This module provides students with the opportunity to pursue self-initiated, independent and in-depth research on their chosen topic. The independent research project allows students to demonstrate their ability to produce a substantial piece of written work, and enhances the skills required to do this: analysis and synthesis, clarity of thought, concision, organisation and project management. The topic of the research project must fall within the discipline range of SELCS. It may relate to the subject area of a module already taken but it must not significantly replicate arguments already produced elsewhere.

The project is a piece of independent research, under the guidance of a supervisor. Students and their supervisor will have approximately two hours of contact over the course of the academic year to discuss the progress of the work.

Aims: To provide undergraduates - who are not studying economics as part of their degree programme - with a wide knowledge of the most basic economic concepts;...

Aims: To provide undergraduates - who are not studying economics as part of their degree programme - with a wide knowledge of the most basic economic concepts; to deliver a solid understanding of consumer and firm behavior; to explain most basic demand and supply neo-classical theory; to present basic concepts in mathematical formulae and graphs in a systematic manner; and to describe recent data and real-world examples

Suitable For: Students from departments other than Economics and the combined-studies degrees in Economics. It is NOT available to the following students: Economics BSc (L100), Economics and Geography BSc (LL17), Economics and Statistics BSc (LG13), Philosophy and Economics BA (VL51), Mathematics with Economics BSc (G1L1), Mathematics with Economics MSci (G1LC), Statistics, Economics and Finance BSc (GLN0), and Statistics, Economics and a Language BSc (GLR0).

Prerequisites: A-Level Maths or equivalent.

Assumed knowledge: Students should know A-level mathematics. They should know how to reason mathematically, solve simple equations; know linear algebra, differentiations and basic geometry. They should also know how to solve numerical exercises, draw graphs clearly, and understand two-dimensional geometric shapes.