| |
Economics
COURSES OFFERED
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Honours Master of Commerce by Coursework and/or Research
Honours Master of Arts by Coursework and/or Research
- Master of Commerce by Coursework
- Graduate Diploma in Commerce (Economics)
- Graduate Certificate in Applied Economics
The department also offers courses in Industrial
Relations
CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS
The Department's main research concentrations are:
Labour and Human Resources
International Trade and Investment
Economic Growth and Development
Current and recent projects include:
Advertising rivalry in the banking industry
Child labour
Determinants of economic growth
Economic development policy with special reference to social sectors
Economics of education
Emissions and externalities in a global context
Exchange rate movements and their effect on prices, trade and employment
Exchange rate policies in Asian countries
Export processing zones
Geographical mobility of labour force participants
Health economics
Measuring the intensity of poverty
Regional development policies
Regulation of Aboriginal labour
Regulatory issues in electronic money
Savings, investment, productivity and economic growth
Technological change, the learning curve and profitability
Vietnam's reforms and economic growth
1. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, candidates enrol in the subject
ECON993
Thesis. Additional subjects may be required.
2. HONOURS MASTER OF COMMERCE (ECONOMICS)
HONOURS MASTER OF ARTS (ECONOMICS)
The purpose of the Honours Masters degree is to provide graduate students
who have completed the Economics specialisation for the Bachelor of Commerce
degree (or equivalent) with the opportunity for further in-depth study
of advanced topics in Economics as a preparation for a professional career
in economics. Entry requires a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a specialisation
in Economics or an equivalent degree.
The Course Rules governing the Honours Masters degree will apply.
The degree of 96 credit points can be studied full-time over two years,
or may be studied part-time.
Students who have completed the Bachelor of Commerce(Honours) in Economics
or the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics, or an equivalent degree,
and who have graduated in Honours with a standard of Class II, Division
2 or higher may be given advanced standing or exemption up to a maximum
of 48 credit points of the required 96 credit points.
Program Of Study
For the Honours Master Degree, students must, subject to the advanced
standing or exemptions clauses, complete 96 credit points comprising:
| ECON996 |
Advanced Macroeconomic Theory |
6 |
| ECON997 |
Advanced Microeconomic Theory |
6 |
plus one of the following:
1 Only for candidates who have successfully completed ECON996
and ECON997 or their equivalents.
Plus 36 to 60 credit points from the following:
| ECON901 |
Monetary Economics |
6 |
| ECON902 |
Advanced International Monetary Economics |
6 |
| ECON903 |
Public Finance |
6 |
| ECON904 |
Trade, Growth and Development |
6 |
| ECON906 |
History of Economic Thought |
6 |
| ECON907 |
Cost-Benefit Analysis |
6 |
| ECON908 |
Advanced Topics in the Economics of Development |
6 |
| ECON909 |
Econometric Theory |
6 |
| ECON911 |
Advanced International Economics |
6 |
| ECON912 |
Labour Economics |
6 |
| ECON913 |
Industrial Organisation |
6 |
| ECON915 |
Electronic Commerce and the Economics of Information |
6 |
| ECON916 |
Economics of Education, Health and Welfare |
6 |
| ECON918 |
Economics of Health Care |
6 |
| ECON921 |
Econometric Models |
6 |
| ECON933 |
Conflict and Co-operation |
6 |
| ECON935 |
Advanced Managerial Economics and Operations Research |
6 |
| ECON936 |
Graduate Macroeconomics |
6 |
| ECON937 |
Graduate Microeconomics |
6 |
| ECON938 |
Environmental Economics |
6 |
| ECON939 |
Quantitative Economic Analysis |
6 |
| ECON941 |
Advanced Topics in Economics - A |
6 |
| ECON942 |
Advanced Topics in Economics - B |
6 |
| ECON943 |
Advanced Topics in Economics - C |
8 |
| ECON957 |
Productivity and Labour |
8 |
| ECON978 |
Advanced Topics in Industrial Relations - C |
6 |
| ECON982 |
International Economic Relations |
6 |
| ECON983 |
Trade and Industry in East Asia |
6 |
| ECON984 |
Financial Economics |
6 |
| ECON991 |
Project |
12 |
3. MASTER OF COMMERCE
The purpose of this pass degree is to provide graduate students who have
completed the Economics specialisation for the Bachelor of Commerce degree
(or equivalent) with the opportunity for further in-depth study of advanced
topics in Economics as a preparation for a professional career in economics.
