Economics
Unit of study table (Table S)
| This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 29 November 2023. View details of the changes below. |
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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; | ||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units; | ||
| If the 2000-level core units have already been completed for a different major, alternative units must be taken from the 2000- or 3000-level selective units. | ||
| (iii) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units; and | ||
| (iv) 6 credit points of Interdisciplinary Project units | ||
Minor | ||
| A minor in Economics requires 36 credit points from this table, including: | ||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units; | ||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units; and | ||
| If the 2000-level core units have already been completed for a different major, alternative units must be taken from the 2000- or 3000-level selective units. | ||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | ||
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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1000-level units of study | ||
Core | ||
| ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics | 6 | A Minimum result of Band 4 in HSC Mathematics Advanced (or equivalent); or Band E3 in HSC Mathematics Extension 1 or 2 (or equivalent) N BUSS1040 or ECON1040 |
| ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics | 6 | A Minimum result of Band 4 in HSC Mathematics Advanced (or equivalent); or Band E3 in HSC Mathematics Extension 1 or 2 (or equivalent) |
2000 level units of study | ||
Core | ||
| Students choose either ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 as appropriate. | ||
| ECOS2001 Intermediate Microeconomics | 6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2901 |
| or | ||
| ECOS2901 Intermediate Microeconomics Honours | 6 | A ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970 P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002 N ECOS2001 or ECON2001 or ECON2901 Students are strongly advised to undertake one of ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970 either concurrently with or prior to ECOS2901. |
| Students choose either ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 as appropriate. | ||
| ECOS2002 Intermediate Macroeconomics | 6 | P ECON1002 or ECON1040 N ECON2002 or ECON2902 or ECOS2902 |
| or | ||
| ECOS2902 Intermediate Macroeconomics Honours | 6 | P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002 N ECOS2002 or ECON2002 or ECON2902 |
Selective | ||
| ECMT2150 Intermediate Econometrics | 6 | P (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or ((MATH1005 or MATH1905) and MATH1115) or MATH1015 or DATA1001 or DATA1901 or ENVX1002) and (ECMT1020 or QBUS1040 or MATH1002 or MATH1902 or MATH1014 or DATA1002 or DATA1902) N ECMT2110 or ECMT2950 |
| ECMT2950 Intermediate Econometrics - Advanced | 6 | P (A minimum of 65% in (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or ((MATH1005 or MATH1905) and MATH1115) or DATA1001 or DATA1901 or ENVX1002)) and (a minimum of 65% in (ECMT1020 or QBUS1040 or MATH1002 or MATH1902 or MATH1014 or DATA1002 or DATA1902)) N ECMT2110 or ECMT2150 |
| ECOS2004 Money and Banking | 6 | P (ECON1001 and ECON1002) or (ECON1040 and ECON1002) or BUSS1040 |
| ECOS2005 Indigenous Economics and Public Policy | 6 | P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040 |
| ECOS2025 East Asian Economies | 6 | P ECON1001 or ECON1002 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 N FASS2300 |
| ECOS2030 Applications of Economic Policy | 6 | P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040 |
| ECOS2201 Economics of Competition and Strategy | 6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 N ECON2201 or ECOS3005 |
| ECOS2307 The European Economy | 6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level |
| ECOS2903 Mathematical Economics A | 6 | P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002 N ECON2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970 Students intending to proceed to the third year economics honours program must take this unit or MATH2070 |
3000-level selective units of study | ||
| ECOS3002 Development Economics | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
| ECOS3003 Hierarchies, Incentives and Firm Structure | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECON3003 or ECOS2306 |
| ECOS3004 History of Economic Thought | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 or ECOP2011 or ECOP2001 or ECOP2012 or ECOP2002 |
| ECOS3005 Industrial Organisation | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECOS2201 |
| ECOS3006 International Trade | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS3007 International Macroeconomics | 6 | P ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 or ECOS2040 |
| ECOS3008 Labour Economics | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS3010 Monetary Economics | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 or ECOS2040 N ECON3010 |
| ECOS3011 Public Finance | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS3012 Strategic Behaviour | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECOS3901 |
| ECOS3013 Environmental Economics | 6 | P AREC2005 or AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS3015 Law and Economics | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS3016 Experimental and Behavioural Economics | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS3017 Health Economics | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS3018 Economics of Growth | 6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) |
