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| Old Course Code | Subject Area | Catalogue Number | Long Title | Units | Description |
| EC113 | ECON | 1100 | Political Economy & Comparative Economic Systems | 2 | Evolution & philosophical underpinnings of various economic systems; major schools of thought in contemporary political economy including Galbraith, Chicago School & radical political economy, comparison of institutional structures & economic performance |
| EC115 | ECON | 1110 | Australian Economic Institutions | 2 | Contemporary Australian economy & economic institutions & their evolution in the recent past. |
| EC117 | ECON | 1120 | The Economics of Social Issues | 2 | Introductory economic concepts: nature of the market system; alternative measures of living standards; role & size of government sector. Specific topics may vary from year to year & may include: education, health, income distribution & social security, mi |
| EC121 | ECON | 1010 | Introductory Microeconomics | 2 | Emphasis on practical applications of economic concepts including opportunity cost, why countries trade, scarcity & demand & supply. Equips students to understand why firms & households behave as they do, why governments sometimes intervene in economy & e |
| EC122 | ECON | 1020 | Introductory Macroeconomics | 2 | Examines functioning of the economy & its interaction with international economy. Studies GDP, unemployment & inflation, interest rates, investment, government expenditure, taxation policies & balance of payments. Alternative macro-economic theories & mod |
| EC131 | ECON | 1050 | Introductory Mathematical Economics | 2 | Various economic models analysed using a number of mathematical techniques including differential & integral calculus & matrix algebra. Economic models include e.g. goods market & cobweb models, Cobb-Douglas, diminishing marginal utility functions, finance |
| EC135 | ECON | 1310 | Quantitative Economic & Business Analysis A | 2 | Basic statistical concepts & techniques such as descriptive statistics, probability concepts, theoretical distributions, inferential statistics (confidence intervals & hypothesis testing) are applied in business & economics. |
| EC136 | ECON | 1320 | Quantitative Economic & Business Analysis B | 2 | Business & economic modelling techniques (e.g. regression, time series) & business forecasting are extensively covered with additional topics including sample survey design, modern business decision theory & non parametric methods. |
| EC162 | ECON | 1600 | Economics & Social History | 2 | Spread of industrialisation in period before 1914; consideration in some detail of extent to which development of international economy in 19thC affected economic growth of nations. |
| EC202 | ECON | 2200 | Management of Financial Institutions | 2 | Analyses economics of modern banking theory & financial institutions management. Describes various types of financial institutions & examines means of managing their operations. |
| EC204 | ECON | 2411 | Business Economics & the Information Sector | 2 | Builds on knowledge gained in Introductory Economics & discusses applications in information sector. |
| EC211 | ECON | 2010 | Microeconomic Theory | 2 | Draws on models developed in Introductory Microeconomics. Partial & general equilibrium analysis, demand, production & cost theory. Various theories of the firm examined. |
| EC212 | ECON | 2020 | Macroeconomic Theory | 2 | Principles of macroeconomic theory. Determinants of national expenditure, income & employment in closed & open economies. Role of monetary & fiscal policy, factors influencing interest rates, causes of inflation & unemployment. |
| EC214 | ECON | 2100 | Philosophy of Economic Thought | 2 | Aims to identify philosophical foundations of modern economics. Reference made to Hobbes, Locke, Smith & Bentham. Rival socio-economic philosophies introduced & compared. Discusses question of whether mainstream economics is a value-free science. Examines |
| EC221 | ECON | 2040 | Macroeconomic Policy | 2 | Non-bank financial intermediaries. Mix of macroeconomic policy. Labour market. Unemployment & inflation. Fiscal & monetary policy in open economy. Macroeconomic analysis of Commonwealth budget. |
| EC230 | ECON | 2300 | Introductory Econometrics | 2 | Applied econometric course covering economic models & role of econometrics; 2-variable & multiple regression & extensions, dummy variables, dynamic models, specification testing, simultaneous equation estimation. |
| EC231 | ECON | 2310 | Economic & Business Statistics | 2 | Recommended material for all advanced courses in Econometrics, Mathematical Economics & operations research. Topics include probability theory, sampling distribution, introduction to classical & Bayesian decision theory. |
| EC233 | ECON | 2050 | Mathematical Economics | 2 | Introduces & applies to economics some fundamental concepts of differential & integral calculus including: existence of demand & supply equilibrium with linear & non-linear demand & supply functions; indifference & isoquant curves; utility, output & profi |
