Economics Major

Major/Minor/Specialisation !105-AA-MAJ+1018 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus:	2011

Coordinator

Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne,
5th Floor, Economics and Commerce Building, Victoria, 3010, Australia.

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre

Overview:	This major can be taken by students enrolled in the pre-2008 Bachelor of Arts - please refer to the course overview for details. Economics has been taught at the University of Melbourne since 1885 when one of the University's first four professors, W E Hearn, was appointed to teach political economy as a component of the Bachelor of Arts degree. A separate Faculty of Commerce was established in 1924. In 1944 it was renamed the Faculty of Business and Economics. To complete an economics major in the BA, a student must meet the mathematics prerequisite of a score of at least 25 in VC Mathematical Methods, or equivalent.
Objectives:	see the course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:	See the handbook of the year you commenced your BA for the requirements of the major - https://psc.unimelb.edu.au/ If you have any questions about the major structure or subjects, please contact the Arts & Music Student Centre.
Subject Options:	First year subjects Introductory Microeconomics must be taken prior to Introductory Macroeconomics. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ECON10003 Introductory Macroeconomics Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 ECON10004 Introductory Microeconomics Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 ECON10005 Quantitative Methods 1 Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 Second year Students are advised to note the prerequisites for third-year subjects before making a decision on their second-year subjects. In addition to satisfying the individual subject prerequisites, students must have completed or gained credit for at least 75 level-1 points before they will be permitted to enrol in any of the level-2 (second year) subjects listed below. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ECON20001 Intermediate Macroeconomics Semester 2 12.50 ECON20002 Intermediate Microeconomics Summer Term, Semester 1 12.50 ECOM20001 Introductory Econometrics Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 ECON20003 Quantitative Methods 2 Summer Term, Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 ECON20004 Economics of the Environment Not offered in 2011 12.50 ECON20005 Competition and Strategy Semester 2 12.50 ECOM20002 Forecasting in Economics and Business Not offered in 2011 12.50 ECON20006 Business Economics and e-Commerce Semester 1 12.50 ECON20007 Globalisation and the World Economy Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 ECON20008 Australian Economic History Semester 2 12.50 MAST20004 Probability Semester 1 12.50 MAST20005 Statistics Semester 2 12.50 Third year In addition to satisfying the individual subject prerequisites, students must have completed or gained credit for at least 175 level-1 and level-2 points before they will be permitted to enrol in any of the level-3 (third year) subjects listed below. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ECON30001 International Trade Policy Semester 1 12.50 ECON30002 Economic Development Semester 1 12.50 ECON30003 Industrial Economics Semester 2 12.50 316-304 Social Economics Not offered in 2011 12.50 ECON30005 Money and Banking Semester 2 12.50 ECON30006 Labour Economics Not offered in 2011 12.50 ECON30007 Economics of Food Semester 2 12.50 ECON30008 History of Economic Thought Not offered in 2011 12.50 ECON30009 Macroeconomics Semester 2 12.50 ECON30010 Microeconomics Semester 1 12.50 ECOM30001 Basic Econometrics Semester 1 12.50 ECOM30003 Applied Microeconometric Modelling Semester 2 12.50 ECON30011 Environmental Economics Semester 2 12.50 ECON30012 Ecological Economics Not offered in 2011 12.50 ECON30013 Economic Analysis and Policy Not offered in 2011 12.50 ECON30014 Business Applications of Economics Not offered in 2011 12.50 ECON30015 Marketing Economics Not offered in 2011 12.50 ECON30016 The Economics of Taxation Semester 1 12.50 ECON30017 Organisations, Economics and Incentives Semester 2 12.50 ECON30018 Economics of the Law Semester 1 12.50 ECON30019 Behavioural Economics Semester 2 12.50 ECON30020 Mathematical Economics Semester 2 12.50 ECON30021 Regional Economics Not offered in 2011 12.50 ECON30022 Experimental Economics Semester 2 12.50 ECON30023 Health Economics Semester 2 12.50 ECOM30004 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting Semester 2 12.50 ECON30024 Economics of Financial Markets Semester 1 12.50 ECON30025 Computational Economics and Business Not offered in 2011 12.50
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts

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