{"id":63,"date":"2024-08-13T10:04:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T10:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/econ\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2025-04-04T04:42:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:42:43","slug":"bachelor-of-arts-honours-in-economics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/econ\/bachelor-of-arts-honours-in-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Arts Honours in Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"63\" class=\"elementor elementor-63\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df1899 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3df1899\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b62d1b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b62d1b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bachelor of Arts Honours in Economics<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa1e73f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa1e73f\" 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of Microeconomics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: None<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>The main objective is to provide students with a foundation knowledge in microeconomic concepts, principles and tools.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Scope of Microeconomics, Microeconomics vs Macroeconomics, Positive and Normative statements, Using scientific method in economics, Assumptions and models, Scarcity, opportunity cost, factors of production, production possibility curve, Basic economic problems and economic systems, Different tools of analysis in microeconomics, Consumer and the basics of consumer behavior, Consumer equilibrium, Demand and demand curve, Producer and basics of producer behavior, Producer equilibrium, Supply and supply curve, Point elasticity, Arch-elasticity, Five-types of elasticity, Importance and uses Market and equilibrium, Rationale for government intervention, Methods of government intervention.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1842\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1842\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 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Exchange rate<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc1d5d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc1d5d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Year 2<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-874d891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"874d891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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problems.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Theory of consumer behavior, Total &amp; marginal utility, Diminishing marginal utility, Cardinal approach, Consumer equilibrium, The law of equi- marginal utility, Ordinal approach, Indifference curves, Properties, Diminishing Marginal Returns to Scale, Ordinal approach, Budget line, Shifts in the budget line, Consumer equilibrium, Decomposing price effect, Income effects, Substitution effects, Applications of the theories, Revealed preference theory, Assumptions of Consumer demand, Theory of Production, Factors of production, Production function in the Short Run, Total Production, Average Production &amp; Marginal Production, Production function in the Long Run, Isoquant, Returns to Scale, Isocost, Producers equilibrium, Cost of production, profit maximization, Perfect competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic competition, Oligopoly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600 \">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1412\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1412\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1413\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 2103.3 \u2013 Law and Economics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1413\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1413\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 2103.3 \u2013 Law and Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 1101.3, ECON 1201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<br \/>To acquaint the student with economic analysis of law, interrelationship between law and economics, and uses of legal framework in growth and development.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>History of economic analysis of law, The nature of economic reasoning (rationality, assumptions), Definition of law, Role of the state and law, Sources of law, the common law, Property law, Contract rights and remedies, Family law and sex law, Criminal law, Economic analysis of punishments, Monopoly and antitrust laws, How to design a development friendly constitution, Financial markets, Income inequality, distributive justice and poverty, Taxation, The transmission of wealth at death, The process of legal rulemaking, Racial discrimination and human rights, Theory of law, Law enforcement and the administrative process<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1414\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1414\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 2104.3 \u2013 Mathematical Economics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1414\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1414\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 2104.3 \u2013 Mathematical Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 1101.3, ECON 1201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<br \/>The objective of this course unit is to enhance the ability of students in using mathematical tools in economic applications and proceed as a supportive course unit for many other courses in Economics. The course covers economic models, equilibrium analysis and optimization problems<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Basic Concepts of Mathematics, Simultaneous Equation, Differentiation, Marginal Functions increasing and decreasing functions, Maximum and Minimum points , Economic Applications of Differentiation, Partial Differentiation, Total Differentiation, Equilibrium Analysis in Economics, Partial Market Equilibrium: Linear and non Linear Models, General Market Equilibrium, Equilibrium in National Income Analysis, Unconstrained Optimization, Economic Applications of Optimization, Constrained Optimization, Substitution Method, Lagrange Multiplier method, Integral Calculus and its economic applications, Economic Applications of\u00a0 Integral Calculus, Matrix Algebra, Solving Linear Equations using matrix algebra ,optimization problems, Hessian, Bordered, Hessian For Second Order Condition, Input Output Analysis, Economic Model Building, Ingredients of a Mathematical Model, Relations and Functions, Types Of Functions: Linear, Non Linear, Exponential, Logarithms<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1415\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1415\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 2201.3 \u2013 Intermediate Macroeconomics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1415\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1415\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 2201.3 \u2013 Intermediate Macroeconomics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 1201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>This course aims at exposing the students to the recent developments in macroeconomic theory and its application to macroeconomic management.