B2031 Bachelor of Economics

This course comprises four parts: Part A. Core studies, Part B. Specialist studies, Part C Capstone studies, and Part D. Elective studies.

Part A. Core studies

These units will provide you with a comprehensive study of economics and econometrics disciplines and the impact they have on multi-discipline decision-making in organisations. The units consider the impact on the business, professional and public policy communities.

Part B. Specialist studies

These units will develop your capacity as a critical and creative professional who is able to apply your knowledge of a specialised area to provide discipline based solutions to commerce and economic policy.

Part C. Capstone studies

The capstone unit is designed to consolidate the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the study of your course and provide multi-disciplinary processes and decision making.

Part D. Elective studies

This will enable you to further develop your knowledge of economics or commerce more broadly, or select any units from across the University in which you are eligible to enrol including to complete a major or minor from another course.

Masters Accelerated Pathway

The Bachelor of Economics offers an Accelerated Pathway option into the Master of Economics (B6030). If you have completed at least 96 credit points and have achieved a high credit (65%) average, you can apply to the Course Coordinator for the Master’s accelerated pathway. If admitted to the accelerated pathway, you will use four of your elective studies (from Part D) to complete 24 credit points of specified units from Master of Economics (Part B).

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

You must complete units as specified in Parts A, B, C and D (144 credit points): including 96 credit points of study in Parts A, B and C, and 48 credit points of elective studies in Part D.

In choosing your units, you must ensure that you complete no more than ten units (60 credit points) at Level 1 and at least six units (36 credit points) at level 3, including four units (24 credit points) at level 3 offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Some majors, minors and specialisations include the same units. Where this occurs, up to 12 credit points may be shared between:

• two majors; or

• a major and a minor; or

• a specialisation and a major or minor.
  

Note: Units can only count toward one minor. They cannot be shared across multiple minors. 

Part A. Core studies (48 credit points)

You must complete the following units.

Note: You can complete only one of the following level 1 mathematics units: ECC1551, MTH1020, MTH1030 or MTH1035.

• ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics

• ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics 

• ETC1000 Business and economic statistics 

• ECC1050 Big ideas in economics

• ECC1551 Foundations of mathematical economics

• MTH1020 Analysis of change

• MTH1030 Techniques for modelling

• MTH1035 Techniques for modelling (advanced)

• ECC2000 Intermediate microeconomics

• ECC2010 Intermediate macroeconomics

• ETC2410 Introductory econometrics

Part B. Specialist studies (42 credit points)

You must complete one of the following specialisations.

• Business analytics for economics

• Economics and economic policy 

• Macroeconomics and financial markets 

• Mathematical economics and econometrics specialisation

Part C. Capstone studies (6 credit points)

You must complete one unit (6 credit points) from the Faculty’s capstone portfolio of units, which includes capstone units, consulting projects, international experiences and internships (industry placements).

Notes:

If you complete a 12 credit point unit in this part, you can complete a maximum of 42 credit points in Part D. This may limit the number of elective units you can use to complete a major.

If you complete a 24 credit point unit in this part, you complete a maximum of 30 credit points in Part D. This may limit the number of elective units you can use to complete a major.

Capstone unit

• BEX3500 Professional development for commerce

Consulting project

• BEX3350 Consulting project

• BEX3351 Global collaboration projects

• BEX3306 Sustainability and climate project

• BEX3312 Sustainability and climate project (12 credit points)

• BEX3606 Start-up and innovation project

• BEX3612 Start-up and innovation project (12 credit points)

• BEX3351 Global collaboration projects

• BEX3706 Sustainability collaboration project

International experience

• BEX3412 Innovation and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley

• BEX3622 Issues in global business

• BEX3722 Engaging with international business

• BEX3723 Engaging with international business 

• BEX3724 Engaging with international business

• BEX3725 Engaging with international business

• BEX3726 Engaging with international business 

• BEX3727 Engaging with international business 

Internships

• BEX3006 Industry placement

• BEX3106 Industry placement

• BEX3115 Tax clinic

Part D. Elective studies (48 credit points)

You must complete 48 credit points of elective study. Electives can be chosen from:

• Units not already completed in Part B or Part C above provided you have met the relevant prerequisites;

• Units from across the University, which may be used to complete a major or minor from another course, provided you have met the relevant prerequisites and there are no enrolment restrictions.

Notes:

Enrolment in Faculty of Business and Economics units at campuses other than your campus of enrolment is subject to there being spare capacity after students from that campus have enrolled. You should also be aware of travel and timetabling limitations.

Electives can be identified using the advanced search in the current edition of the Handbook. Majors and minors can be identified using the Handbook advanced search. The level of the unit is indicated by the first number in the unit code; undergraduate units are those that commence with the numbers 1-3.

If you are in a double degree course, some units required for the other degree can also be credited as electives towards the Economics degree.

If you have completed at least 96 credit points and have achieved a high credit (65%) average, you can apply to the Course Coordinator for the Master’s accelerated pathway. If admitted to the accelerated pathway, you will use four of your elective studies (from Part D) to complete 24 credit points of specified units from Master of Economics (B6030) (Part B).