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Economic Analysis

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 2 April 2025.
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Master of Economic Analysis

Students complete 72 credit points from this table, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study;
(b) a minimum of 24 credit points and a maximum of 36 credit points of selective units of study;
(c) a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study; and
(d) 12 credit points of capstone units of study.

Graduate Diploma in Economic Analysis

Students complete 48 credit points from this table, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study;
(b) a minimum of 12 credit points and a maximum of 24 credit points of selective units of study; and
(c) a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study.

Graduate Certificate in Economic Analysis

Students complete 24 credit points from this table, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study.
 
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core units of study

ECON6701
Microeconomic Analysis A
6 N ECON6001
ECON6702
Macroeconomic Analysis A
6 N ECON6002
ECON6703
Mathematical Methods of Econ Analysis A
6 N ECON6003
ECMT6702
Econometric Applications A
6 N ECMT5002 or ECMT6002

Selective units of study

ECON6903
Topics in Bus. Cycles and Monetary Policy
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6904
Topics in Labour Economics
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6905
Topics in Industrial Organisation
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6906
Topics in Economic Development
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6907
Topics in History of Economic Thought
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702)
ECON6909
Topics in Microeconomic Analysis
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6910
Topics in Macroeconomic Analysis
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6912
Topics in Empirical Macroeconomics
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
N ECON4915
C ECON6903
ECON6913
Topics in Economic History
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
N ECON4913
ECON6914
Topics in Microeconometrics
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
N ECON4914
ECON6918
Topics in Public Economics
6 A Completion of research methodology course
P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
N ECON4918
ECON6919
Topics in International Trade
6 N ECON4919
ECON6948
Special Topic in Economic Analysis 1
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6949
Special Topic in Economic Analysis 2
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6998
Special Topic in Econometrics 1
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6999
Special Topic in Econometrics 2
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)

Elective units of study

ECMT6003
Applied Business Forecasting
6 P ECMT6002 or ECMT6702
ECMT6006
Applied Financial Econometrics
6 P ECMT6002 or ECMT6702
ECMT6007
Analysis of Panel Data
6 P ECMT6002 or ECMT6702
ECMT6009
Structural Econometrics
6 P ECMT6002 or ECMT6702
N ECON4920
ECON6008
International Money and Finance
6 P (ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON5002 or ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECMT5001 or QBUS5001 or QBUS5002 or ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
ECON6010
Public Economics
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702)
ECON6018
Environmental Economics
6 P ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701
ECON6021
Financial Economics
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702)
ECON6023
International Trade
6 P ECON6001 or ECON6701
ECON6025
Strategic Decision Making
6 P ECON6001 or ECOF6080 or ECON6701
ECON6029
Health Economics and Policy Evaluation
6 P (ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701) and (ECMT5001 or ECMT6702 or QBUS5001)
ECON6101
Special Topic in Economics 1
6 P (ECON5001 and ECON5002) or (ECON6701 and ECON6702)
ECON6102
Special Topic in Economics 2
6 P (ECON5001 and ECON5002) or (ECON6701 and ECON6702)

Capstone units of study

Capstone units are only available to master's students.
ECON7010
Economics Research Dissertation A
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)
N ECON7030
ECON7020
Economics Research Dissertation B
6 P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702) and ECON7010
N ECON7030

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
02/04/2025 Prerequisites (P) for ECON6913 published as:
"ECON6001 and ECON6002 and ECON6003 and ECMT6002"
Prerequisites (P) for ECON6913 amended to:
"(ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECON6003 or ECON6703) and (ECMT6002 or ECMT6702)"
02/04/2025 No Prohibitions (N) for ECON6913 Prohibitions (N) for ECON6913 added:
"ECON4913"