• Offered by Research School of Economics
  • ANU College ANU College of Business and Economics
  • Course subject Economics
  • Areas of interest Economics
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2020
    Second Semester 2020
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Advanced Research Essay A and Advanced Research Essay B  form a two-semester sequence of courses whose aim is to provide Master of Economics students who have excelled academically in the first year of their masters program, an option to conduct an extended supervised research project. In Advanced Research Essay B, under guidance from their supervisor,students write an extended research essay based on the proposal developed in Advanced Research Essay A.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Conduct independent analysis and research project on the selected economic problem
  2. Apply appropriate methods of analysis of economic problems
  3. Make a minor contribution to the discussion on selected economic issue.
  4. Develop advanced research skills applicable to tackle a wide range of economic problems.

Indicative Assessment

  1. Mid-term Research Essay review (20) [LO null]
  2. Final Research Essay (80) [LO null]

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Workload

up to 10 hours a week

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

To be eligible to enrol in this course, students must have successfully completed ECON8887 with a minimum grade of 70.

You will need to contact the Research School of Economics to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Prescribed Texts

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Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
3
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $4500
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $6000
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3965 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
9818 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 Online N/A

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