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Economic Analysis

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 10 January 2024.
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Master of Economic Analysis

Students complete 72 credit points from this table, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study;
(b) a minimum of 24 credit points of selective units of study;
(c) a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study; and
(d) 12 credit points of capstone units of study.

Graduate Diploma in Economic Analysis

Students complete 48 credit points from this table, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study;
(b) a minimum of 12 credit points of selective units of study; and
(c) a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study.

Graduate Certificate in Economic Analysis

Students complete 24 credit points from this table, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study.
 
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core units of study

Students choose ECON6001 or ECON6701ECON6002 or ECON6702ECON6003 or
ECON6703; and ECMT6002 or ECMT6702 as appropriate.
ECON6001
Microeconomic Analysis 1
6 P ECON5001 or ECON5040
N ECON6701
or
ECON6701
Microeconomic Analysis 1 A
6 N ECON6001
ECON6002
Macroeconomic Analysis 1
6 P ECON5002
N ECON6702
or
ECON6702
Macroeconomic Analysis 1 A
6 N ECON6002
ECON6003
Mathematical Methods of Econ Analysis
6 P ECON5001 and ECON5002
N ECON6703
or
ECON6703
Mathematical Methods of Econ Analysis A
6 N ECON6003
ECMT6002
Econometric Applications
6 P ECMT5001
N ECMT6702
or
ECMT6702
Econometric Applications A
6 N ECMT5002 or ECMT6002

Selective units of study

ECON6903
Topics in Bus. Cycles and Monetary Policy
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6904
Topics in Labour Economics
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6905
Topics in Industrial Organisation
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6906
Topics in Economic Development
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6907
Topics in History of Economic Thought
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702)
ECON6909
Topics in Microeconomic Analysis
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6910
Topics in Macroeconomic Analysis
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6912
Topics in Empirical Macroeconomics
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
N ECON4915
C ECON6903
ECON6913
Topics in Economic History
6 P ECON6001 and ECON6002 and ECON6003 and ECMT6002
ECON6918
Topics in Public Economics
6 A Completion of research methodology course
P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
N ECON4918
ECON6948
Special Topic in Economic Analysis 1
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6949
Special Topic in Economic Analysis 2
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6998
Special Topic in Econometrics 1
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6999
Special Topic in Econometrics 2
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)

Elective units of study

ECMT6003
Applied Business Forecasting
6 P ECMT6002 or ECMT6702
ECMT6006
Applied Financial Econometrics
6 P ECMT6002 or ECMT6702
ECMT6007
Analysis of Panel Data
6 P ECMT6002 or ECMT6702
ECON5004
Communication in Economics
6 N BUSS5020
ECON5006
Economics of Law and Public Policy
6 P ECON5001 or ECON5040
ECON5007
The Economics of Financial Markets
6 P ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701
ECON5008
Behavioural Economics
6 P (ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701) and (ECMT5001 or ECMT6702 or QBUS5001)
ECON5026
Strategic Business Relationships
6 P ECON5001 or ECON5040
ECON6006
Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour
6 P ECON6001 or ECOF6080 or ECON6701
ECON6008
International Money and Finance
6 P (ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON5002 or ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECMT5001 or QBUS5001 or QBUS5002 or ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6009
Economics of the Labour Market
6 P ECON6001 or ECON6701 or ECON6002 or ECON6702
ECON6010
Public Economics
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702)
ECON6016
Trade and Development
6 P ECON5001 or ECON5002 or ECON5040 or ECON6701 or ECON6702
ECON6018
Environmental Economics
6 P ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701
ECON6021
Financial Economics
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702)
ECON6023
International Trade
6 P ECON6001 or ECON6701
ECON6024
Private Equity
6 P ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON5002 or ECON6701 or ECON6702
ECON6025
Strategic Decision Making
6 P ECON6001 or ECOF6080 or ECON6701
ECON6029
Health Economics and Policy Evaluation
6 P (ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701) and (ECMT5001 or ECMT6702 or QBUS5001)
ECON6031
International Finance and Globalisation

6 P ECON5001 and ECON5002
ECON6034
Global Economic History
6 P ECON5001 and ECON5002
ECON6101
Special Topic in Economics 1
6 P (ECON5001 and ECON5002) or (ECON6701 and ECON6702)
ECON6102
Special Topic in Economics 2
6 P (ECON5001 and ECON5002) or (ECON6701 and ECON6702)

Capstone units of study

Capstone units are only available to master's students.
ECON7010
Economics Research Dissertation A
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
N ECON7030
ECON7020
Economics Research Dissertation B
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702) and ECON7010
N ECON7030

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
20/11/2023 Core collection text missing from unit of study table. Core collection text published as:
Students choose ECON6001 or ECON6701; ECON6002 or ECON6702; ECON6003 or ECON6703; and ECMT6702 as appropriate.
20/11/2023 ECON6918 missing from:
6000 level units of study, Selective collection
ECON6918 added to:
6000 level units of study, Selective collection
10/01/2024 Supplementary text for ECON6101 published as:
Students must seek written permission from the School of Economics Postgraduate Coordinator to enrol in this unit.
Supplementary text for ECON6101 removed.