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Financial Economics - ECONJ13543
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Plan Outline
Plan Structure
Honours
Further information

Plan Summary

 
Faculty: Australian School of Business
 
 
School: School of Economics
 
 
Contact:  Australian School of Business Student Centre
 
 
Program: 3543 - Economics
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Bachelor of Economics (Major)
 
 

Plan Outline

For a single major, 8 courses (48 UOC) must be completed in addition to completion of the BEc program Compulsory Level 1 core courses and one Required Level 1 Finance course.

Plan Structure

  • Students must have completed the BEc Level 1 core course requirements. In addition, students must complete FINS1612 Capital Markets and Institutions and eight (8) Level 2 (ECON2XXX or FINS2XXX) and Level 3 (ECON3XXX) courses from the required and elective course lists below. Students must complete at least three (3) Level 2 and at least three (3) Level 3 courses. All these ECON and FINS courses are worth 6 UOC each.

Required compulsory courses

Elective courses
  • Elective courses may be taken from the lists below of Level 2 and Level 3 courses, subject to at least one Level 2 and one Level 3 course being taken.
  • An additional elective course is required to be taken from the Elective course list where one of the Required courses counts towards another Major or Minor. This requirement does not apply to FINS1612 in the case where it counts towards another Major or Minor.

List of Level 2 courses

List of Level 3 courses

Minor
For a minor in Financial Economics, students must complete the Level 1 core requirements for the BEc program. In addition, students must complete four (4) courses from the Required course list above. If one of the courses from the Required course list counts towards another Major or Minor, a course from the Elective list can be taken. Regardless, students must complete one Level 3 course.

Honours

Honours level study is also available for students completing the Financial Economics major. The following courses, taken as part of the Major or as additional electives, are recommeded as a good preparation for Honours:
  • ECON2102 Macroeconomics 2
  • ECON3104 International Macroeconomics
  • ECON3202 Mathmatical Economics
  • One of ECON3101 Markets and Public Choice; or ECON3121; or ECON 3123
Students interested in Honours should refer to the Honours plan record for entry requirements.

Further information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change.
Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Please refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for your program requirements.

Contact the Australian School of Business Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Ground Floor, West Wing, Australian School of Business Building
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