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<br \/>Review of Principles of Macroeconomics, Multiplier analysis, Income-expenditure approach, Injection-withdrawals approach, Hicks \u2013 Hanson model, IS curve, LM curve, Equilibrium of IS-LM, Multiplier analysis<\/p><p>Policy analysis under IS-LM framework, Fiscal Policy and effectiveness, Monetary Policy and effectiveness<\/p><p>AD-AS model, Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, Equilibrium of AD and AS , Policy effectiveness under AD-AS model, Macroeconomic Policy, Full employment Economic stability, Equality and Economic development<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1416\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1416\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 2202.3 \u2013 Public Economics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1416\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1416\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 2202.3 \u2013 Public Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 1101.3, ECON 1201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>Develops an analytical framework that facilitates the evaluation of public policy and subsequently informs the public debate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Introduction to public economics, Market economy, Market failures, Correction of market failures, Role of the state, Ideas on the state, Earlier views, Value of each activity of the state, External effects and market mechanism, External effects and public goods, public goods provided by the government, privately provided<\/p><p>Public expenditure, Demand for and supply of government services, Canons of public expenditure,<\/p><p>Private and public expenditure, Effects of public expenditure, Public expenditure in Sri Lanka, Size of public sector, Fiscal policy, Fiscal policy and public sector, Fiscal policy in Sri Lanka, Public debt, Domestic debt<\/p><p>Foreign debt, Public debt in Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1417\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1417\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 2203.3 \u2013 Advanced Microeconomics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1417\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1417\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 2203.3 \u2013 Advanced Microeconomics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2101.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>This course aims at exposing the students to the microeconomic theory as it applied to managerial and public policy making and scientific papers at the research frontier of the subject.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Consumer choice under uncertainty, Risk probability and decision making, Preference toward risk, the demand for risky assets, Risk probability and decision making, Preference toward risk, The demand for risky assets<\/p><p>Market Power, Monopoly Power, cost and limiting market power, Pricing with market power, Traditional price discriminating strategies, Modern price discrimination, Traditional price discriminating strategies, Advertising, Selling costs and advertising, Markets for factor inputs, Perfectly competitive factor markets, Imperfectly completive factor markets, Trade unions and collective bargaining, Investment and intertemporal choice, Investment, time and capital markets, Intertemporal choice in exchange, Production and investment, Information market failure and the role of government , General equilibrium analysis, Efficiency in exchange and production, Externalities and public goods, Markets with asymmetric information<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1418\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1418\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 2204.3 \u2013 Statistics for Economics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1418\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1418\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 2204.3 \u2013 Statistics for Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2104.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The objective of this course is to provide students a good knowledge of statistical tools and techniques which are fundamental from collecting to analyzing and presenting economic data.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Basic Statistics and Data, Descriptive Statistics, Organizing data, central tendency measures, Measures of dispersion, Measures of shape, Sampling Purpose, principles and methods, probability and non-probability sampling, Probability and Probability theorem, Probability concepts and basic rules, joint probability, conditional probability, Bayes rule, Random Variables, Theoretical Probability, Distributions for discrete R.V., Binomial\/Poisson, Uniform, Exponential, Normal Distributions, Standard Normal Distribution, Students\u2019 t, chi square, F distributions, Central Limit Theorem, Sampling Distributions, Sampling Distributions for mean, difference of two means, Sampling Distributions for proportions, two difference of two proportions, Statistical inference, Point estimation properties of good Estimator, Hypothesis Testing, Steps of testing hypothesis, Steps of testing hypothesis, small sample, large sample case, Hypothesis testing : H0 distribution, H1 distribution, type I and type II errors, power of tests, Chi-Square test Introduction, method and uses<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31cf73f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31cf73f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Year 3<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ba0c92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"1ba0c92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2891\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2891\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3101.3\u2013 Development Theory<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2891\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2891\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3101.3\u2013 Development Theory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 1101.3, ECON 1201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>The objective of the course is to explain the theories and\u00a0\u00a0 models aiming at economic growth and development in the world.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Evolution of the concept of development, Development measurement, Fields and indicators of Development, Composite indexes, New trends, Underdevelopment, Classical theory of economic development (Adam Smiths\u2019 theory, Ricardian theory, Malthusian theory), Relevance for less developed countries, Marxian theory , Rostow\u2019s theory, Keynesian economics &amp; development, Neo-classical theory of economic development (Robert solow, Harrod-Domar growth model, Indigenous growth model), Structuralism &amp; dualistic development (Arthur Lewis, Ranis \u2013 Fei, Todaro, Big-push theory), Foreign aid, Foreign direct investment, Environment &amp; development, Debates of population, Sustainable human development.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2892\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2892\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3102.3\u2013 International Trade Theory<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2892\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2892\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3102.3\u2013 International Trade Theory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 1201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<br \/>The objective of this course is to provide the student a comprehensive and up to date knowledge of international trade relationships among countries. Accordingly, students will be introduced different theories related to international trade and international trade policies.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Importance of international trade in Economics, International trade and standards of living, Purpose of international trade theories and policies, Current international trade problem, Mercantilism, Absolute advantage, Recardian Theory of comparative advantage, Opportunity cost and comparative advantage, Gains from trade, Production frontier and community indifference curve, Equilibrium in isolation, Gains from trade, Trade based on difference in tastes, Demand and Supply, Offer Curves and the Terms of Trade Equilibrium, Basic assumptions, Factor intensity of Hecksher-Ohlin Theory, Factor abundance and the shape of the production function, Factor endowment and H-O model, Factor price equalization and income distribution, Empirical tests of H-O model, Economics of Scale, Imperfect competition and International Trade, Dynamic technological differences as basis for trade, Transportations costs, Environmental standards and international trade, Growth of factors of production, Technical progress, Growth and Trade: small country case, large country case, Partial equilibrium analysis of tariff, Effective rate of protection, General equilibrium analysis of tariff: small\/large country case, Optimum tariff, Definition, Type of non-tariff barriers, Import Quotas, voluntary export restraints, Technical administrative and other barriers, Dumping and export subsidies, Strategic trade policy, Importance of trade to economic development, Export instability and economic development, import substitution and export promotion, Problems of developing Terms of trade and economic development, International resource movements and Multinational Corporations.