JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.
On successful completion of the Graduate Diploma of Economics, JCU graduates will be able to:
Analyse economic theory from both historical and recent perspectives
Consolidate the range of different economic methodologies
Synthesise sustainable economic, social and environmental practices and value systems
Critically analyse contemporary economic policy issues using appropriate models and make reasoned recommendations based on an intradisciplinary synthesis of theory and evidence
Apply creative thinking effectively to economic analysis
Present complex economic analyses and information appropriately to differing audiences using effective oral presentation skills
Present complex economic analyses and information appropriately to differing audiences using clear and fluent written communication
Work effectively towards completing a directed small scale research-based project, demonstrating knowledge of research principles
Exercise independent ethical judgment in solving different economic policy problems
Explain characteristics specific to the tropics which are relevant to economic decision making.