SENIOR PROJECT INTERNATIONAL OFFERING

留学生经济学课程论文写作ECONOMICS 5950

COORDINATING INSTRUCTOR: Terry Glover
Utah State University
OVERVIEW

This course has been the traditional senior project course in the Department of Economics at Utah State University. The undergraduate student has taken the economics principles courses in macroeconomics, microeconomics, the managerial economics and the macroecomics for managers courses. Some students who enroll in Economics 5950 have also had the intermediate economic theory courses in macroeconomics and microeconomics, the applied econometrics course, the mathematical economics course, and perhaps the industrial economics/game theory course, the financial economics course, and the history of economic thought course along with other courses in finance, accounting, and business and political policy courses. So this particular course is designed to put some of these concepts to work in a project that the student completes as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course.

For this international offering, this course will continue the tradition of helping the student to develop a project and accompanying analysis and conclusions and/or projections from the investigation that the project enables. However, some discussion and development of overall use of economics in investigation of economic issues combined with some elements of strategy, international marketing, and international business and finance will be a part of the course. This development will take place in parallel with the student development of a project that combines these elements along with economic concepts and applies them to a business, business/political, or methodological problems and/or set of issues.

THE PROJECT

The student, with guidance by the instructors, will investigate some business, strategy, economic or methodological issue or problem. This investigation may include a project or assignment that is needed to be completed as dictated by a particular business, industry, or government agency. This current problem is to be identified and analyzed, and the student then brings together economic, business, methodological and policy oriented course concepts along with business and industry issues to develop the project. The project may develop a strategy for a business or government agency. It may be developed along the ideas of international marketing, pricing issues, export/import issues, government-business interaction and regulation, or it may be strictly a methodological exercise such as a statistical/econometric/operations research development or tool that is useful in analysis.

1. Identification of the Problem: 确认题目

The student, along with advice from the instructors, will choose a problem to work on. The student then makes a presentation of the proposed analysis of the problem and a projection of what is to be developed for the analysis, data collection, if available, and required approach to the analysis to develop some conclusions.#p#分页标题#e#
学生单独从教授那获得建议去选择一个题目去写。学生写一个计划分析对这个题目和规划如何完整的分析这个题目，收集数据，如果可能在写出你是用什么分析方法去得到你的结论。
2. Presentation of a Proposal Brief:简要陈述的建议

The student, with the help of instructor and facilitator will prepare and present a brief of the project. The brief will include: a) the identification of the problem or issue; b) what is to be done to solve or to apply some information to the particular problem; c) the data, if any data is to be collected and used; d) the projected methodology of analysis, and some projection of who will benefit by development of the project and the underlying reasons for such benefit.
学生在教授和帮助者的帮助下去准备和介绍这个计划。这个摘要包括1，确定问题。2,怎样解决或应用一些资料去详细说明问题。3，资料，收集资料和运用。4，预测分析方法，以及预测什么将有利于这个项目和什么是这个项目的根本发展原因。
The brief can be put into written and oral delivery order containing the above areas of coverage in an outline form as follows: a) The problem statement – what is the problem or issue that is involved; b) Some existing literature on the problem and the approach to analyze the problem; c) some projection on the results of the development of the project and the benefits of the project analysis.
该摘要可以写（就是让按着以下要求写） 如下：1，问题陈述---所涉及的问题。2，一些文献资料关于这个问题和如何运用它们来分析这个问题的。3，一些推测对这个计划会有怎样的结果和对分析这个项目有何益处。
Final Presentation of the Project and Results:最后陈述和项目结果

A presentation of the analysis and results of the investigation of the problem or issue will be given toward the end of the course --- This presentation will include the problem statement, the associated literature and literature review, the model, if any that is used, the analysis and discussion/projection of the results and outcome from the analysis. Some of this presentation, depending on the nature of the project, can be in electronic or summary form such as with the use of Excel worksheets, powerpoint presentation, other analysis software results.
作者的分析和对问题或事件的调查结果将使问题结束---本报告将包括问题的陈述，相关的文学和文献，模型，如果有的话都是被文章所用过的，分析和讨论/推测结果和分析得出结果。一些报告中，根据项目的性质，可用电子或摘要形式来表述，例如用Excel工作表，PowerPoint简报，其他分析软件的效果。
3. Form of Presentation:表达形式

