Postgraduate Course: Advanced Topics in Macro & Labour Economics 2 (ECNM11079)

Course Outline
School	School of Economics	College	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This is a companion course to Advanced Topics in Macro & Labour Economics 1, and will cover topics NOT already covered in that course. Depending on the instructor (TBC), the covered materials will be a subset from the following: models of search and matching, unemployment duration, wage setting, business cycles, growth/development accounting, and the macroeconomics of financial markets.
Course description	The goal of this course is to cover key recent developments in the relevant areas, focusing on ones where the faculty are actively working in, and potentially tailored to the interests of students. As such, it will build on the core topics covered in the PhD macroeconomics course in the first semester.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 0
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Formative Assessment Hours 3, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 82 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Written Exam 50% Coursework 50% (Referee Report)
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: gain an understanding of recent advances in macro and labour economics; develop/refine their own research; learn how to write a constructive referee report.