Bachelor of Economics and Social Sciences

There is no new intake for this degree.

3 years full time

The Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences is a flexible degree which offers students the opportunity to develop a broad understanding of the social environment in which economic activity takes place. Majors in areas such as Political Economy, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, Government and International Relations, History and Sociology provide outstanding opportunities in personnel management and policy development. The Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences suits students who are interested in the social and political context in which economic activity takes place, or who would like to minimise mathematical approaches.

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Requirements

1. 144 credit points including
2. No more than 60 junior credit points
3. A major or an extended major from one column in the Majors Table below AND at least 12 senior credit points in a subject area from the other column in the table below and
4. No more than 60 senior credit points from Faculties other than the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the University of Sydney Business School.

Majors Table

Pathways

						Credit Points
First Year	S1	Compulsory Major Junior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Other Compulsory Junior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Arts or Economics and Business Junior Unit Choice	Arts or Economics and Business Junior Unit Choice	24
	S2	Compulsory Major Junior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Other Compulsory Junior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Arts or Economics and Business Junior Unit Choice	Arts or Economics and Business Junior Unit Choice	24
Second Year	S1	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Other Compulsory Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Arts or Economics and Business Junior/ Senior Unit Choice	Arts or Economics and Business Junior/ Senior Unit Choice	24
	S2	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Arts or Econ and Bus. or Extended Major Senior Unit Choice	Arts or Economics and Business Senior Unit Choice	24
Third Year	S1	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Other Compulsory Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Arts or Economics and Business Senior Unit Choice	Arts or Economics and Business Senior Unit Choice	24
	S2	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Arts or Econ and Bus. or Extended Major Senior Unit Choice	Arts or Economics and Business Senior Unit Choice	24
					Total=	144
		* Junior co-requisites from ECMT may be required if taking ECON.
		Compulsory major to be chosen from either column I or column II. Other compulsory units must be taken in one subject area from the other column.
		Column I		Column II
		Economics (ECON)		Government and International Relations (GOVT)
		Political Economy (ECOP)		Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management (WORK)

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