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Environmental, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 7 February 2024.
View details of the changes below.

Major

A major in Environmental, Agricultural and Resource 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 who have counted ECOS2001/ECOS2901 towards another major should complete a 3000-level selective unit from this table.
(iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level core units;
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units; and
(v) 6 credit points of Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in Environmental, Agricultural and Resource 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
Students who have counted ECOS2001/ECOS2901 towards another major should complete a 3000-level selective unit from this table.
(iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level core units

 

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

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
AREC2005
Concepts in Enviro and Agricultural Economics
6 P (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 or AGEC1006) and (ECON1002 or ECON1003 or ECON1005 or ECON1006 or ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or GEOS1001 or AGEN1001 or ENVX1002)
N AREC2003 or RSEC2031
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.

3000-level units of study

Core
AREC3006
Agricultural Production Economics
6 P AREC2005 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or AREC2003
N AREC2001 or AREC3001
ECOS3013
Environmental Economics
6 P AREC2005 or AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
Selective
AREC3002
Agricultural Markets
6 P AREC2005 or AREC2001 or AGEC2103 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
AREC3003
Econ of Minerals and Energy Industries
6 P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
AREC3004
Economics of Water and Bioresources
6 P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
AREC3005
Agricultural Finance and Risk
6 P AREC2005 or AREC2001 or AREC2002 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2040
AREC3007
Benefit-Cost Analysis
6 P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or AREC2005 or AREC2003
N (AREC2004 or RSEC4131)
ECOS3020
Special Topic in Economics
6 P ((ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)) or (ECOS2040 and ECMT2130)

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.
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
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 published as:
Minimum of 65% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 and minimum of 65% in ECON1002
 
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2901, ECOS2902 and ECOS2903 amended to:
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 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 Major 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. 
Major requirements amended to:
Students who have counted ECOS2001/ECOS2901 towards another major should complete a 2000- or 3000-level selective unit from this table. 
21/11/2023 Major requirements published as:
(v) 6 credit points of 3000 level Interdisciplinary Project units
Major requirements amended to:
(v) 6 credit points of Interdisciplinary Project units
21/11/2023 Minor 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. 
Minor requirements amended to:
Students who have counted ECOS2001/ECOS2901 towards another major should complete a 2000- or 3000-level selective unit from this table. 
7/02/2024 Minor requirements published as:
Students who have counted ECOS2001/ECOS2901 towards another major should complete a 2000- or 3000-level selective unit from this table. 
Minor requirements amended to:
Students who have counted ECOS2001/ECOS2901 towards another major should complete a 3000-level selective unit from this table.
7/02/2024 Major requirements published as:
Students who have counted ECOS2001/ECOS2901 towards another major should complete a 2000- or 3000-level selective unit from this table. 
Major requirements amended to:
Students who have counted ECOS2001/ECOS2901 towards another major should complete a 3000-level selective unit from this table.