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Economic Policy

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 31 January 2024.
View details of the changes below.

Major

A major in Economic Policy requires 48 credit points from this table, including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units;
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units;
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units;
(iv) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units;
(v) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units; and
(vi) 6 credit points of Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in Economic Policy requires 36 credit points from this table, including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units;
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units;
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units;
(iv) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units; and
(v) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units

 

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

1000-level units of study

Core
ECON1040
Principles of Economics
6 N AGEC1006 or ECON1001 or BUSS1040
Selective
ECON1003
Quantitative Methods in Economics
6  
ECON1005
The Australian Economy
6  
ECON1006
The Economics of Everything
6  

2000-level units of study

Core
ECOS2020
Economic Data Analysis
6 P ECON1040
N ECMT1010 or ECMT1011 or ECMT1012 or ECMT1013 or MATH1015 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or STAT1021 or ECOF1010 or BUSS1020 or ENVX1001
Selective
Students choose either ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 as appropriate.
ECOS2001
Intermediate Microeconomics
6 P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040
N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2901
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 ECON2002 or ECOS2902 as appropriate.
ECOS2002
Intermediate Macroeconomics
6 P ECON1002 or ECON1040
N ECON2002 or ECON2902 or ECOS2902
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
ECOS2030
Applications of Economic Policy
6

P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040

3000-level units of study

Selective
AREC3007
Benefit-Cost Analysis
6 P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or AREC2005 or AREC2003
N (AREC2004 or RSEC4131)
ECOS3002
Development Economics
6 P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902
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
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
ECOS3020
Special Topic in Economics
6 P ((ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)) or (ECOS2040 and ECMT2130)
ECOS3024
Economic History
6 P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902
ECOS3025
The Economics of Regulation
6 P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2040
ECOS3028
Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy
6 P ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 or ECOS2040

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 Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the 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.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
P 72 credit points

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
21/11/2023 Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2901 and ECOS2902 published as:
Minimum of 65% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 and minimum of 65% in ECON1002
 
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2901 and ECOS2902 amended to:
Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 and minimum of 70% in ECON1002
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.
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.
28/11/2023 Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2030 published as:
ECON1001 and ECMT1010
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2030 amended to:
P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040 and ECMT1010
31/01/2024 No prohibitions (N) for ECOS2902 Prohibitions (N) added for ECOS2902:
N ECOS2002 or ECON2002 or ECON2902
31/01/2024 Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2030 published as:
P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040 and ECMT1010
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2030 amended to:
P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040