Table of undergraduate units of study: School of Economics (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
School of Economics subject areas
Students should refer to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences website sydney.edu.au/arts for the latest information regarding unit of study descriptions, assessment or other requirements. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences website contains the timetabling information for units offered in 2016 (sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/undergraduate/timetables.shtml).
Economics
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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| For the award of a major in Economics, students complete: | |||
| (1) 24 credit points of junior units of study: BUSS1020* (or ECMT1010), ECMT1020, BUSS1040* (or ECON1001) and ECON1002; and | |||
| (2) 12 credit points in compulsory senior units of study: ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 AND ECOS2002 or ECOS2902; and | |||
| (3) 24 credit points in senior elective units of study (with a minimum of 18 credit points at 3000 level). | |||
| * For students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and related combined degrees, BUSS1020 and BUSS1040 are core units for the degree and must be completed (as opposed to the ECMT and ECON alternatives). | |||
Junior units of study |
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Compulsory units of study for the major |
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| BUSS1020 Quantitative Business Analysis |
6 | N ECOF1010 or ECMT1010 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or STAT1021 or ENVX1001 This unit of study is a compulsory part of the Bachelor of Commerce, combined Bachelor of Commerce degrees. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECMT1010 Introduction to Economic Statistics |
6 | N ECMT1011 or ECMT1012 or ECMT1013 or MATH1015 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or STAT1021 or ECOF1010 or BUSS1020 or ENVX1001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECMT1020 Introduction to Econometrics |
6 | P ECMT1010 or ECOF1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015 N ECMT1001 or ECMT1002 or ECMT1003 or ECMT1021 or ECMT1022 or ECMT1023 Other than in exceptional circumstances, it is strongly recommended that students do not undertake Introduction to Econometrics before attempting Introduction to Economic Statistics. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS1040 Economics for Business Decision Making |
6 | N ECOF1005 This unit of study is a compulsory part of the Bachelor of Commerce and combined Bachelor of Commerce degrees. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics |
6 | N BUSS1040 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive June Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
Elective units of study |
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| ECON1003 Quantitative Methods in Economics |
6 | N MATH1111 or MATH1011 or MATH1001 or MATH1901 or MATH1906 |
Semester 1 |
| ECON1005 The Australian Economy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECON1006 The Economics of Everything |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Senior units of study |
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Compulsory units for the major |
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| ECOS2001 Intermediate Microeconomics |
6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 C ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015 N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2901 Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| ECOS2901 Intermediate Microeconomics Honours |
6 | P (ECON1001 or BUSS1040) and ECON1002 with a Credit average or better in the two units of study combined C (ECOS2903 or MATH2070) and (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS2002 Intermediate Macroeconomics |
6 | P ECON1002 C ECMT1020 N ECON2002 or ECON2902 or ECOS2902 Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| ECOS2902 Intermediate Macroeconomics Honours |
6 | P (ECON1001 or BUSS1040) and ECON1002 with a Credit average or better in the two units of study combined N ECON2002, ECON2902, ECOS2002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
Elective units for the major |
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| ECOS2004 Money and Banking |
6 | P (ECON1001 and ECON1002) or (ECON1040 and ECON1002) or BUSS1040 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS2025 East Asian Economies |
6 | P ECON1001 or ECON1002 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS2201 Economics of Competition and Strategy |
6 | P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 ot ECON1040 N ECON2201 or ECOS3005 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS2903 Mathematical Economics A |
6 | C ECOS2901 N ECON2903 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students intending to proceed to the third year economics honours program must take this unit or MATH2070 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3002 Development Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3003 Hierarchies, Incentives and Firm Structure |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECON3003 or ECOS2306 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3004 History of Economic Thought |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 or ECOP2011 or ECOP2001 or ECOP2012 or ECOP2002 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3005 Industrial Organisation |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECOS2201 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| ECOS3006 International Trade |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3007 International Macroeconomics |
6 | P ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3008 Labour Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3010 Monetary Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 N ECON3010 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3011 Public Finance |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3012 Strategic Behaviour |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECOS3901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3013 Environmental Economics |
6 | P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3015 Law and Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3016 Experimental and Behavioural Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3017 Health Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3020 Special Topic in Economics |
6 | P ((ECOS2001 or ECON2001) and (ECOS2002 or ECON2002)) or ((ECOS2901 or ECON2901) and (ECOS2902 or ECON2902)) Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must seek written permission from the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECOS3021 Business Cycles and Asset Markets |
6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3022 The Economics of Financial Markets |
6 | P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902) |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3023 Personnel Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3024 Economic History |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3025 The Economics of Regulation |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3027 Economics of the Family |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3901 Advanced Microeconomics Honours |
6 | P ECOS2901 and ECOS2902 and (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970) with a 70% average best across the three units C ECMT2150 or ECMT2110 N ECOS3012 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students intending to proceed to fourth year economics honours must also complete at least one unit of study from (ECOS3001 or ECON3001) to (ECOS3023) inclusive, in either semester of their third year |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3902 Advanced Macroeconomics Honours |
6 | P ECOS2901 and ECOS2902 and (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970) with a 70% average best across the three units C ECMT2150 or ECMT2110 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students intending to proceed to fourth year economics honours must also complete at least one unit of study from (ECOS3001 or ECON3001) to (ECOS3023) inclusive, in either semester of their third year |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3903 Applied Microeconometrics |
6 | P ECOS2901 and ECOS2902 and (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970) with a 70% average across those three units combined; and (ECMT2150 or ECMT2110) Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students intending to proceed to fourth year economics honours must take this unit or (ECMT3110 plus one of ECMT2120, ECMT3120, ECMT3130, ECMT3160 or ECMT3170). |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3904 Applied Macroeconometrics |
6 | P (ECMT2150 or ECMT2110), and a minimum mark of 70% or greater across the following (ECOS2901 and ECOS2902 and (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970)) Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
Honours units of study |
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| ECON4101 Economics Honours A |
12 | P Have completed at least 24 credit points at 3000 level Economics, with at least a 70 average mark across the required units of ECOS3901, ECOS3902 and (ECOS3903 OR ECOS3904 OR (ECMT3110 and one of ECMT2120; ECMT3120; ECMT3160; or ECMT3170) OR (ECMT3110 AND ECMT3130)) |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON4102 Economics Honours B |
12 | C ECON4101 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON4103 Economics Honours C |
12 | C ECON4102 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON4104 Economics Honours D |
12 | C ECON4103 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |