Economics (Major)

Please check the current students website (Find a unit of study) for up-to-date information on units of study including availability.

 
Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Economics

Honours

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

Honours seminar units of study

ECON4901
Advanced Microeconomic Analysis
6      Semester 2
ECON4902
Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis
6      Semester 1
ECON4904
Topics in Labour Economics
6      Semester 1
ECON4905
Topics in Industrial Organisation
6      Semester 1
ECON4906
Topics in Economic Development
6      Semester 2
ECON4907
Classics in History of Economic Thought
6      Semester 1
ECON4910
Topics in Macroeconomic Analysis
6      Semester 2
ECON4914
Microeconometric Modelling
6      Semester 2
ECON4915
Macroeconometric Modelling
6      Semester 2
ECON4948
Special Topic in Economic Analysis 1
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ECON4949
Special Topic in Economic Analysis 2
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ECON4954
Topics in Analysis of Panel Data
6      Semester 1
ECON4998
Special Topic in Econometrics 1
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ECON4999
Special Topic in Econometrics 2
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2

Honours thesis units of study

ECON4810
Economics Honours Thesis 1
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ECON4820
Economics Honours Thesis 2
12      Semester 1
Semester 2