Postgraduate Course: Frontiers in Economics (ECNM11065)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This module, compulsory for all first year PGR students, is a reading and presentation course designed to sharpen students' academic judgment and presentation skills via presentation and discussion of seminal works in the literature as well as their own prospective research. Students will be tasked to give a critical assessment of one or more seminal papers in an area cognate to their PhD research in front of their peers and faculty. They will also separately present their own work in the form of a proposal for the research they will do in their PhD. |
| Course description |
This module, compulsory for all first year PGR students, is a reading and presentation course designed to sharpen students' academic judgment and presentation skills via presentation and discussion of seminal works in the literature as well as their own prospective research. Students will be tasked to give a critical assessment of one or more seminal papers in an area cognate to their PhD research in front of their peers and faculty. They will also separately present their own work in the form of a proposal for the research they will do in their PhD. The course is the workload of a single semester 10 unit course but is stretched over two semesters. Finally all students must present a literature review of their proposed research area at the SGPE PhD Conference in Peebles in early January. There is no grade for this but participation is required to pass the course. Feedback on the presentation will be given by a discussant. There will be a one 2 hour student led seminar per week.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | All first year PhD students in Economics will sit this course. External students must have the same qualifications as the PhD cohort namely a Distinction in coursework and dissertation from an MSc in analytical economics deemed equivalent to the MSc in Economics from Edinburgh. If pre-requisites are not met, students must seek permission of the course organiser. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 10 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 40,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 4,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
52 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
100 %
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| Feedback |
Continual feedback via faculty and peer group interaction in class. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
| critically evaluate seminal contributions in economics and present esoteric areas of research to others less specialised in the area.
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Reading List
| A variety of advanced readings will be used, mainly from economics journals. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
See learning Outcomes |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ina Taneva
Tel: (0131 6)51 5948
Email: Ina.Taneva@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Dr Joe Stroud
Tel: (0131 6)51 5184
Email: Joe.Stroud@ed.ac.uk |
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