Degree | Type | Year |
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4313384 Applied Research in Economics and Business | OT | 0 |
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To provide a wider understanding in advanced techniques and topics for empirical research in economics.
Development Economics
1. Concepts and challenges.
2. The persistence of poverty.
3. The process of development.
4. Cities, urbanisation and development.
5. Frontier topics in development economics.
Economics of Migration
1. International Migration - Facts, Determinants and Migrants Selection.
2. Identification Issues in Economics of Migration.
3. Labor Market Impact of Immigration.
4. Political Economy of Immigration.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Directed | 37.5 | 1.5 | 1, 9, 3, 2, 8, 5, 4, 6, 7, 10 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Supervised | 22.5 | 0.9 | 1, 9, 3, 2, 8, 5, 4, 6, 7, 10 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Autonomous | 82.8 | 3.31 | 1, 9, 3, 2, 8, 5, 4, 6, 7, 10 |
Classes, essay writing, tutorials, study and research activities.
The proposed teaching methodology may undergo some modifications according to the restrictions imposed by the health authorities on on-campus courses.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Class attendance | 5% | 0 | 0 | 1, 9, 3, 2, 8, 5, 4, 6, 7, 10 |
Exams | 70% | 3.2 | 0.13 | 1, 9, 3, 2, 8, 5, 4, 6, 7, 10 |
Presentation and discussion of essays and problems | 15% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 9, 3, 2, 8, 5, 4, 6, 7, 10 |
Presentation and discussion of readings | 10% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 9, 3, 2, 8, 5, 4, 6, 7, 10 |
Continuous evaluation
Class attendance, presentation and discussion of essays and problems, presentation and discussion of readings, exams.
Calendar of evaluation activities
The dates of the evaluation activities of the module (final exams, exercises in the classroom, assignments,...) will be announced well in advance during the semester."The dates of evaluation activities cannot be modified, unless there is an exceptional and duly justified reason why an evaluation activity cannot be carried out. In this case, the degree coordinator will contact both the teaching staff and the affected student, and a new date will be scheduled within the same academic period to make up for the missed evaluation activity." Section 1 of Article 115. Calendar of evaluation activities (Academic Regulations UAB). Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, who in accordance with the previous paragraph need to change an evaluation activity (mainly final exam/s) date must process the request by filling out an Application for exams' reschedulehttps://eformularis.uab.cat/group/deganat_feie/application-for-exams-reschedule
Module grade and retake
The overall grade for the module will be determined as the average of the final grades obtained for the individual units of the module, weighted by their ECTS, under the condition that:
In case any of these conditions are not fulfilled, the student will be given the option to recover the corresponding units. Also in the case that the conditions are fulfilled but the overall, weighted-average grade for the module is less than 5.0, the student will be given the option to recover the individual unit graded with less than 5.0.
The format of the recovery of a unit will be determined by its professors and the maximum grade that can be obtained for each recovered subject is 5.0.
Evaluation of Economics of Development
40% Presentation of an academic paper
60% Written exam
Evaluation of Economics of Migration
40% Presentation/Written report of an academic paper
60% Written exam
Grade revision process
After all grading activities of the module have ended, students will be informed of the date and way in which the module grades will be published. Students will be also be informed of the procedure, place, date and time of grade revision following University regulations.
Retake Process
"To be eligible to participate in the retake process of the module, it is required for students to have been previously evaluated for at least two thirds of the total evaluation activities of the module." Section 3 of Article 112 ter. The recovery (UAB Academic Regulations). Additionally, it is required that the student to have achieved an average grade of the module between 3.5 and 4.9
The date of the retake exam will be duly announced by the coordination of the program. Students who take this exam and pass, will get a grade of 5 for the module. If the student does not pass the retake, the grade will remain unchanged, and hence, student will fail the module.
Irregularities in evaluation activities
In spite of other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "in the case that the student makes any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluation activity, it will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that can be instructed. In case of various irregularities occur in the evaluation of the same module, the final grade of this module will be 0" Section 10 of Article 116. Results of the evaluation. (UABAcademic Regulations).
Not Assessed Grade
A student can obtain "Not Assessed" grade in the module only when he/she has not participated in any of the evaluation activities within it. Therefore, students who perform even only one evaluation component cannot obtain "Not Assessed" grade in the module.
Comprehensive evaluation
This module does not offer the option for comprehensive evaluation.
The proposed evaluation activities may undergo some changes according to the restrictions imposed by the health authorities on on-campus courses.
Economics of Development
Economics of Migration
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(TEm) Theory (master) | 30 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |