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ETC5860 - Research paper

12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics

Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Colin O'Hare

Offered

Clayton

Full year 2016 (Day)
Second semester to First semester 2016 (Day)

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 on 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:

develop the skills to present an area of research in the discipline of actuarial science in a non-technical manner, both written and oral
grow in ability to ask and address critical questions about research.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester.

Chief examiner(s)