Economics
Unit of study table
Master of Economics |
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| Students complete 96 credit points from this table, including: |
| (a) 24 credit points of foundation units of study; |
| (b) 24 credit points of core units of study; |
| (c) 42 credit points of selective units of study, including at least one specialisation from below. A maximum of 6 credit points may be taken from postgraduate units of study elsewhere in the University of Sydney with prior permission of the relevant delegate. Students must be able to demonstrate that the unit is relevant to their studies and/or career development. |
| (i) Econometrics specialisation: ECMT6002 and 12 credit points of selective units |
| (ii) Economics specialisation: ECON6001, ECON6002, and 6 credit points of selective units |
| (iii) Financial Economics specialisation: 18 credit points of compulsory units and 6 credit points of selective units |
| (d) 6 credit points of capstone units of study. |
Graduate Diploma in Economics |
| Students complete 48 credit points from this table, including: |
| (a) 24 credit points of foundation units of study; and |
| (b) 24 credit points of core units of study. |
Graduate Certificate in Economics |
| Students complete 24 credit points from this table, including: |
| (a) 24 credit points of foundation units of study. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Foundation units of study |
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| ECMT5001 Principles of Econometrics |
6 | |
| ECON5001 Microeconomic Theory |
6 | N ECON5040 |
| ECON5002 Macroeconomic Theory |
6 | N ECON5003 |
| ECON5005 Quantitative Tools for Economics |
6 | |
Core units of study |
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| ECMT6002 Econometric Applications |
6 | P ECMT5001 N ECMT6702 |
| ECON5004 Communication in Economics |
6 | N BUSS5020 |
| ECON6001 Microeconomic Analysis |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 N ECON6701 |
| ECON6002 Macroeconomic Analysis |
6 | P ECON5002 N ECON6702 |
Selective units of study |
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Economics specialisation |
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| ECON5006 Economics of Law and Public Policy |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 |
| ECON5007 The Economics of Financial Markets |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701 |
| ECON5008 Behavioural Economics |
6 | P (ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701) and (ECMT5001 or ECMT6702 or QBUS5001) |
| ECON5026 Strategic Business Relationships |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 |
| ECON6003 Mathematical Methods of Econ Analysis |
6 | P ECON5001 and ECON5002 N ECON6703 |
| ECON6006 Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour |
6 | P ECON6001 or ECOF6080 or ECON6701 |
| 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) |
| ECON6009 Economics of the Labour Market |
6 | P ECON6001 or ECON6701 or ECON6002 or ECON6702 |
| ECON6010 Public Economics |
6 | P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) |
| ECON6016 Trade and Development |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5002 or ECON5040 or ECON6701 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 |
| ECON6024 Private Equity |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON5002 or ECON6701 or ECON6702 |
| 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) |
| ECON6031 International Finance and Globalisation |
6 | P ECON5001 and ECON5002 |
| ECON6034 Global Economic History |
6 | P ECON5001 and ECON5002 |
| ECON6035 Global Economic History for Business |
6 | N ECON6034 |
| 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) |
Econometrics specialisation |
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| 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 |
Financial Economics specialisation |
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| Compulsory units | ||
| FINC5001 Foundation in Finance |
6 | |
| ECMT6006 Applied Financial Econometrics |
6 | P ECMT6002 or ECMT6702 |
| ECON6021 Financial Economics |
6 | P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) |
| Selective units | ||
| 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) |
| ECON6024 Private Equity |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON5002 or ECON6701 or ECON6702 |
| ECON6031 International Finance and Globalisation |
6 | P ECON5001 and ECON5002 |
| FINC5090 Finance in the Global Economy |
6 | C FINC5001 |
| FINC6001 Finance: Theory to Applications |
6 | P FINC5001 Master of Commerce / Master of Commerce (Extension) students must complete this unit before the Capstone subject for this specialisation. |
| FINC6005 Advanced Asset Pricing |
6 | P FINC5001 or FINC6000 |
| FINC6009 Portfolio Theory and its Applications |
6 | P FINC5001 or FINC6000 |
| FINC6010 Derivative Securities |
6 | P FINC5001 |
| FINC6013 International Business Finance |
6 | P FINC5001 |
| FINC6014 Fixed Income Securities |
6 | P FINC5001 |
| FINC6015 Trading in Modern Financial Markets |
6 | P FINC5001 |
| FINC6017 Mergers and Acquisitions |
6 | A Calculation of free cash flows, trading multiples, discounted cash flow valuation methodology, valuation sensitivities, regression analysis. P FINC5001 N ACCT6011 |
| FINC6021 Corporate Valuation |
6 | P FINC5001 |
| FINC6022 Behavioural Finance |
6 | P FINC5001 |
| FINC6023 Financial Risk Management |
6 | P FINC5001 |
| FINC6025 Entrepreneurial Finance |
6 | P FINC5001 |
| FINC6031 Financial Intermediary Management |
6 | P FINC5001 N BANK6002 |
Capstone unit of study |
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| ECON7030 Economics Research Project |
6 | P 24 credit points from Economics elective units of study N ECON7010 or ECON7020 |
