Behavioural Science (11240.1)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-campus Online Online real-time |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Business, Government & Law |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Canberra School Of Politics, Economics And Society | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 2 2021 (Prof Pathway Psychology-After 1 Jan 2021) Band 2 2021 (Prof Pathway Psychology-Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 2 2021 (Standard Course Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Pg Clinical Psychology) Band 4 2021 (Standard Course Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Apply specialised economic and psychology concepts to identify, understand, and analyse behavioural issues; such as habit-formation, cognitive illusions, heuristics and biases;
2. Identify problematic patterns of behaviour, how they relate to standard economics assumptions and how to formulate policy responses;
3. Demonstrate an effective understanding of the experimental method in economics and psychology; and
4. Reflect upon their unit experience, including theories, discussions and feedback, and how it relates to the goals set out in their professional portfolio.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
Prerequisites
11175 Introduction to Economics.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
10084 Behavioural Economics.Assumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-campus | Dr John Hawkins |
2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | Online | Dr John Hawkins |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | Online real-time | Dr John Hawkins |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | On-campus | Dr John Hawkins |
Required texts
There is no required textbook. The Canvas site will include readings for each week.
Suggested textbook
Angner, Erik (2021) A Course in Behavioural Economics, 3nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan.
Other textbooks
Students who wish to read more widely on topics could consult the following books, from which the lectures will sometimes draw. (Page/chapter references in lecture slides will refer to the stated editions, but other editions would suffice for most purposes.)
Baddeley, Michelle (2017) Behavioural Economics: A Very Short Introduction, 1st edition, Oxford University Press.
Cartwright, Edward (2018) Behavioral Economics, 3rd edition, Routledge.
Chaudhuri, Ananish (2009) Experiments in Economics, 1st edition, Routledge.
Dhami, Sanjit (2016) The Foundations of Behavioral Economics, 1st edition, Oxford University Press.
Thaler, Richard & Sunstein, Cass (2009), Nudge, 1st (international) edition, Penguin or (2021 'final' edition).
Wilkinson, Nick & Klaes, Matthias (2018) An Introduction to Behavioural Economics, Palgrave Macmillan.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
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Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
None
Required IT skills
Familiarity with the basics of Microsoft Word.
In-unit costs
None
Work placement, internships or practicums
None
- Semester 1, 2024, Online, UC - Canberra, Bruce (221759)
- Semester 1, 2024, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (217222)
- Semester 1, 2023, Flexible, UC - Canberra, Bruce (211658)
- Semester 1, 2022, Flexible, UC - Canberra, Bruce (206190)
- Semester 1, 2021, Flexible, UC - Canberra, Bruce (203936)
- Semester 1, 2020, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (193894)
- Semester 1, 2019, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (184870)