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2893\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2893\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3103.3\u2013 Monetary Economics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2893\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2893\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3103.3\u2013 Monetary Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 1101.3, ECON 1201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<br \/>The objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive theoretical and applied knowledge of the history of money, role of the money, evolution of banking balance of payments and the exchange rate.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Definitions\/Basics of Exchanges, Non-monetary exchange, The history and the evolution of money, Role of Money in the Classical Era, Changing Role of Money, How Transaction Costs Influence Financial Structure, Asymmetric Information: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard , The Lemons Problem: How Adverse Selection Influences Financial Structure, Meaning of demand for money, Factors affecting the demand for money, Transaction demand for money, Precautionary demand for money, Asset demand for money, The Quantity Theory of Money, Keynes Liquidity Preference Theory, Friedman\u2019s Modern Quantity Theory of Money, Empirical Evidence on Money Demand, Money Supply Process, Determines the money supply, Base Money and Money Multiplier, Money creation, Multiple deposit creation process, Time value of money and interest rates, Fisher\u2019s classical approach, Loanable funds theory, Risk structure of the interest rate, Term structure of the interest rate, Determination of bond demand and supply, The Lucas Critique of Policy, New Classical Macroeconomic Model, Risk and uncertainty on the financial system, Money and inflation, Financial Institutions, Financial Intermediaries, and Asset Management Firms, Depository Institutions: Activities and Characteristics, How Financial Intermediaries Reduce Transaction Costs, Money market, Capital market.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2894\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2894\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3104.3\u2013 Environmental Economics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2894\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2894\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3104.3\u2013 Environmental Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"148\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2101.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>The main objective of the course unit is to provide the student with a basic understanding of the environment \u2013 economy relationship and motivate student to analyse efficient use of environment in economic activities.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>relationship of Environment and Economy, Environment as a factor of production, Economic activity and the environment, Environment in the circular floor of income, Economic development and the environment, Sustainable Development, Economic systems, Market economy, economic efficiency and social welfare, Welfare measures, Sustainable development, Ethical concepts in environmental policy debate, Environmental laws, Role of the government, Steps in developing environmental policy, Issues in environmental policy development, Property rights\/incomplete markets, Externalities, Public goods Open access, Non-convexities, Asymmetric information, Command and control policies, Coase theory, Price rationing, Liability rules, Quantity rationing, Evaluative criteria, Practical condition for use of economic incentives, Efficiency properties of emission taxes, Problems with pollution taxes, Tradable pollution permits, International externalities, Transboundary pollution and game theory.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2895\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2895\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3105.3\u2013 Econometrics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2895\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2895\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3105.3\u2013 Econometrics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2204.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>Provide students with comprehensive knowledge on econometrics needed to estimate, test and validate the parameters of economic relationships and articulate them appropriately to economic reasoning in different contexts.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Introduction of econometrics, Scope of econometrics, Division of econometrics, Methodology of an econometric research, Correlation theory (Measuring linear correlation, Rank correlation, Partial correlation, limitations), Ordinary Least Square Method, Multiple regression, Testing statistical significance (Standard error test, T test, Z test, Confidence intervals for regression coefficients, F test), Properties of OLS, ANOVA in regression, Testing overall significance, Improvement of fit, Equality between coefficients, Stability of coefficients, Equality between coefficients, Stability of coefficients, Violation of OLS assumptions, Autocorrelation, Multicollinearity, Dummy dependents, Model specification and diagnoses testing.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2896\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2896\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3201.3\u2013 Comparative Economic Development<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2896\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2896\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3201.3\u2013 Comparative Economic Development<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3101.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>The main objective of the course unit is to compare and contrast the main divergent development phases and episodes in the evolution of the countries and the regions in the word.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Scope of Comparative Economic Development, Karl Marx, Mode of production, and means of production, Karl Marx &amp; Asiatic Mode of Production, The Rostow model, Agricultural Development in Britain, The Manorial System, The break \u2013up of the Manorial system, Enclosure movement, Agricultural revolution, Mercantilism Laissez \u2013 faire Inventions, Agricultural Development in America, Industrialization in Colonial America, Japan\u2019s Economic Development, Japan\u2019s Economic Development, Colonialism in South-East Asia, Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs), The High Performance Asian Economies (HPAE).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2897\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2897\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3202.3\u2013 International Finance<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2897\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2897\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3202.3\u2013 International Finance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3102.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The objective of the course is to give students a theoretical knowledge on how the international monetary and capital flows work and how and economy could take measures for effective international monetary policies.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Introduction of Relationship with trade theory, Balance of Payments and its importance, Introduction, Partners and Functions of Foreign Exchange Markets and Exchange rates, Vehicle currencies, Spot and Forward rates, Foreign Currency Swaps, etc, Exchange rate determinants, Monetary approach to BOP and exchange rates, Exchange rate dynamics: exchange rate overshooting, BOP adjustment with exchange rates changes, Derivation of the demand curve for foreign exchange, Derivation of the demand curve for foreign exchange, Exchange rate, Domestic prices and the Terms of Trade, Stability of foreign Exchange Markets, Marshall \u2013Lerner Conditions, Elasticities and the \u201cJ\u201d curve effect, Income Adjustment Mechanism, Absorption approach to BOP and automatic adjustment , Monetary approach to BOP and automatic adjustment, Expenditure Changing and Expenditure Switching policies, Fiscal and Monetary policies for internal and external balance, Case of Flexible Exchange Rates, Concepts &amp; rational, Relevance for less developed counties, Policy mix and Internal and External Balance, Direct Controls, The flexible versus fixed exchange rates, European Monetary System, transition to Monetary Union, The Gold Standard, The Bretton Woods System, The Gold-Exchange Standard evolution and the collapse of Breton Wood system, International Monetary system: Present and Future, Monetary system in Sri Lanka: Past, Present and Future.