Economics and Finance topic corrections page

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In Economics, change the word 'understanding' in Adrian Slack's quote to 'understand'

Change first sentence to read:

Find out what it’s like to study Economics and Finance at Victoria from a student, a postgraduate student and a lecturer.

In Robert Kirkby story please change 'Great Recession' to be lower-case

Macroeconomics provides a way to think about some big questions facing society—what caused the great recession, and how can we avoid a repeat? Why are some countries poor, and can we end global poverty?

please change Phoebe's sentence for this one

Unexpected opportunities
"Victoria offered me a tutoring position at the start of my third year and it has been a very rewarding role so far. I also enjoyed the experience of being a student delegate on the Faculty Board, where my job was to represent the student voice on academic matters."

Related Areas of Study - please change these to:

Accounting

Development Studies

Law

Management

Mathematics and Statistics

Public Policy and Government

http://stage.victoria.ac.nz/explore/study-areas/economics-and-finance/about

Please change Adrian Slacks photo to his profile image

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sef/about/staff/adrian-slack

Adrian Slacks title should be:

Director, Graduate Programmes in Professional Economics

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Ensure 'CourseCode degree' is replaced with the BCom, when available

Can go to SME review even if this is not fixed.

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'Leads to a" line for Economics in the BA should include:

1. Bachelor of Arts with Honours (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/fhss/study/postgraduate/ba-hons) or
2. other postgraduate programmes (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sef/study/postgraduate)

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Utilising our new 'leads to a" line, the two destinations should be:

For Economics and for Finance:

1. Master of Commerce (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/vbs/study-careers/postgraduatestudy/mcom)
2. other postgraduate programmes (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sef/study/postgraduate)

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Missing images:

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Can go to SME review even if this is not fixed.

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Ratheshan's title should be Bachelor of Commerce student in Finance and Economics

Willy's title should be Bachelor of Commerce with Honours student in Economics

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Adrian's title should be Dr Adrian Slack,  Senior lecturer in Economics (sorry there has been confusion over this)

And link to his profile at http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sef/about/staff/adrian-slack

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Ensure three logos are there before we push out to SME

And that the link is fixed (see Gabe)

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Gabe

Actuarial Science. Please remove the text that comes after the fact box (If you choose this major, ..........)

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Econometrics: Block about minor only needs to be a third paragraph in the subject introduction, as it is lost being down under the fact.

Undergraduate degree block should be removed, as there is none applicable.

Happy to see some example courses

Also - gabe has added a tool tip definition for 'quantitative' - so you can add that now

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Economics - first sentence under quote, please change to

Learn about how decisions are made to produce and distribute goods and services. You'll use models....

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Please edit the text to remove the reference to the triple crown.

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