ECON20080

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students should have a good understanding of the arguments being made for and against a range of current policy issues and an understanding of how economic theory and methods can be applied to these arguments.

Indicative Module Content:

Topics include:

- the minimum wage and related policy measures

- the impact of legislation on collective bargaining

-the arguments for and against a Universal basic Income

- policy evaluation

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

In this course we engage with economic policies of current interest and importance via lectures, reading academic sources, in-class discussion,technical homework and in-class policy debates by student volunteers.

All of the graded assessments in this module are in person closed book tests so the use of AI will not arise.

Use of AI is permitted in this module and may be a useful aid in terms of reviewing the readings or answering the non graded homeworks and could be used for the following purposes:

To generate ideas and organise the structure of written notes
To start a literature review and find relevant papers.
To understand main concepts/theories and find definitions.
To correct grammar and improve the writing style of your own work.
To assist with reference formatting.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Learning Recommendations:

Principles of Microeconomics strongly recommended

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Comments will be provided to the class on homework assignments, and individually on the essay and assignment components.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.