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2898\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2898\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3203.3\u2013 Financial Markets<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2898\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2898\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3203.3\u2013 Financial Markets<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3103.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The objectives of the course are to prepare students with a good understanding of the theoretical foundation of financial market and institutions, and to keep students updated on the latest discourse on practical issues and policies in the new international financial environment.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Concept of Financial Assets and Its Relevance to Innovation, Design of financial system and existence of banks, Evolution of the banking industry and recent developments, Market instruments and architecture, Analysis of market performance: bull and bear markets, and bubble and burst, Information content of market indices, Market practices and functions, The Double Play: Simultaneous, speculation on currency and equity markets, Introduction to financial engineering: Simulation of financial markets, Market practices and functions, Characteristics and applications of, and interest differential between instruments, Speculation strategies, Securitization: Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, Contraction and extension risks; credit risk and enhancement, Advanced techniques in securitization, Asset securitization as a financial, Innovation, Creative instruments, Concept of unbundling composite risks of financial assets: Credit derivatives and Applications, Insurance companies, S &amp; L associations and others, Organization and structure of debt markets, Government and non-government debts, Bonds: Valuation, yield and ratings, International bond markets Integration, Financial Futures Markets, Options Markets, Pricing of Futures and Options Contracts, Theory of Financial Structure, Three banking Regulations and Crisis, The Basle Capital Accord, Strategic sequencing of financial development, Financial liberalization in Sri Lanka, Causes of the Asian financial turmoil, Pros and cons of alternative, exchange rate regimes, International trade, global capital, Mobility and currency values, International financial centers and financial innovation, Global trading system and WTO, Regional economic integration and financial internationalization, Reforming the international financial architecture.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2899\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2899\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3204.3 \u2013 Resource Economics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2899\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2899\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3204.3 \u2013 Resource Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3104.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The main objective of the course unit is to provide the student with a basic understanding of the types of environmental resources and theoretical approaches to efficient use of each type of environmental resource.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Classification of natural resources, Role of scarcity, Natural resource management: common principles, Market structure and exploitation of NRR, Hoteling\u2019s rule for resource extraction, Economics of mineral resources, Role of time and uncertainty, Recycling and reuse, Principles of Renewable Resource Economics (Population growth models, Static and dynamic models), Economics of fisheries resources, (Biological growth model, Sustainable yield, Bio-economic yield), Economics of fisheries Resource management, Policy tools, Role of uncertainty, Biological growth model, Natural forest and commercial forestry, Economics of forestry, Optimum forest harvest, Socially optimal forest rotation, Forest policies, Uncertainty, Physical features of land, Economic principles, Land resource Management and land market, Land use planning, Economics of water resources, Water pollution, Water scarcity, allocation, and pricing, Water and social welfare, Water policies, Economics of energy resources.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-28910\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-28910\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3206.3\u2013 Economy of Sri Lanka<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-28910\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-28910\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3206.3\u2013 Economy of Sri Lanka<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: None<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The main objective of this course is to provide students with a sound knowledge on the economy of Sri Lanka and articulate economic data in relation to economic reasoning and policy issues.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>The traditional economy, Transition of the economy under British rule, Becoming a dual economy, Long-term influence on the economy, Structural change after independence, Present structure and related issues, Agriculture and the economy, Industrial sector and the economy, Service sector of the economy, Main development projects after independence and at present, Achievements and failures, Main issues, Population, population growth and trends, labor force, employment and unemployment, Pattern of income distribution, trends, issues, Growth of the independent Sri Lanka, Trends, contribution of different sectors, issues, Adoption of\u00a0 different system strategies, Planning, achievements and failures, Policy changes and policy tools (legislation, sanctions, regulations, taxes and subsidies) under different regimes, Critical evaluation of different economic policies of Sri Lanka based on the content, implementation and impact of different\u00a0policies, Identification of issues by students, assigning different policies and policy tools for different issues.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-28911\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-28911\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3207.3\u2013 Advanced Macroeconomics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-28911\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-28911\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3207.3\u2013 Advanced Macroeconomics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2201.3, ECON 2203.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>To make student acquainted with widely used theories, key issues and advanced models in macroeconomics.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Recent development in\u00a0 macroeconomics, Post Keynesian Macroeconomics, Mundel \u2013Flemming model: macroeconomic policy with fixed and floating exchange rate, Theories of growth\u00a0 \u2013 Solow Model, The Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans Model, Endogenous growth model, Extending the Solow Model to Include Human Capital, Empirical Application: Accounting for Cross-Country, Income Differences, Social Infrastructure, Empirical Application: Social Infrastructure and Cross-Country Income Differences, Real Business Cycle Theory, Consumption under Certainty: The Permanent-Income Hypothesis, Consumption under Uncertainty: The Random-Walk Hypothesis, The Interest Rate and Saving, Investment and the Cost of Capital, A Model of Investment with Adjustment Costs, Tobin\u2019s\u00a0<em>q\u00a0<\/em>Analyzing the Model, Theories of Unemployment, A Generic Efficiency-Wage Model, A More General Version, The Shapiro\u2013Stiglitz Model, Inflation, Money Growth, and Interest Rates, Monetary Policy and the Term Structure of Interest Rates, The Microeconomic Foundations of Stabilization Policy, Optimal Monetary Policy in a Simple Backward-Looking Model, Optimal Monetary Policy in a Simple Forward-Looking Model, The Government Budget Constraint, The Ricardian Equivalence Result, Ricardian Equivalence in Practice,Tax-Smoothing.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-28912\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"12\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-28912\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 3208.3\u2013 Policy Review Report<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-28912\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"12\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-28912\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 3208.3\u2013 Policy Review Report<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2101.3, ECON 2201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>The main objective of this course is to provide students with a knowledge on reviewing economic policies and train them to write policy review, policy recommendation and needs assessment reports.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>What is a policy review? , Procedure of reviewing policies, Policy review format, Policy recommendation, What is a needs assessment? , Procedure of needs assessment, Needs assessment format, Writing policy review reports, Writing policy recommendation reports, Writing needs assessment reports.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-28913\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"13\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-28913\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 0099.3\u2013 Independent Research \u2013 Phase I<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-28913\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"13\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-28913\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"665\">ECON 0099.3\u2013 Independent Research \u2013 Phase I<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"148\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"268\">Prerequisites: None<\/td><td width=\"250\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"665\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The main objective of the course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to conduct research including preparing research proposals, conducting a literature review, collecting and analyzing data and writing research reports and research papers.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"665\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Introduction of Research, Steps of research process, different research paradigms, research approaches, types of research, dissertation types, and research ethics, Experimental method, randomized\/controlled field trials, case-study method, Action research, grounded-theory-method, discourse analysis, content analysis, key-informant analysis, Panel discussions, Primary data, secondary data and data collection methods including probability and non-probability sampling, Quantitative analytical methods, qualitative analytical methods and mixed methods, Structure of a research proposal; choosing a tentative research problem and search the literature to find the research gap related to it; writing the precise research problem, Aim, objectives, methodology, chapter organization, time-frame and reference methods, Scientific method under deductive approach; null-hypothesis, alternative hypothesis and formulation of hypothesis, Developing a questionnaire, developing a schedule, scaling, forming categorical data and continuous data, Forming variables, categorical and continuous variables, quantitative methods of data analysis, Qualitative methods of data analysis, Triangulation of data and analytical methods, Basics of scientific writing, plagiarism, quoting, paraphrasing and reference methods, Technical requirements of completing research report\/dissertation; guidelines of the department and submission of thesis.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"329\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"336\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8c77b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8c77b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Year 4<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7049449 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"7049449\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1171\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1171\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4101.3  \u2013 Development Policy and Planning<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1171\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1171\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4101.3 \u00a0\u2013 Development Policy and Planning<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The objectives of this course is to develop an understanding of economic policies aimed at achieving economic growth and development in developing countries.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Introduction, Scope of the course unit and expected outcomes and skills, Economic policy during the colonial period in LDCs, Characters of LDCs, Colonial period, Economic policies in colonial period, Import substitution policies in LDCs, Import substitutions, Advantages and disadvantages and Issues, Export-led industrializations in LDCs, Weakness and strengths , Foreign direct investment (FDI), Conditions Issues and Necessity of FDI, Industrial policy and development planning , Agricultural policy and development planning , Population policy in LDCs, Population issues, Planning, Environment and development planning, Feasibility studies, Regional policy &amp; Small and Medium Industry sector, Introduction to development planning, Objectives and achievements of economic planning, Types of planning, Planning of India, Planning of China<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1172\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1172\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4102.3  \u2013 Project Management<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1172\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1172\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4102.3\u00a0 \u2013 Project Management<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>To provide students with an advanced knowledge on project life cycle and enhance the skills to apply\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 them in a real project<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Course Specification, Introductory case study, Definition of a Project and Project Management, Evolution of Project Management, Importance of Project Management, Project Life Cycle, Project Initiation, Participatory Planning, Project Cycle Management (PCM) Workshop, Steps in Participatory Planning, Project Charter, Project Appraisal Methods, Methods to Evaluate Projects, Payback Period, Net Present Value, Project Planning Process, Key Tasks of a Project, Dependencies among Tasks, Work Breakdown Structure, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, Basic Schedule of a Project, Basic Cost Estimation of a Project, Network analysis, CPM, PERT method, Network replanting, Project crashing, Project implementation, Project closure, Project controlling, Project Management Plan.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1173\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1173\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4103.3\u2013  International Economic Policy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1173\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1173\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4103.3\u2013\u00a0 International Economic Policy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3202.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The main objective of this course unit is to develop an understanding of the process of economic policy making in the global economy. This course introduces the evolution of trade since the days of mercantilism to the era of the rule based under the WTO<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<br \/>Scope of the course unit and expected outcomes and skills, Main argument of mercantilism, New trends of mercantilism policy, Trade policy changes in the inter-war period , British trade policy, Norwegian trade policy, American trade policy, Asian trade organizations, Non-Asian Organizations, World bank trade policies, IMF trade policies, Economic policy since establishment of WTO, History of WTO, Functions and Policy changers of WTO, Establishment &amp; function of and its impact on trade with special reference to the developing countries.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 30% ; End-semester: 70%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1174\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1174\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4104.3\u2013  International Business<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1174\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1174\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4104.3\u2013\u00a0 International Business<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3202.