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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.

Political Economy

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition
ECOP1001
Economics as a Social Science
6  
ECOP1003
Global Economy: Production-Trade-Finance
6  
ECOP2011
Economic Theories of Capitalism
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Political Economy
N ECOP2001
ECOP2012
Social Foundations of Capitalism
6 P (12 credit points at 1000-level in Political Economy) or (6 credit points at 1000-level in Political Economy and BPPE1000)
N ECOP2002
ECOP2612
Economic Policy and the State
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Political Economy
ECOP2616
Social and Economic Inequalities

6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Political Economy
N ECOP3620
ECOP3011
Race, Gender and Class
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Political Economy
N ECOP2901 or ECOP2911
ECOP3015
Environmental Political Economy
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Political Economy
N ECOP3005
ECOP3019
Money and Finance
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Political Economy
N ECOP3009
ECOP3021
Development and Environment in India

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Political Economy
ECOP3115
History of Australian Capitalism

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Political Economy
N ECOP6115
ECOP3601
Economic Cycles and Instability
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Political Economy
N ECOP2601
ECOP3624
Gender, Work, and Care in Economic Life
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Political Economy
N ECOP3022 or ECOP3016 or ECOP2614
ECOP3911
Theories in Political Economy
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Political Economy
N ECOP3901

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
21/11/2025 ECOP3624 title published as:
"Gender, Work, and Care in Economic Life"
ECOP3624 title amended to:
"Gender, Work and Care in Economic Life"
08/12/2025 ECOP3624 title published as:
"Gender, Work and Care in Economic Life"
ECOP3624 title amended to:
"Gender, Work, and Care in Economic Life"