Economics (Degree)
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Economics Program |
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| A program in Economics requires 72 credit from this table including: | |||
| (i) 24 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 18 credit points of 2000-level core units | |||
| (iii) an embedded major in at least one of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Econometrics, Economics or Financial Economics | |||
1000 level core units of study |
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| ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics |
6 | N BUSS1040 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics |
6 | Intensive June Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
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| ECMT1010 Introduction to Economic Statistics |
6 | N ECMT1011 or ECMT1012 or ECMT1013 or MATH1015 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or STAT1021 or ECOF1010 or BUSS1020 or ENVX1001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECMT1020 Introduction to Econometrics |
6 | P ECMT1010 or ECOF1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015 N ECMT1001 or ECMT1002 or ECMT1003 or ECMT1021 or ECMT1022 or ECMT1023 Other than in exceptional circumstances, it is strongly recommended that students do not undertake Introduction to Econometrics before attempting Introduction to Economic Statistics. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
1000 level selective units of study |
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| The following units are elective units for the Bachelor of Economics and not prerequisites for a major/program under the Bachelor of Economics. | |||
| ECON1003 Quantitative Methods in Economics |
6 | N MATH1111 or MATH1011 or MATH1001 or MATH1901 or MATH1906 |
Semester 1 |
| ECON1005 The Australian Economy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECON1006 The Economics of Everything |
6 | Semester 2 |
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2000 level core units of study |
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| ECMT2150 Intermediate Econometrics |
6 | P (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) and ECMT1020 N ECMT2110 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECOS2001 Intermediate Microeconomics |
6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 C ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015 N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2901 Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| or | |||
| ECOS2901 Intermediate Microeconomics Honours |
6 | P (ECON1001 or BUSS1040) and ECON1002 with a Credit average or better in the two units of study combined C (ECOS2903 or MATH2070) and (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS2002 Intermediate Macroeconomics |
6 | P ECON1002 C ECMT1020 N ECON2002 or ECON2902 or ECOS2902 Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| or | |||
| ECOS2902 Intermediate Macroeconomics Honours |
6 | P (ECON1001 or BUSS1040) and ECON1002 with a Credit average or better in the two units of study combined N ECOS2002 or ECON2002 or ECON2902 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
2000 level selective units of study |
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| ECOS2004 Money and Banking |
6 | P (ECON1001 and ECON1002) or (ECON1040 and ECON1002) or BUSS1040 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS2025 East Asian Economies |
6 | P ECON1001 or ECON1002 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS2201 Economics of Competition and Strategy |
6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 N ECON2201 or ECOS3005 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS2903 Mathematical Economics A |
6 | C ECOS2901 N ECON2903 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students intending to proceed to the third year economics honours program must take this unit or MATH2070 |
Semester 1 |
Agricultural and Resource Economics major |
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| A major in Agricultural and Resource Economics requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level core units | |||
| (iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units including 1 Interdisciplinary Project unit | |||
1000 level units of study |
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| ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics |
6 | N BUSS1040 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics |
6 | Intensive June Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
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2000 level units of study |
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| ECOS2001 Intermediate Microeconomics |
6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 C ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015 N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2901 Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| AREC2005 Concepts in Agriculture and Resource Economics (from 2019) | |||
| Or | |||
| ECOS2901 Intermediate Microeconomics Honours |
6 | P (ECON1001 or BUSS1040) and ECON1002 with a Credit average or better in the two units of study combined C (ECOS2903 or MATH2070) and (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
3000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| AREC3002 Agricultural Markets |
6 | P AREC2001 or AGEC2103 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3013 Environmental Economics |
6 | P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
Selective |
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| AREC3001 Production Modelling and Management |
6 | P AREC2001 or AGEC2103 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| AREC3003 Econ of Minerals and Energy Industries |
6 | P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| AREC3004 Economics of Water and Bio-Resources This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| AREC3005 Agricultural Finance and Risk |