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>An understanding of international business is essential for students in today\u2019s interdependent global world. This course will provide students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to understand the global economic, political, cultural and social environment within which firms operate. It will examine the strategies and structures of international business and assess the special roles of an international business\u2019s various functions.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>\u00a0Course Specification, Introduction to International Business, Understand what is meant by the term globalization, The main drivers of globalization, The changing nature of the global economy, Main arguments in the debate over the impact of globalization, Overview of the trade theory, Absolute and comparative advantage theories, HO theory, New trade theory, Porters diamond, Foreign Direct investment and multilateral cooperation, Trends, direction and Source of FDI, The forms of FDI, Theories of FDI, Political ideology and FDI, Benefits and costs of FDI, Government policy, Instruments and FDI, Growth of global capital market, Risk of global capital market, Eurocurrency market, Global bond market, Foreign exchange risk and the cost of capital, Fords global strategy, Strategy and the firm, Global expansion, profitability and profit growth, Cost pressures and pressures for local responsiveness, Global standardization strategy, Localization strategy, Transnational strategy, International strategy, Organization of international business, Organizational architecture, Organizational structure, Vertical differentiation, Control systems and incentives, Creating and maintaining the organizational culture, Entry Strategies, Basic entry decisions, Exporting, Export, import and countertrade: LC &amp; other payment methods, The promise and pitfalls of exporting, Export strategy, Export and import financing, countertrade, Incoterms, The 13 incoterms, Different types of incoterms, Inco terms and shipping, Global Production and Logistics, Strategy, production and logistics, Technological factors, Product factors, Managing a global supply chain, Global marketing and R&amp;D, Globalization of market and brands, Market segments, Distribution strategy, Communication strategy, Pricing strategy<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1175\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1175\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4105.3\u2013  Banking and Financial Law<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1175\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1175\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4105.3\u2013\u00a0 Banking and Financial Law<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3203.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The primary aim of the course is a broad introduction to banking and financial law at Local international level. Additionally, the course aims to provide the student with a comprehension of the legal framework on banking and securities law.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Course Specification, Overview of the Financial Markets, Regulatory Framework, The Sources of Banking Law( Britain; European Union), The Financial Markets and their Legal Framework: The Stock Market, The Market Abuse, The Financial Consumer Protection, Takeovers, The Financial Institutions and their Legal Framework, The Bank and its Organization (subsidiaries branches), Bank supervision, The Bank and its Insolvency, The Investment Firm and Funds (Mutual Funds Pension Funds), The Financial Contracts and their Legal framework, Custody and Transfer of Money and Securities, Loan Finance, Derivatives (eg ISDA Master Agreements; ISFA Credit Derivatives), Collateralized Finance an Structured Finance, Securitization, Asset-backed, synthetic and whole business securitizations, Bank Confidentiality, Money Laundering, Financial Advisory and Investment Services, Financial Advisory and Investment Services Acts in Sri Lanka<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1176\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1176\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4106.3\u2013  Central Banking and Monetary Policy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1176\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1176\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4106.3\u2013\u00a0 Central Banking and Monetary Policy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3203.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>This course will examine the role of central banks and monetary policy in the global economy and the effects of their policies on countries, companies and global financial markets. The course will help students acquire the analytical tools needed to understand and predict central bank decisions on the basis of economic developments and projections, and to assess the likely impact of monetary policy decisions on global financial markets<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Introduction, Structure and Independence of Central Banks, Multiple Deposit Creation and the Money Supply Process, Four Players in the Money Supply Process, The Central Bank\u2019s Balance Sheet, The Money Supply Model and the Money Multiplier, Factors that Determine the Money Multiplier, Additional Factors That Determine the Money Supply, Tools of Monetary Policy, Open Market Operations, Discount Policy, Goals of Monetary Policy, Interest-Rate Stability, Stability of Financial Markets, Stability in Foreign Exchange Markets, Conflict Among Goals Criteria for Choosing, Intermediate Targets Criteria for Choosing, Operating Targets, Foreign Exchange Market, Exchange Rates in the Long Run, Exchange Rates in the Short Run, Shifts in the Expected-Return Schedule for Foreign Deposits, Shifts in the Expected-Return Schedule for Domestic Deposits, The international financial system, International Considerations and Monetary Policy, Capital Controls, The Role of the IMF, Direct Effects of the Foreign Exchange, Market on the Money Supply Balance-of, Considerations Exchange Rate Considerations, Transmission mechanisms of monetary policy, The Role of a Nominal Anchor, Exchange-Rate Targeting, Monetary Targeting, Inflation Targeting, The European Central Bank\u2019s Monetary Policy Strategy, Monetary Policy Strategy of CBSL, Origins of Inflationary Monetary Policy, High Employment Targets and Inflation, Budget Deficits and Inflation, The Effects of Quantitative Easing on Interest Rates.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1177\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1177\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4107.3\u2013  Environmental Valuation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1177\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1177\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4107.3\u2013\u00a0 Environmental Valuation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3204.3<\/td><td width=\"242\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"400\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The main objective of the course unit is to provide the student with a basic understanding of the various tools and techniques available for elucidating economic values of environment\/ environmental pollution.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Introduction, Importance of the subject matter, Types of environmental values, Shadow price, Cost-benefit analysis of environment, Conceptual foundations, Discounting for the future, Welfare measures revisited, Principles of market-based valuation, Consumer surplus, Producer surplus, Allocative efficiency, Valuing opportunity costs, Price effects, Compensating variation, Equivalent variation, Economic approaches to environmental valuation, Environment quality as an input in production, Household production function, Productivity change method, Valuing health effects, Opportunity cost method, Defensive expenditure method, Preventive expenditure, Replacement cost, Relocation cost, Shadow projects, Hedonic pricing method, Travel cost method, Contingent Valuation, Different CVM methods, Survey types, Elicitation methods, Criticisms of CVM, Valuing risk and uncertainty, Expected value analysis, Sensitivity analysis, Option price and option value,<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1178\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1178\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4108.3\u2013  Environmental Policy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1178\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1178\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4108.3\u2013\u00a0 Environmental Policy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3204.