Late Assessment Submission Penalty (written assessments)  

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.   

For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

Classes

• Online lectures will be available each week. Lectures will include links to datasets and reference material. Lectures will also include embedded questions which must be answered by students before the weekly deadline. The lectures cover all the material necessary to pass the unit, including some material that is not available in other formats. Consequently, students are expected to study the lectures closely.
• There is a tutorial class held in each week except Week 1. Students must register in a tutorial class. Changes to tutorial enrolments may only be made using the online system subject to available capacity. The Unit Convenor cannot make enrolment changes on behalf of students. Changes to tutorial enrolments generally take up to 24 hours to be reflected on iLearn.
• Students must complete and submit the tutorial exercises each week before the deadline, which will be prior to the first scheduled class each week. The tutorial exercises will be discussed in class.
• The timetable for classes can be found on the University website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/
• Students are expected to study all lectures, attempt the lecture exercises and tutorial exercises, attend the tutorial classes, discuss the unit material both in-class and online, and read the text. It is important that students identify problems that they are having with the unit material each week. If a reasonable but unsuccessful effort has been made to solve a problem, then the student should seek help from the tutor during the tutorial. Outside class time, the best way to get help with a problem is to post it on the online discussion forum.
• It is expected that students will spend an average of approximately 10 hours per week working on this unit (including class time).

Required and Recommended texts and/or materials

• Stock, J. H. and Watson, M. W. (2019) Introduction to Econometrics, Global Edition, 4th edition, Pearson.

Additional useful textbooks and resources.

• Hill, C. H., Griffiths, W. E. and Lim, G. C. (2018) Principles of Econometrics (5th ed.) Wiley.

• Wooldridge, J. M., Wadud, M., Lye, J. and Joyeux, R. (2021) Introductory Econometrics (2nd Asia-Pacific ed.) Cengage.

• Gujarati, D.N., and Porter, D.C. (2010) Essentials of Econometrics (4th ed.) McGraw-Hill.

• A list of prescribed reading will be developed on the website as the unit progresses.

• The data sets used in the textbook and in lectures will be provided on the website.

Technology Used and Required

• The main software package used is Gretl (https://gretl.sourceforge.net/). This software is available for use on AppStream and may be freely downloaded for use elsewhere. The Microsoft Windows version is available at https://gretl.sourceforge.net/win32/. A Mac version is available at http://gretl.sourceforge.net/osx.html. Linux users should check their repositories or download the rpm or source from http://gretl.sourceforge.net/.

• The use of a spreadsheet will often be helpful for tasks in this unit. Microsoft Excel will be used during tutorials and is available for students to use off-campus at https://students.mq.edu.au/support/technology/software/microsoft. For students who don’t wish to use Microsoft Excel, free alternatives include OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org), LIbreOffice (https://www.libreoffice.org/) and Gnumeric (http://www.gnumeric.org/, https://portableapps.com/apps/office/gnumeric_portable).

• Course material is available on the learning management system (iLearn).

• Announcements will be made regularly on iLearn. Students should ensure that these announcements, and posts on the online discussion forum, are forwarded to their email account, which they should check regularly. Staff may also occasionally directly email students. Students must check their email daily.

• Students will need access to an internet-connected computer capable of streaming video and (if they are attending online tutorials) participating in Zoom meetings.