Bachelor of Economics (Honours) [End-on]

Version

8

Division

Tropical Environments and Societies

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Special admission requirements

Nil

Additional course rules

Nil

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

Graduates from the James Cook University Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree will have demonstrated in their written assignments and oral work the ability to:

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the concepts and principles widely used in economics

• Comment in detail on at least several current issues in economics research and practice

• Analyze critically the core paradigms, research methodologies, methods and analytical tools which shape research effort in the discipline of economics

• Identify and integrate knowledge in select areas of economics which underpin a research issue

• Synthesize creatively the existing research information with a critical mind-set for the purposes of designing a research investigation

• Cooperatively develop and execute a research project addressing pertinent research questions and built on an advanced understanding of a topic area

• Use initiative to solve specific research project problems in an ethical and socially responsible fashion

• Convey information clearly and fluently in high quality written format appropriate for an academic economics audience

• Demonstrate effective oral presentation skills for academic and professional audiences.

Townsville

Maximum time to complete

3 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

Not applicable

Maximum allowed

12 credit points

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 7 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree.

Approved abbreviation

BEc(Hons)

Exit with lesser award

Not applicable