CED 6910 01 (70700) Capstone: Master’s Project
Fall 2024
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
This course will be delivered using the Hybrid NUflex learning modality.
1) This class is conducted as an interactive seminar, and unless you are an authorized remote learner, you are required to participate synchronously in every session of this class. I will join you at the class location in person. You will be able to ask questions, discuss, and interact with other students and me in person in real-time. Northeastern University has removed indoor mask requirements on its Boston campus, in accordance with new public health guidance. Face coverings are optional.
2) In addition to these hybrid weekly seminar sessions, each student (including authorized remote learners) is expected to meet with the Instructor virtually once weekly in a smaller individual project group. I will join you virtually at the scheduled class time for these project group sessions using a video platform, usually Zoom or Teams. You will be able to ask questions, discuss, and interact with other students and me in real-time.
I will also be available for virtual office hours on request by email.
For additional information, please refer to your advisor regarding any supplemental materials about class attendance, participation, and other aspects impacting student and instructor engagement.
Technical Requirements
Courses are available on Northeastern University's Canvas at the following link: http://canvas.northeastern.edu. Canvas Technical support and resources, including 24/7 phone (1-833-450-3937) and chat, can be found on the help icon in Canvas. Northeastern Technical support can be accessed at 617-373-4357 (xHELP) or [email protected].]
Each student is responsible for accessing the internet for this course and research purposes. Therefore, Internet access is required for this course and will not be accepted as an excuse for missed work. If you know that you will be traveling, make sure you plan accordingly.
Note regarding email/voicemail: Please include your name and class title if you email. Please allow up to 48 hours for an email reply. If you leave a voicemail, please remember to include your name, class title, and phone number. All class correspondence will go to your assigned NEU email account. Any emails sent to the whole class will go to your NEU email. You must use your NEU/Husky email account when contacting your Instructor and when retrieving or posting files to the class shared Google drive.
Course Prerequisites
CED 6040 Applied Econometrics
This course should be taken last in the CED program.
Course Description
As the Capstone course for the MS in Commerce and Economic Development, this course is designed to motivate and frame. the application of economics and, if applicable, the declared student's concentration (Economic Analysis, Economic Entrepreneurship, Data Analytics, Financial Economics) to the development of problems interdisciplinary economic policy analysis. To that end, Each student is expected to engage deeply with economic thought, employing high-quality social science research methodologies to generate insights into issues of business and social importance.
This course explores theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues concerning critical problems in economic activity development. Within this context, students will design and carry out interdisciplinary policy analysis, motivated by a critical set of problems with significant business and social implications.
The Fall 2024 capstone course centers on the integration of Behavioral Finance, Economics, and Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) across three faculty-led research projects. Students will work on one of the three projects, each providing opportunities for hands-on application of course concepts. The projects will allow students to gain a comprehensive understanding of how behavioral finance, economics, and ABM can be used together to address complex economic challenges, culminating in actionable insights and policy recommendations.
EXPECTATIONS
Weekly Workload
o Unless noted in specific assignments, each student is responsible for making a minimum of 3-page slide presentation discussing their self-guided learning in the Course Materials during each of the two weekly seminar meetings:
1) Thursday meeting with the entire class, and
2) Monday project seminar with individual project teams.
o Students should expect 2 hours per week of classroom-related seminars and 1 hour per week of project meetings, totaling 3 hours of synchronous weekly learning. Additionally, students should anticipate a minimum of 9.5 hours per week of self-guided out-of-class work. Over the 12-week course, this amounts to a total of 36 hours of faculty instruction and 114 hours of self-guided work, for a combined minimum total of 150 hours of work for the semester.
o Students should also work with a tutor, including participation in the 60-minute weekly tutor sessions, providing additional support and guidance throughout the term.
o APA citations
Attendance Policy
All students are required to attend all scheduled classroom sessions: on-the-ground students must attend the class in person, authorized remote learning students are required to attend synchronously or asynchronously. Students are required to engage with all posted material. Student engagement with the classroom session material and the weekly posted material is tracked. The absence of meeting with the classroom sessions and the weekly instructional materials results in losing scores allocated for the weekly classroom activity.