Course Content
The Bachelor of Finance, Economics and Statistics (Honours) is comprised of the following 192 units, of which:
- A maximum of 60 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
The 192 units must include:
126 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
- BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis
- ECON1100 Economics I (H) or ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1
- FINM1001 Foundations of Finance
- STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods
- MATH1115 Mathematics and Applications 1
- MATH1116 Mathematics and Applications 2
- ECON1101 Microeconomics 1
- FINM2001 Corporate Finance
- STAT2001 Introductory Mathematical Statistics
- EMET2007 Econometric Methods
- ECON2016 Economics II (H)
- FINM2002 Derivatives
- ECON2101 Microeconomics 2
- STAT3013 Statistical Inference
- ECON3102 Macroeconomics 3
- FINM2003 Investments
- STAT3056 Advanced Mathematical Statistics
- ECON3101 Microeconomics 3
- ECON3100 Economics 3(H)
- ECON3152 Game Theory (P)
- FINM3005 Corporate Valuation
6 units from completion of a course from the following list:
- MATH2320 Advanced Analysis 1: Metric Spaces and Applications
- MATH2322 Advanced Algebra 1 (H): Groups, Rings and Linear Algebra
- MATH3029 Probability Modelling with Applications
6 units from completion of a course from the following list:
- STAT2005 Introduction to Stochastic Processes
- STAT2032 Financial Mathematics
- STAT3040 Statistical Learning
6 units from completion of courses from the subject area ECON Economics
48 units from completion of one of the following Honours specialisations:
- Finance Honours
- Statistics honours
- Economic Honours
*Students must achieve a minimum 75% weighted average mark in the first 120 units of courses attempted to continue in the program. Students who do not achieve a minimum of 75% weighted average mark will be transferred to the Bachelor of Economics to complete their remaining 24 units of study.
Specialisations (Choose 1 for completion of 48 units)
Economics Honours
This Honours specialisation requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
24 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
- ECON4411 Microeconomic Theory
- ECON4422 Macroeconomic Theory
- ECON4488 Economics Honours Research Essay
24 units from completion of courses from the following list:
- ECON4401 Topics in Macroeconomics
- ECON4403 Economic Policy Issues
- ECON4406 International Trade Theory
- ECON4413 Mathematical Techniques in Economics I
- ECON4414 Mathematical Techniques in Economics II
- ECON4415 International Economics
- ECON4418 Cost Benefit Analysis
- ECON4421 Topics in Microeconomic Theory
- ECON4434 Public Sector Economics
- ECON4437 Financial Economics
- ECON4438 Industrial Organisation
- ECON4441 Labour Economics & Industrial Relations
- ECON4447 Law and Economics
- ECON4449 South East Asian Economic Policy & Development
- ECON4453 Game Theory
- ECON4476 Topics in Game Theory
- ECON4480 Advanced Behavioral Economics
- ECON4491 The Economy, Politics and the State
- ECON4492 Organisational Economics
- ECON8901 Advanced Topics in Poverty, Public Policy and Development
- EMET4301 Applied Micro-econometrics
- EMET4305 Economic Models & Introduction to Econometrics
- EMET4308 Econometric Theory
- EMET4310 Applied Macro & Financial Econometrics
- EMET4312 Business & Economic Forecasting
- EMET4314 Econometric Methods
Finance Honours
36 units from completion of the following course(s):
- FINM4015 Advanced Corporate Finance
- FINM4106 Advanced Investments
- FINM4500 Finance Honours Thesis
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
- FINM4017 Trading and Markets
- STAT4018 Stochastic Modelling
- STAT4026 Graphical Data Analysis
- STAT4027 Statistical Inference
- STAT4029 Design of Experiments and Surveys
- STAT4030 Generalised Linear Models
- STAT4040 Statistical Learning
- STAT4102 Applied Time Series Analysis
- STAT4116 Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis
Statistics Honours
30 units from completion of the following course(s):
- STAT4027 Statistical Inference
- STAT4500 Statistics Honours Thesis
18 units from completion of the following course(s):
- STAT4018 Stochastic Modelling
- STAT4026 Graphical Data Analysis
- STAT4029 Design of Experiments and Surveys
- STAT4030 Generalised Linear Models
- STAT 4035: Risk Theory
- STAT 4036: Credibility Theory
- STAT4040 Statistical Learning
- STAT4072 Survival Models
- STAT4116 Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis
- STAT4102 Applied Time Series Analysis
Elective units
Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.
