Economics / Science - 3563
Program Summary
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Contact: UNSW Business School Student Centre
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 192
UAC Code: 424450
Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements
International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements
Award(s):
Bachelor of Economics (Major)
Bachelor of Science (Major)
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Program Description
If you are a prospective student researching your study options, please visit UNSW Business School website for more information.
The Bachelor of Economics / Bachelor of Science program enables students to complete a depth of study from the majors available from within UNSW Science and the economics program offered by the School of Economics in the UNSW Business School.
The typical duration of this program is 4 years full-time. For admission to the program, students must satisfy the entry requirements to both the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Economics programs.
With approval, students with an excellent academic record may also enrol in an additional Honours year in the Bachelor of Economics degree or in the Bachelor of Science degree.
For questions regarding the Bachelor of Economics requirements for the program, students should consult staff in the UNSW Business School Student Centre or the School of Economics. For questions relating to the Bachelor of Science component of the program, students should consult the Science Student Centre.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
Program Structure
Where the requirements for the two programs are completed in less than 192 units of credit due to overlapping courses, students may satisfy the remaining units of credit from those offered by UNSW Science, UNSW Business School or other Faculties within UNSW.
The requirements of the BEc in dual mode (96UOC):
84 UOC of Economics courses consisting of:
- Compulsory first and second year courses account for 48 UOC (8 courses – see list below)
- Major requirements
- Electives offered by the School of Economics – 12 UOC.
Compulsory core courses:
- ACCT1501 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1A (6 UOC)
- ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
- ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
- ECON1401 Economic Perspectives (6 UOC)
- ECON2101 Microeconomics 2 (6 UOC)
- ECON2206 Introductory Econometrics (6 UOC)
- MATH1031 Mathematics for Life Sciences (6 UOC)
- MATH1041 Stats for Life & Soc Sciences (6 UOC)
Students should do the MATH courses which are required in the Bachelor of Science specialisations they choose – for example, the mathematics and statistics specialisations specify MATH1131/MATH1231 or MATH1141/MATH1241 rather than MATH1031/MATH1041. With a few of the BSc specialisations only one MATH course is required, in which case students can complete the second MATH course or its equivalent ECON course (ECON1202 or ECON1203).
For ECON1202, the substitute courses are: MATH1031 or MATH1131 or MATH1141.
For ECON1203, the substitute courses are: MATH 1041 or MATH1231 or MATH1241.
The ECON courses are not substitutes for these MATH courses. No credit will be given if students also complete the ECON courses.
Students have the option of counting the MATH courses towards the BSc and doing additional electives offered by the School of Economics OR counting the MATH courses towards the BEc and doing additional electives offered by UNSW Science.
ECON1203 may be substituted by PSYC2001 for those students who also do a major in Psychology.
- Students must complete at least one major in Economics, Econometrics or Financial Economics consisting of ten courses (60 UOC).
- A Major includes six courses (36 UOC) from the compulsory first and second year core courses. (ACCT1501 and ECON1401 do not count towards a major.)
- For each major, students must complete an additional four courses, including at least three (3) level 3 courses (numbered 3XXX).
Free electives account for the balance (12 UOC) of the degree requirements. These courses may be taken from those offered by the UNSW Business School or other Faculties within UNSW.
GEN coded courses cannot be counted as Free Electives.
Area(s) of Economics Specialisation:
• Econometrics
• Economics
• Financial Economics
Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in dual degree mode (96 UOC):
• An approved major from the Bachelor of Science program; and
• Science elective courses.
Approved Majors in Science:
- Anatomy
- Food Science
- Physical Oceanography
- Biology
- Genetics
- Microbiology
- Physical Science
- Biotechnology
- Geography
- Molecular and Cell Biology
- Physiology
- Chemistry
- Marine Science
- Neuroscience
- Psychology
- Earth Science
- Materials Science
- Pathology
- Statistics
- Ecology
- Mathematics
- Pharmacology
- Vision Science
Honours
For further information relating to Honours in these two programs, please see Bachelor of Science program and the School of Economics Honours program website.
Academic Rules
1. A minimum of 24 UOC of courses must be completed before enrolling in Level 2 courses.
2. A minimum of 48 UOC of courses must be completed before enrolling in Level 3 courses.
3. Students must declare their economics major before commencing Year 2.
Academic rules relating to the Bachelor of Science in concurrent mode are as follows:
1. Students must complete a minimum of 96 units of credit;
2. Students must complete at least one approved Bachelor of Science major, and this must be declared before enrolling in Level II courses (see the 3970 Bachelor of Science page for approved majors). Information about how to declare a major can be found on the Science Student Centre website.
3. Students may choose to complete an optional minor using their Science electives (see the 3970 Bachelor of Science page for the list of approved minors).
Students cannot complete a minor with the same name as their nominated major, and Level II and III courses cannot be double-counted between majors and minors. More than one minor may be completed subject to the limit on double-counting. Students must declare their minor(s) before their final semester.
4. In addition to the courses required for a student's chosen major, students must take 'Science' courses so that the major plus 'Science' courses total 96 UoC. ‘Science’ courses are listed in Table 1 on the 3970 Bachelor of Science page.
5. Students must complete at least 24 UoC of Level I ‘Science’ courses. ‘Science’ courses are listed in Table 1 of the 3970 Bachelor of Science page.
6. Students may not enrol into Level II courses until at least 30 UoC of Level I courses have been successfully completed.
7. Students may not enrol into Level III courses until at least 72 UoC of courses have been successfully completed
Fees
Further information
Contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building
Forms, policies and procedures
Frequently asked questions.
Contact the Science Student Centre for advice on the BSc component:
UNSW Science
e-mail: sso@unsw.edu.au
tel: + 61 2 9385 6125 / 9385 7788
location: Robert Webster Building, Room 128
Related Program(s)
3543 Economics
3970 Science
3566 Economics / Advanced Science
3521 Commerce/Economics
3564 Economics / Advanced Maths
4744 Economics / Law
Area(s) of Specialisation
- Accounting
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Biological Science
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Climate Science
- Econometrics
- Economics
- Financial Economics
- Food Science and Technology
- Genetics
- Geography
- Geology
- International Business
- Marine Science
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Neuroscience
- Oceanography
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Physiology
- Psychology
- Statistics
- Vision Science