Undergraduate Dissertations in Economics

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Undergraduate Dissertations in Economics

• A Practical Guide
• Peter Smith
• University of Southampton

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A recent addition toThe Handbook for Economics
Lecturers

• The UK experience
• The dissertation life-cycle
• Is there an alternative?

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The UK experience

• An email survey of UK Economics Departments
• Dissertations part of the majority of UG
  programmes in the responding Departments
• Some significant differences in organisation, but
  some common issues
• compulsory for all?
• coping with large numbers
• managing the supervision process
• dealing with academic integrity

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The life cycle

• Laying the foundations
• Topic selection
• Early practicalities (risk assessment, ethics,
  etc.)
• Supervision
• Progress monitoring/time management
• Data issues
• Content and structure
• Submission
• Assessment
• Academic integrity

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