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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Economics : Economics

Undergraduate Course: Research Frontiers and Methods in Economics (ECNM08017)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Economics CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe aim of this course is to expose students to a wide range of topics that can be studied through the lens of Economics, and to the research carried out at the School of Economics, and to develop students' essay-writing skills in preparation for future years of study.
Course description The aim of this course is two-fold. Firstly, the idea is to expose students to a wide range of topics that can be studied through the lens of economics: examples range from money, demographic issues, unemployment, global warming, and school choice, to determinants of country size. Secondly, this course aims to develop skills in essay writing which will be important for the rest of your economics degree and, more generally, for being an economist.

Students will be exposed to a variety of lecturers who are leading researchers in their fields. Moreover, students will be assigned to smaller tutorial groups in preparation for essay-writing.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Economics 1 (ECNM08013)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesAn introductory economics course and a knowledge of calculus.
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. A knowledge and understanding of topics and research methods used in the study of economics.
  2. Research and investigative skills such as problem framing and solving and the ability to assemble and evaluate complex evidence and arguments.
  3. Communication skills in order to critique, create and communicate understanding.
  4. Personal effectiveness through task-management, time-management, dealing with uncertainty and adapting to new situations, personal and intellectual autonomy through independent learning.
  5. Practical/technical skills such as, modelling skills (abstraction, logic, succinctness), qualitative and quantitative analysis and general IT literacy.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills A knowledge and understanding of topics and research methods used in the study of economics.
Research and investigative skills such as problem framing and solving and the ability to assemble and evaluate complex evidence and arguments.
Communication skills in order to critique, create and communicate understanding.
Personal effectiveness through task-management, time-management, dealing with uncertainty and adapting to new situations, personal and intellectual autonomy through independent learning.
Practical/technical skills such as, modelling skills (abstraction, logic, succinctness), qualitative and quantitative analysis and general IT literacy.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Maia Guell
Tel: (0131 6)50 8351
Email: Maia.Guell@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Emma Craigen
Tel: (0131 6) 51 5936
Email: ecraigen@ed.ac.uk
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