180126 SE Modelling in Economics (2022W)

Active participation in the seminars: You need to attend to at least 8 classes and participate actively in the discussion. In case you cannot attend to the class, you need to compensate for your absence by an additional assignment. NB: If you have more absences than one, and you have serious medical or other reasons to excuse your absence, please contact the TA as soon as possible.
Readings: You have to prepare for the classes by reading the readings well enough to be able to summarize and discuss their basic argument(s).
Online discussion: You have to submit a question on each of the readings to the Moodle. The questions should include a short justification of no more than 100 words. The question should be of a general/ methodological/ philosophical nature, and not any factual question that could be addressed by a google search. You have to send a question on the readings to the Moodle by noon on Monday, and also comment on at least one question sent by some other student by 5 pm on Monday. You are also expected to familiarize yourself with all the questions of the other students ahead of the class.
Co-chairing: Each student needs to co-chair one class. This involves a) reading the Moodle discussion and giving a short overview of the online discussion, and b) choosing and reformulating 2-3 questions on readings, at least one question/reading, for further discussion in break-out groups. The co-chairs also need to provide the reformulated chosen questions in a written form to be handed in the class to the students (max. 100 words/ question), and to moderate the discussion of those questions in class. For the moderation to succeed, it is important to include all the students into the discussion!
A thesis-oriented essay in English on a freely chosen topic (2000 words, excluding references), based on the topics discussed in the class. The essay should contain at least 5 references, of which at least 3 should be to articles/books not part of the course readings. The more specific instructions will be given later. In referencing, use the Chicago Author-Date style. https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html

Active participation (10%), online discussion (10%), chairing a class (10%), and a presentation and a thesis-oriented essay (70%). All aforementioned components of the course have to be fulfilled for the successful completion of the grade. One unexcused absence is permitted.

Grading table
1 – (excellent) 90 – 100 points
2 – (good) 81 – 89 points
3 – (satisfactory) 71 – 80 points
4 – (sufficient) 61 – 70 points
5 – (insufficient) 0 – 60 points