(Oxford) Diploma : Economics by Doing, Learning Economics through Discussions.
Course Description
This is a rarity among Economics courses : your success depends not so much on the lectures themselves but what you do with them.
If you just watch lectures passively – then this course is not for you.
BUT:
If you watch lectures
– and do the homework
– and discuss follow up questions – and click the Resources and visit
– and regularly read Educational Announcement
– want interaction with the Instructor
Then this course is ideal for you!
If you do enrol you’ll find that as soon as the 3 minute Introduction is finished you become engaged in discussions about current economic events in China, Japan, USA and elsewhere.
That, really, is how to enjoy learning: by being involved.
Here are the main topics covered:
CONTENTS: ECONOMICS THROUGH WORKBOOKS
- Key vocabulary
- Key economic indicators
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics concepts
- Case Studies galore
- Current economics
The emphasis throughout this course is very direct:
- Please read this before the lecture
- Here is the lecture
- Check out the Resources
- Now let’s discuss what the lecture was about
- Here is your homework – post in the Q/A
- Discuss what others wrote
What I suggest:
1. You enrol (of course!)
2. Start immediately – don’t hang around perhaps never starting!
3. Submit the work in lecture 1
4. Discuss the work with others
5. Repeat
