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Economics

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 22 January 2024.
View details of the changes below.

Major

A major in Economics requires 48 credit points from this table, including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units;
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units;
If the 2000-level core units have already been completed for a different major, alternative units must be taken from the 2000- or 3000-level selective units
(iii) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units; and
(iv) 6 credit points of Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in Economics requires 36 credit points from this table, including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units;
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units; and
If the 2000-level core units have already been completed for a different major, alternative units must be taken from the 2000- or 3000-level selective units.
(iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000-level units of study

Core
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)
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)

2000-level units of study

Core
Students choose either ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 as appropriate.
ECOS2001
Intermediate Microeconomics
6 P ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040
N ECON2001 or ECON2901 or ECOS2901
or
ECOS2901
Intermediate Microeconomics Honours
6 A ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970
P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002
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.
Students choose either ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 as appropriate.
ECOS2002
Intermediate Macroeconomics
6 P ECON1002 or ECON1040
N ECON2002 or ECON2902 or ECOS2902
or
ECOS2902
Intermediate Macroeconomics Honours
6 P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002
N ECOS2002 or ECON2002 or ECON2902
Selective
ECMT2150
Intermediate Econometrics
6 P (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or ((MATH1005 or MATH1905) and MATH1115) or MATH1015 or DATA1001 or DATA1901 or ENVX1002) and (ECMT1020 or QBUS1040 or MATH1002 or MATH1902 or MATH1014 or DATA1002 or DATA1902)
N ECMT2110 or ECMT2950
ECMT2950
Intermediate Econometrics - Advanced
6 P (A minimum of 65% in (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or ((MATH1005 or MATH1905) and MATH1115) or DATA1001 or DATA1901 or ENVX1002)) and (a minimum of 65% in (ECMT1020 or QBUS1040 or MATH1002 or MATH1902 or MATH1014 or DATA1002 or DATA1902))
N ECMT2110 or ECMT2150
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
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
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
ECOS2903
Mathematical Economics A
6 P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002
N ECON2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970
Students intending to proceed to the third year economics honours program must take this unit or MATH2070

3000-level selective units of study

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 AREC2003 or RSEC2031 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)
ECOS3019
Capital and Dynamics
6 N ECOS3001
P (ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)
ECOS3020
Special Topic in Economics
6 P ((ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)) or (ECOS2040 and ECMT2130)
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
ECOS3035
Economics of Political Institutions
6 P [(ECOS2001 or ECOS2901) and (ECOS2002 or ECOS2902)]
ECOS3901
Advanced Microeconomics Honours
6 A ECOS2903 or MATH2070
P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2901) or (75% in ECOS2001)) and minimum of 65% in (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970)
Students intending to proceed to fourth year economics honours must also complete at least one additional 3000-level ECOS unit during their degree, except where both ECOS3903 and ECOS3904 are selected.
ECOS3902
Advanced Macroeconomics Honours
6 P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2902) or (75% in ECOS2002)) and minimum of 65% in (ECOS2903 or MATH2070 or MATH2970)
Students intending to proceed to fourth year economics honours must also complete at least one additional 3000-level ECOS unit during their degree, except where both ECOS3903 and ECOS3904 are selected.
ECOS3903
Applied Microeconometrics
6 P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2901) or (75% in ECOS2001)) and minimum of 65% in (ECMT2150 or ECMT2950 or ECMT2160)
ECOS3904
Applied Macroeconometrics
6 P Minimum of ((65% in ECOS2902) or (75% in ECOS2002)) and minimum of 65% in (ECMT2130 or ECMT2150 or ECMT2950 or ECMT2160)

Interdisciplinary project units of study

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the ECOS3997 Interdisciplinary Impact in Economics or ECMT3997 Interdisciplinary Impact in Econometrics unit of study for your first major, and an Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
ECOS3997
Interdisciplinary Impact in Economics
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level from one of the following subject areas: Economics; Econometrics; Financial Economics; Environmental, Agricultural and Resource Economics
ECMT3997
Interdisciplinary Impact in Econometrics
6 P ((ECMT2150 or ECMT2950) and ECMT2160) or (ECOS2901 and (ECMT2150 or ECMT2950))
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
P 72 credit points

Post-publication amendments

Unit of study table

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
21/11/2023 Requirements published as:
Alternative units for 2000-level core units of study may be taken from the 2000 level selective units, if the core units have already been completed for a different major.
Requirements amended to:
If the 2000-level core units have already been completed for a different major, alternative units must be taken from the 2000- or 3000-level selective units.
21/11/2023
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2901 published as:
P Minimum of 65% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 65% in ECON1002
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2901 ammended to:
P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002
21/11/2023
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2902 published as:
P Minimum of 65% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 65% in ECON1002
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2902 ammended to:
P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002
21/11/2023
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2903 published as:
P Minimum of 65% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 65% in ECON1002
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2903 ammended to:
P Minimum of 70% in (ECON1001 or BUSS1040 or ECON1040) and minimum of 70% in ECON1002
21/11/2023
Supplementary text for ECOS2001 published as:
Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator.
Supplementary text for ECOS2001 removed:
21/11/2023
Supplementary text for ECOS2002 published as:
Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator.
Supplementary text for ECOS2002 removed:
21/11/2023
Supplementary text for ECOS3020 published as:
Students must seek written permission from the School of Economics Undergraduate Coordinator to enrol in this unit.
Supplementary text for ECOS3020 removed:
28/11/2023 Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2030 published as:
P ECON1001 and ECMT1010
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2030 amended to:
P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040 and ECMT1010
29/11/2023 No prohibitions (N) for ECOS2025 Prohibitions (N) for ECOS2025 added:
N FASS2300
22/01/2024 Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2030 published as:
P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040 and ECMT1010
Prerequisites (P) for ECOS2030 amended to:
P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040