applied economics research paper

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12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Clayton Full year 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Liang Choon Wang

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. Students present one paper, act as formal discussant on another, and are expected to engage in discussion of others.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

gain experience in presenting issues of policy importance, based in their own disciplines, to non-specialist audiences in written and oral forms
gain 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.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Liang Wang

Contact hours

One 1.5-hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

Admission to fourth year honours, Graduate Diploma in Economics or preliminary masters in the Departments of Economics, Econometrics or Accounting and Finance