Economics minor // Structure
Economics minor
Contact information
Coordinator
Professor Phillip McCalman
Department of Economics
Email: econ-major@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
75 credit points
The Department of Economics in the Faculty of Business and Economics offer a 75-point minor in the Bachelor of Arts. Introductory Microeconomics must be completed before entering Introductory Macroeconomics and Intermediate Microeconomics at level 2. Introductory Macroeconomics must be completed before Intermediate Macroeconomics at level 2
Students intending to complete a minor complete 75 points of core Economics subjects taken as breadth.
This minor requires the completion of:
- 25 credit points of Level 1 core subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 2 core subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 3 Economics electives
- Note: all 75 points of subjects in this minor are required to be taken within the breadth component of the degree
Level 1 core subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON10004 | Introductory Microeconomics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ECON10003 | Introductory Macroeconomics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Level 2 core subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON20002 | Intermediate Microeconomics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ECON20001 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Economics electives
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON30001 | International Trade Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30002 | Economic Development | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ECON30003 | Industrial Economics | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ECON30005 | Money and Banking | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30006 | Labour Economics | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ECON30007 | Economics of Food Markets | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ECON30008 | History of Economic Thought | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ECON30009 | Macroeconomics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30010 | Microeconomics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30011 | Economics of Energy & Transport Systems | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ECON30013 | Economic Analysis and Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30016 | The Economics of Taxation | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ECON30017 | Organisations, Economics and Incentives | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ECON30018 | Economics of the Law | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30019 | Behavioural Economics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30020 | Mathematical Economics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30022 | Experimental Economics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30024 | Economics of Financial Markets | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30025 | Computational Economics and Business | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON30023 | Health Economics | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ECON30029 | International Macroeconomics | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ECON30030 | Topics in Asian Economic History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Notes
Last updated: 4 March 2025