Course Title

Research project

Course Code

Econ 450

Prerequisite Course

Econ 416

Course Description

•          Fundamentals of research

•          Methodology

•          Steps  to undertake a specific research project on a selected economic issue

Course Level

8

Course Material

•          Alrufai, Ahmad. Methods of Scientific Research: Business and Economics Applications. Dar Wael. Jordan (2009). (Arabic)

Reading Recommendation

•          Suleiman, Huda, Mohamed. Economics Research Methods. Dar Almaerefeh Aljameyyeh. (2000). (Arabic)

•          Al Najjar F., N. Al Najjar, and M., Al Zoubi. Scientific Research Methods in Applied Perspective. (2009). (Arabic)

•          Qahtani S., A. Alameri, M., Al Metheb., and B. Alomar. Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences. (2004).

•          IMF website (http://www.imf.org/)

•          World Bank website (http://www.wb.org/)

•          Ministry of Economy and Planning (http://www.mep.gov.sa/)

•          The Central Department of Statistics (http://www.cdsi.gov.sa/)

•          Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA)  (http://www.sama.gov.sa/)

•          Ministry of Labor (http://portal.mol.gov.sa)

•          The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (http://www.eces.org.eg/)

•          Riyadh Economic Forum (http://www.riyadhef.com/)

•          Gulf Cooperation Council Website (http://www.gcc-sg.org/eng/ )

Course Language

Arabic