A DIGITAL CERTIFICATE COURSE ON BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
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What is Behavioral Economics?
Behavioral economics is an emerging subfield of economics, which makes extensive use of psychological theory in explaining economic decision-making. In recent times, it is becoming essential to have a fundamental understanding of behavioral economics in order to go beyond the traditional ‘homoeconomicus’ model of rational decision-making in economics.
Course Summary
The course will take about 3 hours to complete. It includes materials such as comprehensive notes and awards a Udemy certificate after course completion. The course is divided into 5 major sections, which include 31 lectures and 6 quizzes. The course not only includes course content, but instructors that are approachable after completing it, who will provide feedback and address your specific needs. You would have access to the complete course for life! You will also receive personalized access to one of our qualified research instructors, to resolve your queries.
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Why Do You Need it?
Behavioral and economics as a field is at the frontier of economic research. Almost all recent high-impact research in economics is associated with this field.
Students of economics (and psychology) stand to gain a great deal of insight into an alternative approach to decision-making by human agents.
Those researching in economics and psychology will be able to incorporate a novel interdisciplinary approach into their work.
In India, there is no university that teaches behavioural economics as part of formal coursework.
The course aims to inculcate a strong sense of critical thinking instudents within the realm of behavioral economics, with a subtle emphasis on understanding basic theoretical concepts.
What are the Benefits of doing a Digital Course on Behavioral Economics?
The course uses practical problems and examples from classical and contemporary economics and psychology research to explain the content.
The intensive course includes 3 instruction hours with 5 sections, 31 lectures, and 6 quizzes.
You have unlimited access to the course, allowing you to pace your own learning.
Do you want to save time spent in traveling? The digital course gives you the opportunity to learn anytime and anywhere. You can take the course on your desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile phone.
If you know a topic well, you can choose to skip the lecture. If you are not completely sure of a topic, you can choose to view the lecture again. Therefore, learning is personalized and oriented towards your needs rather than that of the group.
Quiz sections on each topic ensure you have a conceptual understanding of the course content.
We do not part ways once you complete the digital lectures. You will be given the opportunity to complete an assignment, which will enable you to apply the workshop content to actual research problems.
We also provide you with notes, which can be used as reference during the course.
Eligibility
Undergraduate students, Postgraduate students, MPhil students, PhD students, Professionals or Faculty pursuing research or practice OR Any person with basic understanding and interest in economics and/or psychology.