Economics

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MAJ+1013 (2009)

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Year and Campus: 2009

Coordinator

Professor Nilss Olekalns, Department of Economics

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre
Rm 104 (Ground Floor) Old Arts Building
Tel: +61 3 8344 5235/+61 3 8344 6395
http://arts-unimelb.custhelp.com/
Overview: Economics

The Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce offer a 112.5-point major and 75-point minor in the BA. Students intending to major in Economics should note that Mathematical Methods is a prerequisite for this program. Introductory Microeconomics must be completed before entering Introductory Macroeconomics, Level Two Intermediate Macroeconomics and Intermediate Microeconomics.

75 points of this major, and all 75 points of the minor are taken as part of the breadth component of the BA.

Major

Level 1

  • Introductory Microeconomics (breadth studies)
  • Introductory Macroeconomics (breadth studies)
  • Quantitative Methods 1

Level 2

  • Intermediate Macroeconomics (breadth studies)
  • Intermediate Microeconomics (breadth studies)

and one of:

  • Introductory Econometrics
  • Quantitative Methods 2

Level 3

  • Macroeconomics (breadth studies)
  • Microeconomics (breadth studies)

and one of:

  • Basic Econometrics
  • Econometrics


Minor
Level 1

  • Introductory Microeconomics (breadth studies)
  • Introductory Macroeconomics (breadth studies)
Level 2
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics (breadth studies)
  • Intermediate Microeconomics (breadth studies)
Level 3
  • Macroeconomics (breadth studies)
  • Microeconomics (breadth studies)
Objectives: See course objectives
Subject Options:

Economics: Level 1 Subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50

Economics: Level 2 Core Subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Summer, Semester 1
12.50

Economics: Level 2 Elective Subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Summer, Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50

Economics: Level 3 Core Subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50

Economics: Level 3 Elective Subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts

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