DIRECTED READINGS

ECO3DRE

2019

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject you will undertake a readings program, under the direction of an academic staff member as the program supervisor, focusing on a specific topic area, theme or research question of interest to their wider degree program. This will involved reviewing and synthesising various forms of relevant literature and other topic material, and may also involve model or theoretical development applications or quantitative or qualitative data analysis work. This subject is designed for high-performing students, and will be available as necessary and at the discretion of the Head of School. It may be taken only at third or fourth year levels.

School: La Trobe Business School

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Darren Henry

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Approval from Head of the Department

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: Students must obtain approval from La Trobe Business School in order to enrol in this subject

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Demonstrate through a critical review of the literature, knowledge of the economics discipline relevant to the directed reading topic and which, when applied with theory learned in other core subjects, will enable the student to undertake an analysis and propose an informed solution relevant to the topic.

Activities:: Prior Reading and Thought Discussion Assisted Topic Development Major Project Completion
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

02. Demonstrate a capacity to apply relevant knowledge from the discipline of economics to undertake analysis and synthesise solutions to the problems posed by the topic.

Activities:: Prior Reading and Thought Discussion Assisted Topic Development Major Project Completion
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

03. Demonstrate oral presentation skills relevant to an academic forum on the topic.

Activities:: Prior Reading and Thought Discussion Assisted Topic Development Major Project Completion
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy)

04. Demonstrate writing skills necessary to communicate their review of the literature and analysis of the topic and synthesis of solutions to academic economist readers.

Activities:: Prior Reading and Thought Discussion Assisted Topic Development Major Project Completion
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)

Melbourne, 2019, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: No

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Darren Henry

Class requirements

Supervisor ConsultationWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours supervisor consultation per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Students are required to discuss their reading project individually with their supervisors at weekly intervals"

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%	ILO*
One 4,000-word research report or literature review, or a combination of tasks totalling 4,000 words	Summative assessment task	100	01, 02, 03, 04

Melbourne, 2019, Semester 2, Day