| EC235 | ECON | 2320 | Operations Research | 2 | Operations research techniques useful to business decision-maker. Resource allocation models. Linear programming. Inventory models: replacement models. Queuing models including simulation techniques. Project planning models. |
| EC263 | ECON | 2600 | Economic History of Asian Economies | 2 | Process of economic growth & change in various Asian countries since middle 19thC. Comparative aspects of growth; economic development within societies with unique characteristics & in circumstances without parallel in West. |
| EC264 | ECON | 2610 | International Economy in the Twentieth Century | 2 | Breakdown of international economy between wars. Bretton Woods & operation of international economy after World War II. Its subsequent breakdown in 1970s. |
| EC265 | ECON | 2700 | Applied Economics of Marketing & Distribution | 2 | Marketing & distribution systems are changing. Examines some of these changes. Economic theory & case studies in Asia-Pacific region used to equip students with skills to analyse the new environment. |
| EC271 | ECON | 2030 | Microeconomic Policy | 2 | Extends microeconomic theory & demonstrates application to microeconomic policy issues; welfare economics, benefit cost analysis, trade practices legislation, tariff policy & public enterprises. |
| EC280 | ECON | 2800 | The Economics of Labour Markets | 2 | Analysis of labour markets & its application to contemporary labour market issues, including labour demand & supply issues, unemployment, employment, wage determination & human capital development. |
| EC281 | ECON | 2810 | Industrial & Labour Relations | 2 | Examines interaction between labour market issues & the development & practice of industrial relations. Special attention is given to the development & current state of play of Australia's industrial relations. Conceptual & theoretical foundations of IR f |
| EC282 | ECON | 2820 | Australian Industrial Relations | 2 | Examines Australia's IR-related institutions & processes & outcomes of interaction between parties in management-labour relations. Includes arbitration & conciliation, wage-fixing, Accord, gender work issues & current developments such as enterprise agree |
| EC300 | ECON | 3900 | Special Unit | 2 | Selected topics offered from time to time relating to research & teaching interests of academic staff. Details available from Head of Department. |
| EC301 | ECON | 3200 | Monetary Economics | 2 | Functions of money, the demand for money, money supply, monetary policy & inflation, monetary approach to exchange rate & balance of payments, economics of banking, efficiency of financial sector, financial regulation & supervision, central banking. |
| EC302 | ECON | 3210 | Financial Markets & Institutions | 2 | Flow of funds & financial markets, theory & behaviour of interest rates, term & risk structure of interest rates, exchange rates, interest parity, expectations formation, equity markets, debt market, Euro markets, derivatives markets, social allocation of |
| EC313 | ECON | 3010 | Advanced Microeconomics | 2 | Developments & implications of microeconomic theory. |
| EC314 | ECON | 3020 | Advanced Macroeconomics | 2 | Principles of Keynesian & classical macro-economics. Theories of consumption, investment, inflation. |
| EC321 | ECON | 3500 | Economic Development | 2 | Structure & characteristics of less-developed countries, problems & theories of development. Grand strategies of development, including both orthodox neoclassical & heterodox theories; sectoral priorities & policies. Foreign aid; sources of finance; debt |
| EC323 | ECON | 3530 | Asian-Pacific Economies: Policy Issues | 2 | Selected policy issues relevant to Asian-Pacific economies including China, India & Japan. Economic interdependence within the region & Australia's economic relations with other countries. |
| EC324 | ECON | 3410 | Industrial Organisation & Policy in Asia & the Pacific | 2 | Examines both theory & empirical evidence of distinctiveness of East Asian industrial organisation & policy & makes some comparisons with South Asia & Australia. |
| EC330 | ECON | 3300 | Applied Econometrics | 2 | Application of econometric methods & associated econometric software to economic modelling & forecasting. Covers range of time series & cross-sectional modelling techniques & associated diagnostic tests. |
| EC331 | ECON | 3310 | Econometric Theory | 2 | Theory of general linear model, orthogonal regression, auto-correlation, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, lagged & dummy variables & applications. |
| EC337 | ECON | 3050 | Advanced Mathematical Economics | 2 | Introduces & applies to economics some fundamental concepts of theories of differential & difference equations & applications. Topics include: Harrod-Domar & Solow growth models; stability of equilibrium; cobweb model; elementary business cycles models; o |
| EC343 | ECON | 3450 | Public Finance | 2 | Theory & methodology of public finance: theory of public goods; public finance & public choice; taxation & taxable capacity; criteria for taxation; taxation & social security policy; tax incidence; tax reform; contemporary issues, eg fiscal federalism & H |
