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ECON3012: DISSERTATION IN ECONOMICS

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Type Tied
Level 3
Credits 40
Availability Available in 2024/2025
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Economics

Prerequisites

  • Microeconomics (ECON2021) AND Macroeconomics (ECON2011) AND Econometrics (ECON2061) OR Economic Theory (ECON2291) AND Econometrics (ECON2061)

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • The dissertation should be a substantial piece of work that provides a detailed and critical examination of a particular topic. Empirical research is encouraged where appropriate to the topic but is not compulsory.
  • The dissertation aims to encourage students to acquire the skills of independent research by pursuing a substantial project requiring research reading and/or data collection.

Content

  • There is a highly structured plan of work involving lectures and consultations between individual students and their dissertation supervisors.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • Enhance student's knowledge of a specific topic in economics

Subject-specific Skills:

  • By completing a dissertation, students will learn to plan and design a substantial piece of written work on an area of economics of their choice which requires literature searches, and the collection/analysis of relevant data.

Key Skills:

  • Written communication - by completing the summative assessment
  • Planning Organisation and time management - by observing strict deadlines
  • Initiative - by searching relevant literature and other information
  • Computer literacy - by word-processing the dissertation

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Teaching is by lectures and consultations. Learning takes place through attendance at lectures, preparation for and participation in consultations and private study. Formative assessment is by means of preparation of a draft chapter. Summative assessment is by means of a written piece of 12000 words.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Lectures4Across both years 2 and 31 hour4 
Consultations620 mins2Yes
Student Preparation and Reading394 
Total400 

Summative Assessment

Component: Coursework Component Weighting: 100%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Dissertation12,000 words100Same

Formative Assessment

Submission of draft chapter

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