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Programme and Module Handbook

Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2024-2025

Module ECON44815: ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS

Department: Economics

ECON44815: ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS

Type Tied Level 4 Credits 15 Availability Available in 2024/2025 Module Cap
Tied to L1T109
Tied to L1T409
Tied to L1T609
Tied to N3K709

Prerequisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None

Aims

  • To develop knowledge and analytical skills in advanced macroeconomics.

Content

  • Advanced topics may be drawn from:
  • growth theory
  • business cycle theory: DSGE modelling
  • monetary theory
  • and their respective applications

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • be able to interpret scholarly literature in advanced macroeconomics;
  • have sufficient familiarity with the relevant current academic literature to identify open questions for their own research.
Subject-specific Skills:
  • be able to apply problem-solving and analytical skills to complex issues in macroeconomics.
Key Skills:
  • Written Communication;
  • Planning, Organising and Time Management;
  • Problem Solving and Analysis;
  • Using Initiative;
  • Numeracy;
  • Computer Literacy.

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

  • Teaching is by lectures, workshops and computer practicals. Learning takes place through attendance at lectures, preparation for and participation in workshops and practicals, and private study.
  • Formative assessment is by means of one exercise.
  • Summative assessment is by means of a written examination and a project.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Lectures 10 1 per week 2 hours 20
Workshops 8 Weekly 1 hour 8
Practicals 3 2 hours 6
Preparation & Reading 114
Revision Lectures 1 2 hours 2
Total 150

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination Component Weighting: 70%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
One in-person written examination 2 hours 100% Same
Component: Project Component Weighting: 30%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
Computational macroeconomics project 1000 words max excluding equations. tables and graphs 100% Same

Formative Assessment:

One formative assignment will be assessed. This will be a set of analytical problems.


Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University