| ECOS3019 Capital and Dynamics | 6 | N ECOS3001 P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) |
| ECOS3020 Special Topic in Economics | 6 | P ((ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)) or (ECOS2040 and ECMT2130) |
| ECOS3021 Business Cycles and Asset Markets | 6 | P ((ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)) or (ECOS2040 and ECMT2130) |
| ECOS3022 The Economics of Financial Markets | 6 | P ((ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)) or (ECOS2040 and ECMT2130) |
| ECOS3023 Personnel Economics | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS3024 Economic History | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
| ECOS3025 The Economics of Regulation | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2040 |
| ECOS3026 Economics of Crime | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS3027 Economics of the Family | 6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS3028 Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy | 6 | P ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 or ECOS2040 |
| ECOS3031 Heterodox Perspectives on Macroeconomics | 6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) |
| ECOS3032 Globalisation and Finance | 6 | P ((ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)) or ECOS2040 |
| ECOS3035 Economics of Political Institutions | 6 | P [(ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)] |
| ECOS3901 Advanced Microeconomics Honours | 6 | A ECOS2903 or MATH2070 P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2901) or (75% in ECOS2001)) and minimum of 65% in (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970) |
| ECOS3902 Advanced Macroeconomics Honours | 6 | P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2902) or (75% in ECOS2002)) and minimum of 65% in (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970) 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. |
| ECOS3903 Applied Microeconometrics | 6 | P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2901) or (75% in ECOS2001)) and minimum of 65% in (ECMT2150 or ECMT2950 or ECMT2160) |
| ECOS3904 Applied Macroeconometrics | 6 | P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2902) or (75% in ECOS2002)) and minimum of 65% in (ECMT2130 or ECMT2150 or ECMT2950 or ECMT2160) |
Interdisciplinary project units of study | ||
| If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the ECOS3997 Interdisciplinary Impact in Economics or ECMT3997 Interdisciplinary Impact in Econometrics unit of study for your first major, and an Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major. | ||
| If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major. | ||
| If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major. | ||
| ECOS3997 Interdisciplinary Impact in Economics | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level from one of the following subject areas: Economics; Econometrics; Financial Economics; Environmental, Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| ECMT3997 Interdisciplinary Impact in Econometrics | 6 | P ((ECMT2150 or ECMT2950) and ECMT2160) or (ECOS2901 and (ECMT2150 or ECMT2950)) |
| FASS3333 Industry and Community Project | 6 | C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major P 72 credit points |
Post-publication amendments
Unit of study table | ||
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Date | Original publication | Post-publication amendment |
| 21/11/2023 | Requirements published as: 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. | Requirements amended to: If the 2000-level core units have already been completed for a different major, alternative units must be taken from the 2000- or 3000-level selective units. |
| 21/11/2023 | Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2901 published as: P Minimum of 65% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 65% in ECON1002 | Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2901 ammended to: P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002 |
| 21/11/2023 | Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2902 published as: P Minimum of 65% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 65% in ECON1002 | Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2902 ammended to: P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002 |
| 21/11/2023 | Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2903 published as: P Minimum of 65% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 65% in ECON1002 | Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2903 ammended to: P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002 |
| 21/11/2023 | Supplementary text for ECOS2001 published as: Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator. | Supplementary text for ECOS2001 removed: |
| 21/11/2023 | Supplementary text for ECOS2002 published as: Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator. | Supplementary text for ECOS2002 removed: |
| 21/11/2023 | Supplementary text for ECOS3020 published as: Students must seek written permission from the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator to enrol in this unit. | Supplementary text for ECOS3020 removed |
| 28/11/2023 | Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2030 published as: P ECON1001 and ECMT1010 | Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2030 amended to: P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040 and ECMT1010 |
| 29/11/2023 | No prohibitions (N) for ECOS2025 | Prohibitions (N) for ECOS2025 added: N FASS2300 |