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>To introduce the student to global environmental policy discontents, environmental policy arrangements (both local and global), their effectiveness, and practical issues<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<br \/>Introduction, The Main Characteristics and Objectives of Environmental Policy, Air and water pollution and policy implications, Waste management, Problem of waste management, Effective marketable solutions, Policy implications, Economic view of ecosystem management and Policy arguments, Economic view of ecosystem management and\u00a0 Policy arguments, Protection of natural resources, Diversifications of natural resources, Issues of natural resource management, Policy implications , National environmental policy and development, SWOT analysis, Environmental policy on global context.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1179\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1179\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4109.3\u2013  Labour Market Analysis<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1179\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1179\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4109.3\u2013\u00a0 Labour Market Analysis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2203.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>To provide students with a better understanding of the workings of labour markets, and a framework for the analysis of the appropriateness of employment, wage and other policies that affect outcomes in the labour market.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Introduction to Labour markets, Shifts in labour market supply, Supply side reforms, Long run aggregate supply, Labour Demand and Firm Behaviour, Labour Market Equilibrium, competitive and non-competitive labour markets, Job amenities and compensating wage differentials, The Market for Risky Jobs, The Wage Structure, Economics of Aging, Human Capital, Contribution of education and skills to labour productivity and earnings, Earnings Inequality, Labour Mobility, Migration globalisation and economic contribution of immigrants to labour markets, Gender and Ethnicity: effective measures of labour market discrimination, Union and management negotiators, collective bargaining negotiations, negotiation anchoring, Incentive pay and compensation mechanisms, Compensation Management, Compensation and Non-compensation Dimensions, Concept in Compensation Management, Compensation mechanism as Retention Strategy, Compensation Issues, Theories of unemployment at the macroeconomic level, Theories of unemployment at the macroeconomic level, Employment unemployment and labour market policies, Sources of unemployment, Impacts of unemployment, Public policies and programmes.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11710\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11710\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4110.3\u2013  Global Economic Issues<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11710\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11710\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4110.3\u2013\u00a0 Global Economic Issues<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2101.3, ECON2201.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The main objective of this course unit is to allow the students to analyze current economic problems and issues within the theoretical framework of Economics.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Introduction, Nature of the global economy, Transition trends in the global economy, Liberalization of economies, Social market economy, Globalization debate, Global economic integration, WB IMF WTO UN related organizations, Global value chain (GVCs) &amp; Global production networks (GPNs), Creation of economic political integrations in the globe, consequences of regional integration, International poverty line, Poverty trends and Data Income based categorization of countries, Poverty issues, Urban housing, Standard of a house, Causes of housing problem and solutions, Food security, Importance of food security, Disturbances on food security and Gender issues, Undernourishment Nature of food waste in the world, Strategies to reduce food waste, Bio-diversity &amp; eco system, Ecosystem services, Impact of loss of biodiversity and Intervention, Population aging, Global challenges of po;ulation aging, Key issues of population aging, Measures\u00a0 Consequences Issues and remedial actions related to elderly, Global migration, Migration trends and refugees, Change in world demand for energy, Sustainable energy, Power and inequality in global political economy, Transforming global power balance, Driving forces for the global power transmission.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11711\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11711\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4111.3\u2013  Time Series Analysis for Economics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11711\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11711\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4111.3\u2013\u00a0 Time Series Analysis for Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 3205.03<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>To get students acquainted with the main concepts of Time Series theory and methods of analysis\u00a0 in using analysis and modelling of stochastic processes of ARMA , co-integration,\u00a0 error correction models, autoregressive models with distributed lags while understanding their application in economics.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Course Specification, Time series as a discrete stochastic process, Main characteristics of stochastic processes, Stochastic process and its main characteristics, Stationary stochastic processes, Wald decomposition, Lag operator, Autoregressive-moving average models ARMA, Moving average models \u041c\u0410, Condition of invert ability, Yull-Worker equations, Autoregressive models, Autoregressive-moving average models ARMA, Coefficient estimation in ARMA, Box-Jenkins\u2019 approach, Coefficients estimation in autoregressive models, Quality of adjustment of time series models, AIC information criterion, BIC information criterion, \u201cPortmonto\u201d-statistics, Forecasting in the framework of Box-Jenkins model, Non-stationary time series, Time series with non-stationary variance and \u00a0Non-stationary mean, The unit root problem, Spurious trends and regressions, Unit root tests (Dickey-Fuller), ADF test and the choice of the number of lags, Other unit root tests, Unit root and structure changes, TSP or DSP: methodology of research, Regressive dynamic models, Autoregressive models with distributed lags (ADL), Time series co-integration, Co-integration regression, Testing of co-integration, Vector auto regression and co-integration, Co-integration and error correction model, Causality in time series, Granger causality, Hypothesis testing on rational expectations, Hypothesis testing on market efficiency.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11712\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"12\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11712\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4112.3\u2013  Computational Economics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11712\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"12\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11712\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4112.3\u2013\u00a0 Computational Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2104.3, ECON 2204.