ECC5861 Economics research project
Faculty of Business and Economics
ECC5861 Economics research project is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2020 in Full year at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Full year
- Clayton
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2023 entry.
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Overview
This unit provides students with the opportunities and skills to conduct, communicate, discuss, evaluate, and report research. Students find a supervisor in the Department of Economics and identify a preferred topic on which to conduct research after consulting with the supervisor. Students participate in a range of research activities and produce a final research paper.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Full year | Clayton | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
gain the necessary analytical, communication, creative, critical thinking, and technical research skills and apply them to ask and answer a research question that has significant theoretical or policy implications
- 2
demonstrate the ability to analyse, comment, evaluate, discuss, and communicate research outcomes in written and oral form in a professional manner
- 3
demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills with high level personal autonomy and accountability.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average six/eight hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Vinod Mishra
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ECC5861?
ECC5861 has no prerequisites.
When is ECC5861 offered?
In 2020, ECC5861 runs in Full year at Clayton.
How much work is ECC5861?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.