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Elective units of study (Table S)

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 21 November 2025. View details of the changes below.

Economics

Unit of study	Credit points	A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition
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 P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) 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.
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)

Post-publication amendments

Date	Original publication	Post-publication amendment
21/11/2025	Prerequisites (P) for ECOS3022 published as: "P (( ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 ) and ( ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 )) or ( ECOS2040 and ECMT2130 )"	Prerequisites (P) for ECOS3022 amended to: "P ((ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)) or (ECOS2040 and ECMT2130)"