The Course Rules governing the Masters degree will apply.
Entry requires a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a specialisation in Economics
or an equivalent degree. Candidates who do not have a specialisation in
Economics but who have the equivalent of Economics to second-year level
in their undergraduate degree may be permitted to study for the degree provided
they have first passed a program of 24 credit points of 300-level Economics
subjects approved by the Head of Department; thus the total credit points
required for these candidates is 72.
The degree of 48 credit points may be studied full-time over one year, or
may be studied part-time.
Program Of Study
For the Master of Commerce degree, normally students must complete 48 credit
points at 900-level according to the following program of study:
Compulsory subjects:
| ECON936 |
GraduateMacroeconomics |
6 |
| ECON937 |
Graduate Microeconomics |
6 |
| ECON939 |
Quantitative Economic Analysis |
6 |
Plus 30 credit points from one of the following areas of study:
International Business Economics
Eighteen credit points from the following
| ECON902 |
Advanced International Monetary Economics |
6 |
| ECON913 |
Industrial Organisation |
6 |
| ECON982 |
International Economic Relations |
6 |
| ECON984 |
Financial Economics |
6 |
Plus 12 credit points of 900-level subjects, six of which can be selected
from outside the Department of Economics, with the approval of the Course
Co-ordinator.
Trade Growth and Development
Eighteen credit points from the following
| ECON904 |
Trade, Growth and Development |
6 |
| ECON908 |
Advanced Topics in the Economics of Development |
6 |
| ECON982 |
International Economic Relations |
6 |
| ECON983 |
Trade and Industry in East Asia |
6 |
Plus 12 credit points of 900-level subjects, six of which can be selected
from outside the Department of Economics, with the approval of the Course
Co-ordinator.
Money, Banking and Finance
| ECON901 |
Monetary Economics |
6 |
| ECON902 |
Advanced International Monetary Economics |
6 |
| ECON984 |
Financial Economics |
6 |
Plus 12 credit points of 900-level subjects, six of which can be selected
from outside the Department of Economics, with the Approval of the Course
Co-ordinator.
Human Resource Economics
Eighteen credit points from the following
| ECON912 |
Labour Economics |
6 |
| ECON916 |
Economics of Education, Health and Welfare |
6 |
| ECON918 |
Economics of Health Care |
6 |
| ECON983 |
Trade and Industry in East Asia |
6 |
Plus 12 credit points of 900-level subjects, six of which can be selected
from outside the Department of Economics, with the approval of the Course
Co-ordinator.
4. GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMMERCE
The purpose of this diploma is to provide graduate students who have not
completed an Economics specialisation in their undergraduate degree with
the opportunity for advanced study in Economics.
The Course Rules governing Graduate Diplomas will apply. Accordingly, candidates
for the Graduate Diploma in Commerce will normally hold a Bachelor degree
from an approved institution. In special circumstances a professional person
holding a tertiary qualification other than a Bachelor degree may be permitted
to enrol.
The Graduate Diploma in Commerce requires two sessions of full-time study
or the part-time equivalent.
For the Graduate Diploma, students must complete 48 credit points including
Program Of Study
| ECON205 |
Macroeconomic Theory and Policy |
8 |
| ECON215 |
Microeconomic Theory and Policy |
8 |
Plus 32 credit points of approved 200, 300 and 900-level subjects,
one of which can be selected from subjects outside the Department.
Courses in Industrial
Relations offered by the Faculty of Economics
|
| |
