ECON 398 - Field-Specific Research Seminar in Economics

Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall

Prerequisites: ECON 203, 210, and 211.Students work through the original literature in a given field within the discipline of economics. Emphasis is on critical understanding of that literature. Required written work and class discussion focus on summarizing and reviewing articles, gaining insight into the current economic knowledge documented in that literature, and identifying future research questions implied by the current literature. Student effort culminates with a detailed and rigorous proposal of an independent research project for ECON 399: Capstone Seminar in Economics (3).Staff.