Economics (Major)
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Economics |
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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 of study | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units of study | |||
| Alternative units for 2000-level core units of study may be taken from the 2000-level selective units, if the core units have already been completed for a different major | |||
| (iii) 24 credit points of 3000-level selective units of study including 1 Interdisciplinary Project unit | |||
Minor |
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| A minor in Economics requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units | |||
| Alternative units for 2000-level core units of study may be taken from the 2000-level selective units, if the core units have already been completed for a different major | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Honours |
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| Honours in Economics requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 30 credit points of 4000 level Honours seminar units of study | |||
| (ii) 18 credit points of 4000 level Honours thesis units of study | |||
Seminar units |
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| ECON4901 Advanced Microeconomic Analysis |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECON4902 Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECON4904 Topics in Labour Economics |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECON4905 Topics in Industrial Organisation |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECON4906 Topics in Economic Development |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECON4909 Topics in Microeconomic Analysis |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECON4910 Topics in Macroeconomic Analysis |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECON4913 Topics in Economic History |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECON4914 Microeconometric Modelling |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECON4915 Macroeconometric Modelling |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECON4948 Special Topic in Economic Analysis 1 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ECON4949 Special Topic in Economic Analysis 2 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ECON4954 Topics in Analysis of Panel Data |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECON4998 Special Topic in Econometrics 1 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ECON4999 Special Topic in Econometrics 2 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Thesis units |
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| ECON4810 Economics Honours Thesis 1 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ECON4820 Economics Honours Thesis 2 |
12 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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