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| Module Availability |
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| Assessment Pattern |
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Weighting Towards Module
Mark (%)
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| Coursework |
100
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Qualifying Condition(s)
A weighted aggregated mark of 40% is required to pass the module |
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| Module Overview |
| In this module, students, working in small teams, will examine a range of applied economic topics. The teamwork will involve collective decision-making, to choose an area of investigation, to undertake a literature search, to gather and analyse relevant data, to deliver a presentation and write a report on the team's specified topic. It will build on the Economic Data Analysis module and help prepare students for undertaking their final year projects and their industrial placement |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| None |
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| Module Aims |
- To introduce students to the skills involved in effective team working and to help them appreciate some of the problems involved
- to show students how research is conducted and to help them learn the associated techniques through active participation
- to enable students to explore in depth an issue of applied economics of their choice
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| Learning Outcomes |
By the end of the module students will:-
- appreciate some of the advantages and disadvantages of working as part of a team
- have some insight into their own strengths and weaknesses
- be familiar with the problems of data collection and the assimilation of relevant information
- appreciate the need to meet tight deadlines
- have developed their skills in presentation of economics
- have developed their skills in economics report writing
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| Module Content |
The class will be divided into teams. Each team will analyse a topic of its own choice.
Examples of the types of issues that might be addressed are:-
- are regional disparities in the UK increasing or decreasing?
- account for the recent growth/inemployment/inflation/balance of payment performance in the UK
- have recent changes to the tax system increased inequality in the distribution of income?
- in what way has the structure of British industry changed recently and what are the implications of this trend?
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Each team will meet regularly to discuss their topic, resulting in a presentation and a written report. Students will be given guidance on literature searching methods and sessions on team working skill will be organised.
Lectures (4 hours), team working workship (2 hours), workshop and presentation (16 hours) |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
| Guidance will be given to the individual groups according to the allocated topic and each group will undertake its own literature search |
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| Last Updated |
10 March 2011 |
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