The instructors will decide, depending on size of class and classroom facilities, whether students can make there presentations in class (the desired format), or whether we just have to have the student make a written or software presentation of both the proposal statement and the final presentation. In any case, however, the student will be informed of the format of presentation that can be carried out.#p#分页标题#e#
教授根据班级的大小和教室条件来决定学生是否做展示在班里（希望是这种形式），我们是否必须让学生写一个报告或用软件或两者都用去展示和最后的展示。无论在任何情况下，学生都被建议用这种形式去展示。

------ Some project topics will be offered by the instructors early on in the course. The student does not have to use one of these topics unless one is of interest to the student and it is feasible to develop the topic further. The student is encouraged to discuss the project with the instructors so that an early start on the work can be initiated. Web sites and other material will be investigated and communicated between the instructor and the student.

ONGOING TOPICS OF DISCUSSION IN THE COURSE

Some ongoing topics of economics/methodological/strategy will be discussed and presented in the course by the instructors. These include the following topic areas.
一些发展题目关于经济、方法论，战略将被讨论和教授提出的问题。这些题目议论范围是：
A- Brief recall and development of some modeling/methodological tools of analysis . . . . statistics, some econometrics, mathematical programming, strategy/game theoretic tools and concepts.
摘要回忆和一些发展模型、方法作为分析工具。。。。统计信息，一些计量经济学，数学规划法（跟数学有关的），战略理论工具和基本概念。
B- International marketing/business/strategy ….. Exporting, importing, international pricing, exchange rate issues, product adaptation/differentiation and strategy.
国际市场，贸易，策略。。。出口，进口，国际价格，税率问题，产品适应|差异化|战略
C- Some brief discussion on supply chain management and globalization issues.
一些摘要讨论关于供应连锁管理和全球化问题。
D- Financial considerations and accounting and economic exposure issues . . . . . strategies to minimize such exposure in international business …>>.. planning as globalization takes place
金融、会计以及经济暴露出的问题。。。在国际经济中运用战略缩小暴露的这些问题。。。规划全球化进程。
The topics above in category A - provide an overview of the application of quantitative economic tools in understanding and performing economic and business analysis. The remaining topics, B – D, provide a perspective on mainly international business.

---- Some students may be interested in development/growth issues that may be macroeconomic in nature, or be interested in international development policy issues. There are many interesting project topics in these areas in which the student may be interested. We do not have time set up this topic as a main discussion for the course, but if a student is interested in this area we can communicate some ideas and/or point the student in this direction for development of a project for the course.#p#分页标题#e#美国留学生经济学论文写作--- The development and discussion of these topics will all be via online presentation or with the use of certain software and will be initiated by the instructor and facilitator. We will refer to certain literature and other media that the student can investigate, but the student is not required to purchase several textbooks to work through these topic areas.

 The check-up on learning will be done through brief worksheets to be completed by the student with the help of the instructor and the facilitator --- we will also help the student in the development of the project through these exercises as well.

GRADING

Grades for the course will be based on the project proposal, the final project presentation, and work that is done to complete the topics A – D above such as possible worksheets that will check-up on the learning process that is occurring as we work through the topics outlined above.

Project Proposal - 20 % of grade
Final Project Development & Presentation – 60 % of grade
Worksheet completion – 20 % of grade

If the schedule does not call for completion of worksheets and only work on the proposal and discussion of above issues is completed in the course, then the grading is 30% for project proposal, and 70% for final project development and presentation (either orally or by other presentation form).

Grades
90 % - 100% A
88 % - 89 % A-
85 % - 87 % B+
81 % - 84 % B
78 % - 80% B-
74 % - 77 % C+
70 % - 73 % C
63 %- 69 % C-
60 % - 62 % D
Below 60 % F

If you are missing everything and getting below 63 % --- let’s talk
We would need to get some things turned around

本课程是犹他州立大学经济系传统的高级项目课程。