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Special Topics in Economics 2 (ECON90067)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: rahsan@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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The substantive content of the Special Topics subject will include current research projects being conducted by Faculty staff and/or visiting scholars.
Alongside the Economics Thesis Workshop, which enhances the preparation of the student’s research project, Special Topics will provide graduate-level engagement with contemporary work in Economics in the student’s own area, or in cognate sub-disciplinary areas.
Special Topics is an opportunity for students to expand their repertoire and demonstrate their graduate-level knowledge in other areas of the discipline. It provides a forum that will inform the research and project development of Graduate Research Degree students, assisting in the framing of research questions and the development and articulation of argument and evidence.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should have:
- a detailed knowledge of contemporary scholarship in the particular field of Economics addressed;
- an increased awareness of the range of contemporary scholarship in Economics;
- the ability to critically assess contributions to the literature;
- the skills needed to formulate and analyse models used in that field of Economics;
- the ability to prepare and present original research papers in that field.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- oral communication,
- written communication,
- interpretation and analysis,
- critical thinking,
- synthesis of data,
- evaluation of data,
- accessing data and other information from a range of sources.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the MC-COMECO Master of Commerce (Economics)
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
One or two 30-minute presentations of a paper from the reading list.
| Due dates assigned to individual students in the first week of term | N/A |
Referee report.
| Week 6 | 20% |
Research pitch.
| Week 6 | 20% |
Research proposal. Due last day of semester
| End of semester | 60% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Reshad Ahsan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3-hour weekly Lectures/Seminars. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Email: rahsan@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Doctor of Philosophy - Business and Economics
Last updated: 31 January 2024