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The main objective of this course unit is to help students to develop hands-on skills and experience in computational economics for the analysis of data and make confident them to work with digital environment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Course Specification, Introduction to statistical packages, Microsoft Word techniques (Explore Word, Editing and Proofread Text, Organizing Information in Columns and Tables, Add Simple Graphic Elements, Creating Diagrams, Use other Visual Elements), Working with Excel(Working with Data and Excel Tables, Basic Functions, Basic Formulae, Changing Workbook Appearance, Performing Calculations, Reordering and Summarizing Data, Combining Data from Multiple Sources, Data analysis, Interpretation of data), Working with the internet (Internet Introduction, Browser Basics, Searching, Internet Safety), Web Designing (Introduction to Web Technologies, How the Website Works?, Types of Websites , Client and Server Scripting Languages,\u00a0 Web Standards and W3C recommendations, Responsive Web Designing), Web Hosting(Types of Hosting Packages, Registering domains, Defining Name Servers), Online Data Collection (Introduction to data types, Data collection methods, Creation of google forms, Modification of google forms)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11713\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"13\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11713\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4113.3\u2013  Taxation and Governance<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11713\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"13\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11713\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4113.3\u2013\u00a0 Taxation and Governance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2202.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>The main objective of this course unit is to make students familiar with imposing taxes, their effects and governance policies prevail in the country.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Introduction, Definitions of taxation, Purposes of taxation, Principles of taxation, Economic and social function of taxation, Explain the difference between accounting profit and taxable profit, Difference between direct tax and indirect tax, Imposition of Income tax, Chargeability of income tax, Different source of statutory provisions, Sources of profits and income chargeable with income tax, Taxation of Individuals &amp; Partnership, Ascertainment of profits and income of an individual, Ascertainment of Taxable income of an individual, Value Added Tax, Nation Building Tax, Introduction to tax planning, Tax Incentives and concessions, Concepts of tax incidence, Levying New Taxes on Inelastic and Elastic Goods, Elasticity and Tax Incidence, Introduction to International taxation, Causes for double Taxation, Tax havens and Treaty Shopping, Introduction to tax treaties, New Trends in Taxation (E-commerce, Digital Taxation), Nature of taxation in Sri Lanka and current trends and perspectives, Importance and Issues of Taxation in Sri Lanka, How are positive tax \u2013governance linkages likely to emerge in practice?( Demonstration effects, Spillover effects, Information sharing effects), Taxation and accountability( Direct tax bargaining, Sustained tax resistance, Strengthened civil society).<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11714\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"14\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11714\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 0099.3\u2013  Independent Research \u2013 Phase II<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11714\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"14\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11714\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 0099.3\u2013\u00a0 Independent Research \u2013 Phase II<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 03<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 0099.3-Independent Research \u2013 Phase I<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Compulsory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Objective:<br \/>The main objective of the course is to provide students a practical knowledge on how to conduct a research.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures:\u00a0 ; Tutorials:<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11715\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"15\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11715\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 0098.1 & ECON 0098.3\u2013  Institutional Awareness and Entrepreneurial Development & Institutional\/Alternative Training<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11715\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"15\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11715\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 0098.1 &amp; ECON 0098.3\u2013\u00a0 Institutional Awareness and Entrepreneurial Development &amp; Institutional\/Alternative Training<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 04<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: None<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">Description:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures:\u00a0 ; Tutorials:<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 40% ; End-semester: 60%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11716\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"16\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11716\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ECON 4201.2\u2013  Entrepreneurship<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11716\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"16\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11716\"><table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"1200\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\">ECON 4201.2\u2013\u00a0 Entrepreneurship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"400\">Credits: 02<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"400\">Prerequisites: ECON 2101.3<\/td><td width=\"400\">Compulsory\/Optional: Optional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Objective:<\/p><p>To provide students with an understanding of the nature of enterprise, entrepreneurship and introduces the role of the entrepreneur, innovation and technology in the entrepreneurial process.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\" width=\"1200\"><p>Description:<\/p><p>Course Specification, Define what is meant to be an entrepreneur risk and rewards, Describe who becomes an entrepreneur \u2013 Product redesign, Key characteristics of an entrepreneur, Value of learning about entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurs\u2019 responsibilities to individuals, Entrepreneurs\u2019 environmental responsibilities, Identify entrepreneurs\u2019 community responsibilities, The influence relationships between the global economy and the local economy, Importance of global economy and the effects on the production of their product\/service, Rewards and risks entrepreneurs may experience in international trade, Four main types of business based upon their primary, Trends in business start-ups in recent decades, Growth expectations for business, Liability and its legal obligation from entrepreneurs, Four types of business ownerships, Non-profit organizations, Opportunity Recognition and Market Analysis, Purpose of a business plan, Types of business plan, Parts of a business plan, Recognizing business opportunities, Methods used to evaluate business opportunities, Important factors when targeting a market, Identify market research methods, Competitive advantage, Steps in researching a market, Identify business plan models, Similarities and differences between business plans, SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis, Components of a marketing plan, Various types of product strategies, Determine place (distribution) strategies, Examine methods used in developing price strategies, Basic principles of promotion, define elements in a promotional plan, ways to budget for promotion, Personal selling, characteristics of successful salespeople, main components of the selling process, key documents and forms used in selling, Costs related to a sales force, methods used to estimate sales, Differences between fixed and variable expenses, Define economics of sale, Define a unit of sale, Calculate the economics of one unit of sale, Importance of an income statement, Understand how cash flow affects entrepreneurs, Analyze a balance sheet, Define financial ratio, How income statements are used for financial analysis, Compare operating ratios and return on sale ratios, Ratios developed by using balance sheets, Importance of return on investment, Importance of break-even point, Perform break even analysis, Examine start-up investment, Explore obtaining financing, Understand record keeping, Explore accounting systems.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Time Allocation (Hours): Lectures: 30 ; Tutorials: 15<\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">Assessment: In-course: 20% ; End-semester: 80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11717\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"17\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11717\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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