| EC350 | ECON | 3424 | The Economics of Information & Communication Technology | 2 | Effect of information technology on organisations, productivity & nature of work. Information industries, intellectual property & information sector of economy. Sources & consequences of technological change. |
| EC351 | ECON | 3520 | International Macroeconomics | 2 | International monetary system, the IMF, dependent economy models, competitiveness, fiscal & monetary policy in open economy, external adjustment, capital mobility, exchange rate volatility, the current account, macro-economics of foreign investment & exte |
| EC352 | ECON | 3510 | International Trade Theory & Policy | 2 | Pure theory of international trade, comparative advantage, Heckscher-Ohlin, growth & trade. Commercial policies: protection & welfare, economic integration, trade & economic development, Australian perspectives. |
| EC366 | ECON | 3600 | Australian Economic History | 2 | Australian economic experience since 1788. Period since 1900 in depth. |
| EC370 | ECON | 3440 | Regulatory Economics | 2 | Theory & practice of regulation & regulatory reform; special reference to transport & utility (eg energy, telecommunications & water) industries; competition policy, privatisation, industry structural change, vertical & horizontal separation, access prici |
| EC373 | ECON | 3400 | Industrial Economics | 2 | Economics of industrial structure; size of firms, entry conditions, concentration, vertical integration, diversification, pricing behaviour, growth, productivity, technological change. |
| EC374 | ECON | 3420 | Information Economics | 2 | Effects of information technology on consumption, organisations, productivity & nature of work. Information industries, intellectual property & information sector of economy. Sources, consequences & management aspects of technological change. Information |
| EC375 | ECON | 3430 | Managerial Economics | 2 | Application of economic analysis to business decision-making & organisation: basic economic tools, business objectives, demand analysis; pricing policies & competitive strategies, cost & production analysis, market structure, decision-making under uncertain |
| EC376 | ECON | 3700 | Environmental Economics | 2 | Markets, market failures & externalities; economics of environmental pollution problems; economic measures for pollution control & environmental regulation. Environmental change, economic growth, natural resource depletion & population growth. |
| EC378 | ECON | 3710 | Economics of Natural Resources | 2 | Market allocation, economic efficiency & economic policy in relation to natural resource capital stocks; case studies drawn from exploitation of mineral, energy, fish, timber & recreational resources. |
| EC381 | ECON | 3800 | Labour Economics | 2 | Economic theory of importance in analysis of operation of labour market. Microeconomic operation of labour market; determination of wage structure & economic analysis of trade unions. Main issues in labour macroeconomics. Employment & wage dynamics. |
| EC393 | ECON | 3720 | Regional & Urban Economics | 2 | Introduction to regional/urban economic theory, policy & analysis. Study of regional/urban problems including income, growth & welfare disparities. Study of urban form & hierarchies from cities to small towns. |
| EC401 | ECON | 6200 | Advanced Monetary Economics | 2 | Advanced analysis of the demand for money and the monetary sector; transmission mechanism; theory and practice of monetary policy; alternative structures for monetary policy; financial innovation; regulation of banks; payments mechanism. |
| EC411, 412 | ECON | 6910 | Honours Thesis | Introduces techniques of researching thesis topics and of writing the thesis; a paper on the proposed topic is delivered prior to the writing of the dissertation of maximum 25,000 words. | |
| EC413 | ECON | 6010 | Microeconomic Theory | 2 | Microeconomic theory and its applications to the analysis of economic policy options. Topics covered include the theory of preferences, utility, product and input demand, production, cost, supply, choice under uncertainty, imperfect competition, capital |
| EC414 | ECON | 6020 | Macroeconomic Theory | 2 | Recent developments in macroeconomic theory and empirical macroeconomics. There are five areas covered: econometric methodology in the presence of non-stationary time series; endogenous approaches to money determination; time irreversibility in unemplo |
| EC415 | ECON | 6420 | Public Finance | 2 | Theory and principles of public expenditure and taxation applied to current Australian and Queensland policy questions. Topics include: public goods, collective choice, public expenditures, taxation, deficit financing, statutory authorities. |
| EC416 | ECON | 6500 | Economic Development | 2 | Major issues: role of agriculture, foreign investment, trade & industrialisation strategies, finance & development, income inequality & income redistribution policies; non-economic factors in development, comparative study of strategies in selected count |
