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Teaching an economics capstone course with a policy focus

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  • Joseph C. Morreale
  • Anna Shostya

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This article’s authors offer an organizational framework for an economics capstone course focused on analyzing current public economic policy issues. In this course, thesis topics often include public issues such as city planning, health care, transportation, education, law, the environment, and monetary and fiscal policies. The authors provide practical guidance on the development and organization of such a policy course, discuss course assignments and assessment tools, and offer advice on how to deal with potential challenges. They argue that a properly designed policy-oriented capstone course is well-suited for facilitating students’ achievement of most of the highest Hansen’s proficiencies in economics. It also may help students to gain a head start in a career in the related fields of public policy and public administration.

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  • Joseph C. Morreale & Anna Shostya, 2021. "Teaching an economics capstone course with a policy focus," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(2), pages 102-113, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jeduce:v:52:y:2021:i:2:p:102-113
    DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2021.1887029
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    1. Depro, Brooks & Rouse, Kathryn, 2022. "Adapting the case method in an economics capstone research course," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 41(C).
    2. Andre R. Neveu & Angela M. Smith, 2023. "Engaging Students, Faculty, and External Professionals with a Data-Centered Group Capstone Project," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 49(3), pages 408-432, June.
    3. Harker Steele, Amanda J. & Bergstrom, John C., 2021. "Teaching by the Case Method to Enhance Graduate Students’ Understanding and Assessment of Wicked-Type Problems: An Application Involving the Bears Ears National Monument," Applied Economics Teaching Resources (AETR), Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 3(3), September.

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