6 | P AREC2001 or AGEC2103 or AREC2002 or AGEC2101 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3002 Development Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3005 Industrial Organisation |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECOS2201 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3006 International Trade |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
Econometrics major |
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| A major in Econometrics requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units | |||
| (iii) 24 credit points of 3000-level selective units including 1 Interdisciplinary Project unit | |||
1000 level units of study |
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| ECMT1010 Introduction to Economic Statistics |
6 | N ECMT1011 or ECMT1012 or ECMT1013 or MATH1015 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or STAT1021 or ECOF1010 or BUSS1020 or ENVX1001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECMT1020 Introduction to Econometrics |
6 | P ECMT1010 or ECOF1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015 N ECMT1001 or ECMT1002 or ECMT1003 or ECMT1021 or ECMT1022 or ECMT1023 Other than in exceptional circumstances, it is strongly recommended that students do not undertake Introduction to Econometrics before attempting Introduction to Economic Statistics. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
2000 level units of study |
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| ECMT2150 Intermediate Econometrics |
6 | P (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) and ECMT1020 N ECMT2110 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECMT2160 Econometric Analysis |
6 | P ECMT2150 or ECMT2110 |
Semester 2 |
3000 level selective units of study |
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| ECMT3110 Econometric Models and Methods |
6 | P ECMT2110 or ECMT2010 or ECMT2160 N ECMT3010 |
Semester 1 |
| ECMT3120 Applied Econometrics |
6 | P ECMT3110 or ECMT3010 or (ECMT2150 and ECMT2160) N ECMT3020 |
Semester 2 |
| ECMT3130 Forecasting for Economics and Business |
6 | P ECMT2110 or ECMT2010 or (ECMT2150 and ECMT2160) N ECMT3030 |
Semester 2 |
| ECMT3150 The Econometrics of Financial Markets |
6 | P ((ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) and (ECMT2110 or ECMT2010) and (ECMT2130 or ECMT2030)) or (ECMT2130 and ECMT2150 and ECMT2160) N ECMT3050 |
Semester 1 |
| ECMT3160 Statistical Modelling |
6 | P ECMT2110 or ECMT2010 N ECMT3620, ECMT3720, ECMT3210 |
Semester 1 |
| ECMT3170 Computational Econometrics |
6 | P ECMT2160 or ECMT2110 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3903 Applied Microeconometrics |
6 | P (ECOS2901 or ECOS2001) with a minimum mark of 70% or greater; and (ECMT2150 or ECMT2110) Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3904 Applied Macroeconometrics |
6 | P (ECOS2902 or ECOS2002) with a minimum mark of 70% or greater; and (ECMT2150 or ECMT2110) Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
Economics major |
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| A major in Economics requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units. Alternative 2000-level selective units may be taken if the core units have already been completed for a different major | |||
| (iii) 24 credit points of 3000-level selective units, including 1 combined Interdisciplinary Project unit | |||
1000 level units of study |
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| ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics |
6 | N BUSS1040 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics |
6 | Intensive June Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
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2000 level core units of study |
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| ECOS2001 Intermediate Microeconomics |
6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 C ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015 N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2901 Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| Or | |||
| ECOS2901 Intermediate Microeconomics Honours |
6 | P (ECON1001 or BUSS1040) and ECON1002 with a Credit average or better in the two units of study combined C (ECOS2903 or MATH2070) and (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS2002 Intermediate Macroeconomics |
6 | P ECON1002 C ECMT1020 N ECON2002 or ECON2902 or ECOS2902 Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| Or | |||
| ECOS2902 Intermediate Macroeconomics Honours |
6 | P (ECON1001 or BUSS1040) and ECON1002 with a Credit average or better in the two units of study combined N ECOS2002 or ECON2002 or ECON2902 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
2000 level selective units of study |
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| ECMT2150 Intermediate Econometrics |
6 | P (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) and ECMT1020 N ECMT2110 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECOS2004 Money and Banking |
6 | P (ECON1001 and ECON1002) or (ECON1040 and ECON1002) or BUSS1040 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS2025 East Asian Economies |
6 | P ECON1001 or ECON1002 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS2201 Economics of Competition and Strategy |
6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 N ECON2201 or ECOS3005 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS2903 Mathematical Economics A |
6 | C ECOS2901 N ECON2903 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students intending to proceed to the third year economics honours program must take this unit or MATH2070 |
Semester 1 |
3000 level selective units of study |
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| ECOS3002 Development Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3003 Hierarchies, Incentives and Firm Structure |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECON3003 or ECOS2306 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3004 History of Economic Thought |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 or ECOP2011 or ECOP2001 or ECOP2012 or ECOP2002 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3005 Industrial Organisation |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECOS2201 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3006 International Trade |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3007 International Macroeconomics |
