Bachelor of Economics

The course comprises a total of 144 credit points. The study components for course completion are:

• 66 credit points of economics core subjects
• 18 credit points of economics elective subjects
• 12 credit points of elective subjects
• 48 credit points comprising of either:
  
  • a second major (48 credit points), or
  • two sub-majors (24 credit points each), or
  • a sub-major (24 credit points) in conjunction with elective subjects (24 credit points)

Students can choose any of the following as a second major:

• Finance, Human Resource Management, Management, Marketing, Business Law or Information Technology.

Electives can be taken from any faculty in the university, with the approval of the owning Faculty. For more information on business electives, please see the Business Electives page.

Students have an option to undertake an internship program (26600 Business Internship) as an elective within the business major or as a free elective. Students should not enrol in internship subject in the last session of study to ensure that completion of required hours of work does not impact graduation and/or international students' visa conditions.

Autumn commencing, full time

Year 1

Autumn session

• 23115 Economics for Business
• 26134 Business Statistics
• 23506 Strategic Decision Making and Game Theory

Select 6 credit points of options

Spring session

• 23566 Economics for Business 2
• 23508 Quantitative Methods in Economics and Business
• 23571 Introductory Econometrics

Select 6 credit points of options

Year 2

Autumn session

• 23568 Intermediate Macroeconomics
• 23567 Intermediate Microeconomics

Select 12 credit points of options

Spring session

• 23509 Empirical Methods for Policy Evaluation

Select 18 credit points of options

Year 3

Autumn session

• 23005 Behavioural Economics

Select 18 credit points of options

Spring session

• 23600 Economic Policy and Analysis (Capstone)

Select 18 credit points of options