ECON 796 / Work Integrated Learning I

3 unit(s)

The course aims to enrich student learning by providing a first work integrated learning opportunity through a placement that is normally one academic term in duration. Students will work under the supervision of a mentor (or less commonly mentors) on one or more projects involving a research opportunity. Prior to the end of the placement each student must request from their mentor(s) an evaluation that is submitted to the course instructor. Upon returning to the university following their placement, students must submit to the course instructor an academic paper discussing the work undertaken in light of their academic studies. Completion of this course is required for partial fulfillment of the work integrated learning stream of the following degrees: M.A. in Economics, M.A. in Economic Policy, PhD in Economics. The course is pass/fail.