6 | P ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3008 Labour Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3010 Monetary Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 N ECON3010 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3011 Public Finance |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3012 Strategic Behaviour |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECOS3901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3013 Environmental Economics |
6 | P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3015 Law and Economics This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3016 Experimental and Behavioural Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3017 Health Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3018 Economics of Growth |
6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| ECOS3020 Special Topic in Economics |
6 | P ((ECOS2001 or ECON2001) and (ECOS2002 or ECON2002)) or ((ECOS2901 or ECON2901) and (ECOS2902 or ECON2902)) Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must seek written permission from the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECOS3021 Business Cycles and Asset Markets |
6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3022 The Economics of Financial Markets |
6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3023 Personnel Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3024 Economic History |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3025 The Economics of Regulation |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3026 Economics of Crime |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3027 Economics of the Family |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3901 Advanced Microeconomics Honours |
6 | P ECOS2901 and ECOS2902 and (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970) with a 70% average across the three units combined C ECMT2150 or ECMT2110 N ECOS3012 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students intending to proceed to fourth year economics honours must also complete at least one additional 3000-level ECOS unit during their degree, except where both ECOS3903 and ECOS3904 are selected. |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3902 Advanced Macroeconomics Honours |
6 | P ECOS2901 and ECOS2902 and (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970) with a 70% average across the three units combined. C ECMT2150 or ECMT2110 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students intending to proceed to fourth year economics honours must also complete at least one additional 3000-level ECOS unit during their degree, except where both ECOS3903 and ECOS3904 are selected. |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3903 Applied Microeconometrics |
6 | P (ECOS2901 or ECOS2001) with a minimum mark of 70% or greater; and (ECMT2150 or ECMT2110) Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3904 Applied Macroeconometrics |
6 | P (ECOS2902 or ECOS2002) with a minimum mark of 70% or greater; and (ECMT2150 or ECMT2110) Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
Financial Economics major |
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| A major in Financial Economics requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units. Students in the Bachelor of Economics program are prohibited from ECOS2040. Students who have completed ECOS2001/ECOS2901 and/or ECOS2002/ECOS2902 are prohibited from ECOS2040 | |||
| (iii) 24 credit points of 3000-level selective units, including 1 combined Interdisciplinary Project unit | |||
1000 level units of study |
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| ECMT1010 Introduction to Economic Statistics |
6 | N ECMT1011 or ECMT1012 or ECMT1013 or MATH1015 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or STAT1021 or ECOF1010 or BUSS1020 or ENVX1001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics |
6 | N BUSS1040 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
2000 level units of study |
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| ECMT2130 Financial Econometrics |
6 | P ECMT2110 or ECMT2010 or ECMT1020 N ECMT2030 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS2001 Intermediate Microeconomics |
6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 C ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015 N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2901 Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| Or | |||
| ECOS2901 Intermediate Microeconomics Honours |
6 | P (ECON1001 or BUSS1040) and ECON1002 with a Credit average or better in the two units of study combined C (ECOS2903 or MATH2070) and (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| Or | |||
| ECOS2040 Economics for Financial Economics (from 2019) | |||
3000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| ECOS3022 The Economics of Financial Markets |
6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) |
Semester 1 |
Selective |
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| ECMT3130 Forecasting for Economics and Business |
6 | P ECMT2110 or ECMT2010 or (ECMT2150 and ECMT2160) N ECMT3030 |
Semester 2 |
| ECMT3150 The Econometrics of Financial Markets |
6 | P ((ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) and (ECMT2110 or ECMT2010) and (ECMT2130 or ECMT2030)) or (ECMT2130 and ECMT2150 and ECMT2160) N ECMT3050 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3007 International Macroeconomics |
6 | P ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3010 Monetary Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 N ECON3010 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3021 Business Cycles and Asset Markets |
6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3025 The Economics of Regulation |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |