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Economics - ECONAR2585

Plan Summary

 
Faculty: Australian School of Business
 
  
   
 
Program: 2585 - Commerce & Economics
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Master of Philosophy (Research)
 
  

Plan Outline

Students may undertake an MPhil degree in Economics which involves completing 4 courses and writing a thesis.

Plan Structure

All MPhil in Economics students shall complete 4 postgraduate courses offered by the School of Economics and approved by the Head of School, unless exempted from course/s due to advanced standing. Advanced standing may be granted by the Head of School for equivalent postgraduate courses successfully completed prior to admission to the program but not used for another award, up to a maximum of four courses.

Other postgraduate courses offered by the Faculty of Business, or by other UNSW Faculties, may be substituted for courses offered by the School of Economics with the permission of the Head of School.

In addition to completing four courses, students shall enrol into one of the following:
and submit a thesis on an approved topic. Normally the thesis should not exceed 40,000 words.

Applicants who have not completed standard fourth year undergraduate courses in Economics (or equivalent) may be prescribed specific postgraduate courses to complete the MPhil program.

All other MPhil program information for this plan is contained in the program record. Please use the back button on your browser or, alternatively, search via program code (the last four digits of this plan number) using QuickFind on the left-hand side of this page.

Further Information

Prospective students are strongly advised to make contact with the Australian School of Business Research Office to establish a potential supervisor before applying for research study at the University.

Please refer to the following web-page for further information on how to apply, scholarships, English language requirements, thesis preparation and other research related matters: www.unsw.edu.au/futurestudents/research

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