Master of Economics (coursework or coursework and dissertation) (42620)

The University of Western Australia

About

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation.

In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020.

Contact Future Students for more information.This course is designed for people who plan a career as economic researchers and decision makers in the public service and private sector.

The coursework covers advanced topics in economics.

Available units include microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, financial economics, resource economics, public economics, quantitative economics, economic history and economic development.

Structure

KEY TO AVAILABILITY OF UNITS:
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; N/A = not available in 2020

All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2021 or 2022.

Students wishing to undertake the Master of Economics by coursework and dissertation must achieve a minimum WAM of 75 in their first 24 points of coursework (for students with 24 points of admission credit) or their first 48 points of coursework (for students without admission credit) to proceed with the dissertation component. Students who do not meet this minimum WAM are still eligible for the Master of Economics (coursework).

Students may be required to complete relevant conversion units up to the value of 24 points, as advised by the Faculty.

Take all units (36 points):

AVAILABILITY	UNITCODE	UNITNAME	UNIT REQUIREMENTS	CONTACT HOURS
S1	ECON4408	Advanced Development Economics	Prerequisites: Enrolment in the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (BH002) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) (BH005) or enrolment in the Master of Economics (42620), or Master of International Development Economics Development specialisation (71550), Master of Agriculture (73530) or the Master of Public Policy (42580) for Master of Public Policy: ECON5540 Economic Analysis and Policy	lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
N/A	ECON4450	Advanced International Trade	Prerequisites: enrolment in one of the following: Master of Public Policy (42580); Master of Economics (42620); honours in the Economics specialisation (BH002) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) (BH005) Enrolment in the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (BH002) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) (BH005) or enrolment in the Master of Public Policy (42580) or Master of Economics (42620) or Master of Agriculture Economics (73530).	lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
S2	ECON4503	Advanced Economic Analysis	Prerequisites: Enrolment in the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (BH002) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) (BH005) or enrolment in the Master of Economics (42620).	lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
S1	ECON5508	Advanced Macroeconomic Theory		lectures/seminars: up to 3 hours per week
S1	ECON5509	Advanced Microeceonomic Theory	Prerequisites: ECON2233 Microeconomics: Policy and Applications	lectures/seminars: up to 3 hours per week
S1	ECON5514	Economic Research and Evaluation Methods		seminars: 3 hours per week

Take unit(s) as per sequence notes:

Note: For students undertaking by coursework ONLY, take units to the value of 36 points from Group A of which 3 units must be at Level 5. For students undertaking by (coursework and dissertation), take units to the value of 12 points from Group A and units to the value of 24 points from Group B.

Group A

AVAILABILITY	UNITCODE	UNITNAME	UNIT REQUIREMENTS	CONTACT HOURS
S1	ECON4410	Environmental and Resource Economics	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Master of Professional Engineering Environmental Specialisation (62550) or the Master of Economics (42620) or the Master of Agricultural Science (72510) or the Master of Environmental Science (72530) or the Master of International Development (71550) or the Master of Agricultural Economics (73530) or the Bachelor of Science (Honours) (BH004) or the Master of Ocean Leadership (62540) or the Master of Public Policy (coursework or coursework and dissertation) (42580)	lectures: 2 hours; tutorials: 1 hour; labs: 1 hour (4 hours/week for 12 weeks)
N/A	ECON4504	Advanced Quantitative Economics	Prerequisites: Enrolment in the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (BH002) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) (BH005) .	lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
S1	ECON4507	History of Economic Thought	Prerequisites: Enrolment in the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (BH002) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) (BH005) or enrolment in the Master of Economics (42620) or Master of Public Policy (42580). Incompatibility: ECON3310 History of Economic Ideas offered in the Economics major	lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
S2	ECON5001	Economic Development in Theory and Practice	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Master of Agricultural Science (72510) or the Master of International Development (71550) or the Master of Geographic Information Science (71570) or the Master of Agricultural Economics (73530) or the Master of Economics (42620) or the Bachelor of Science (Honours) (BH004) or the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (BH002)	lectures/tutorials/labs: 4 hours per week (for 10 weeks)
S2	ECON5502	International Finance and Markets		for standard teaching period, lectures: 3 hrs per week
S1, S2	ECON5506	The Economics of Financial Markets	Prerequisites: for Master of Commerce and Master of Economics and Master of Public Policy students: ECON5541 Economics for Business: Applications and Policy or ECON5516 The Economics of Public Policy; for Master of Applied Finance students: FINA5533 Finance Essentials (or equivalent) and FINA5632 Investments	lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
N/A	ECON5510	Consumer Behaviour and Demand Analysis	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Master of Agricultural Economics (73530) or the Master of Economics (42620) or the Master of Agricultural Science (72510) or the Master of Science (70630) or honours in the Faculty of Science or honours in the Business School	lectures/tutorials: 3 hours per week for 10 weeks
S2	ECON5511	Climate, Energy and Water Economics	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Master of Agricultural Economics (73530) or the Master of Economics (42620) or the Master of Agricultural Science (72510) or the Master of Science (70630) or Master of Environmental Science (72530)or Master of Petroleum Geoscience (73540) or Master of Ocean Leadership (62540) or honours in the Faculty of Science or honours in the Business School; ECON1120 Environmental Economics 1 or ECON1101 Microeconomics: Prices and Markets or ECON1102 Macroeconomics: Money and Finance or ECON2224 Environment Economics 2 or equivalent. Students who do not meet the prerequisites can contact the unit coordinator to discuss a possible exception.	lectures/tutorials: 3 hours per week for 10 weeks
S2	ECON5513	Applied Advanced Econometrics	Prerequisites: ECON2271 Business Econometrics or equivalent	lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
S1	ECON5517	Public Finance	Prerequisites: ECON5516 The Economics of Public Policy	seminars: 3 hours per week
S2	ECON5518	Economics of Global Health and Policy		seminars: 3 hours per week
S1	ECON5519	Public Economics	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Master of Public Policy (Economics specialisation) (42580) and completion of ECON5516 The Economics of Public Policy	lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
S1	ENVT4402	Analysis for Environmental Management	Prerequisites: enrolment in Master of Agricultural Economics (73530) or Master of Environmental Science (72530) or Master of International Development (71550) or Master of Economics (42620) or honours in the Faculty of Science Incompatibility: ECON3320 Analysis for Natural Resource Economics	10 half days. The total workload for the unit is 150 hours.

Take unit(s) as per sequence notes:

Note: Option B is ONLY for students doing Masters by coursework and dissertation. Students must take all FOUR units

Group B

AVAILABILITY	UNITCODE	UNITNAME	UNIT REQUIREMENTS
S1, S2	ECON5881	Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 1	Prerequisites: approval of the course coordinator
S1, S2	ECON5882	Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 2	Co-requisites: ECON5881 Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 1
S1, S2	ECON5883	Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 3	Co-requisites: ECON5881 Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 1
S1, S2	ECON5884	Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 4	Co-requisites: ECON5881 Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 1

See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.

Entry requirements

4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—

(a) a Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;

and

(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent;

and

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