Elective units of study (Table S)
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Economics
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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| 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). Students who do not possess the assumed knowledge are strongly advised to enrol in ECON1003 prior to or concurrently with this unit 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). Students who do not possess the assumed knowledge are strongly advised to enrol in ECON1003 prior to or concurrently with this unit. |
| ECON1003 Quantitative Methods in Economics |
6 | A Algebraic manipulation and graphical representation of data |
| ECON1005 The Australian Economy |
6 | |
| ECON1006 The Economics of Everything |
6 | |
| ECON1040 Principles of Economics |
6 | N AGEC1006 or ECON1001 or BUSS1040 |
| ECOS2001 Intermediate Microeconomics |
6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2901 |
| ECOS2002 Intermediate Macroeconomics |
6 | P ECON1002 or ECON1040 N ECON2002 or ECON2902 or ECOS2902 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) and ECMT1010 |
| 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 |
| ECOS2901 Intermediate Microeconomics Honours |
6 | A ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970 Students are strongly advised to undertake one of ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970 either concurrently with or prior to ECOS2901. |
| ECOS2902 Intermediate Macroeconomics Honours |
6 | P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1002 or ECON1040) N ECOS2002 or ECON2002 or ECON2902 |
| ECOS2903 Mathematical Economics |
6 | P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 or ECON1002) N ECON2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970 |
| 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 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) |
| ECOS3020 Special Topic in Economics 1 |
6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) or (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) or (ECOS2040 and ECMT2130) Students must seek written permission from the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator to enrol in this unit. |
| 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 |
| ECOS3040 Special Topic in Economics 2 |
6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) or (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) or (ECOS2040 and ECMT2130) |
| ECOS3901 Advanced Microeconomics Honours |
6 | P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2901) or (85% in ECOS2001)) and minimum of 65% in (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970) |
| ECOS3902 Advanced Macroeconomics Honours |
6 | P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2901) or (85% in ECOS2001)) and minimum of ((65% in ECOS2902) or (85% in ECOS2002)) and minimum of 65% in (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970) |
| ECOS3903 Applied Microeconometrics |
6 | P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2901) or (85% in ECOS2001)) and minimum of 65% in (ECMT2150 or ECMT2950 or ECMT2160) |
| ECOS3904 Applied Macroeconometrics |
6 | P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2902) or (85% in ECOS2002)) and minimum of 65% in (ECMT2130 or ECMT2150 or ECMT2950 or ECMT2160) |
