UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

ETC5860 Honours research project

Faculty of Business and Economics

ETC5860 Honours research project is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2023 in Full year at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2023
Full year
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
1 task
Workload
288 hours
per semester

This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before ETC5860

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

After ETC5860

No unit lists ETC5860 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.

Enrolment rules

You must be enrolled in course B6001 to undertake it.

If you are enrolled in B6001 you must have achieved at least 70% in ETF5320/ETF3200 or 70% in ETC5341/ETC3410 or 70% in ETC5340/ETC3400 or be granted permission by the Honours coordinator.

Equivalent units

The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.

Overview

Topics for seminar presentation are selected in consultation with the coordinator. A list of possible topics will be distributed but you are encouraged to propose subjects of interest to them, based on their own discipline. You will present one paper, act as formal discussant on another, and are expected to engage in discussion of others.

Offerings in 2023

Teaching periodCampusMode
Full yearClaytonOn campus

Assessment

  • Within semester assessment
    100%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    develop the skills to present an area of research in the discipline of econometrics or statistics in a non-technical manner, both written and oral

  2. 2

    grow in ability to ask and address critical questions about research.

Workload and teaching

  • Lectures24 hours
  • Teaching approachResearch activities

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester.

This unit allows you to develop your research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Professor Heather Anderson

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ETC5860?

ETC5860 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is ETC5860 offered?

In 2023, ETC5860 runs in Full year at Clayton.

How much work is ETC5860?

The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does ETC5860 have an exam?

No. ETC5860 has 1 assessment task and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational unit
Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.250
Student contribution
SCA Band 4
Study abroad
Not available