| EC417 | ECON | 6510 | International Economics | 2 | Selected topics from trade theory, approaches to the balance of payments, exchange rate economics, international monetary economics and international policy co-ordination. Investigation of major problems existing in the international economy - their background |
| EC418 | ECON | 6400 | Industrial Economics | 2 | Examines the activities of firms in terms of output, pricing and investment activities. Special attention is paid to the interaction of business with the financial market and with government. |
| EC423 | ECON | 6900 | Special Unit | 2 | Special Unit courses offered from time to time include: Evolutionary & Institutional Economics, Labour Economics. Consult Department for details. |
| EC428 | ECON | 6700 | Ecological & Environmental Economics | 2 | Covers selected issues such as market failures, externalities, pollution control, species preservation, natural areas, sustainable development, common property resources, global environmental & natural resources, conservation of renewable and non-renewable |
| EC443 | ECON | 6300 | Advanced Applied Econometrics | 2 | Provides a strong focus on applied analysis including topics in applied econometric time series (unit roots, VAR and simultaneous equations, cointegration, ARCH, GARCH) & topics concerning discrete and limited dependent variable analysis (probit, logit, t |
| EC444 | ECON | 6310 | Econometrics | 2 | Identification problems. Rank condition for identifiability. Simultaneous- equation methods such as two stage least squares, least variance ratio, K-class estimators, three stage least squares, full information maximum likelihood. Econometric models. |
| EC478 | ECON | 6710 | Natural Resource Economics | 2 | Application of economic theory to analyse the efficient and sustainable use of natural resource stocks. Reviews some economic concepts particularly useful in the analysis of resource use, e.g. mineral and fish stocks. Theory of resource use is also applie |
| EC483 | ECON | 6410 | Information Economics | 2 | Economics of information & knowledge. The knowledge economy & knowledge industries. Unique economic features of information, Information as a resource. Technology as a special type of information. Impacts of information & communication technologies; publi |
| EC736 | ECON | 7322 | Operations Research for Information Systems | 2 | Operations research techniques useful to business decision maker. Resource allocation models. Linear programming. Inventory models: replacement models. Queuing models including simulation techniques. Project planning models. |
| EC802 | ECON | 7200 | Economics of Financial Markets | 2 | Economic behaviour of financial markets: volatility, bubbles, efficiency; economic theories of financial markets; price determination; role of market makers & institutional factors. Non-Walrasian theories of price determination in financial market, auction |
| EC829,EC830 | ECON | 7600 | Economic History | 2 | Advanced study of the nature and implications of economic change in a variety of institutional and social settings. |
| EC834 | ECON | 7300 | Statistics for Business & Economics | 2 | Statistical inference, probability & sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis tests, correlation & regression, experimental design, sample survey design, quality sampling, modern business decision theory. |
| EC840 | ECON | 7030 | Microeconomic Analysis | 2 | Recent developments in, & links between, microeconomic theory & economic policy at micro level. |
| EC842 | ECON | 7040 | Macroeconomic Analysis | 2 | Recent developments in macroeconomic theory & relationships to economic policy. |
| EC843 | ECON | 7310 | Elements of Econometrics | 2 | For students with basic economic statistics background. Hypothesis testing, linear regression, general linear model, serial correlation, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, dummy variables, limited dependent variables & simple dynamic models. Practical |
| EC844 | ECON | 7500 | Economic Development | 2 | Recent thought on current economic development problems with special reference to Asia & Africa. |
| EC845 | ECON | 7520 | International Monetary Economics | 2 | Theoretical topics on exchange rate behaviour & management, current account determination, international capital mobility, effectiveness of fiscal & monetary policies in open economies & select international macro-economic policy issues. |
| EC846 | ECON | 7430 | Competition & Regulation Policy | 2 | Objectives of public enterprises & appropriate price, output & investment policies. Regulation (economic) of private sector to improve efficiency in resource allocation. Economic planning at micro level. |
| EC847 | ECON | 7400 | International Industry Economics | 2 | Organisation & performance of industrial activity with a global context. Special attention to interaction of business, financial markets & government. Cross-country case studies a feature of course. |
| EC850 | ECON | 7440 | Government Expenditure & Taxation Policy | 2 | Theory & principles of public expenditure & taxation applied to current Australian policy questions. |
| EC853 | ECON | 7450 | Regional & Urban Economics | 2 | Concepts of economic space & spatial interaction, application to economic theory. Aspects of regional & urban policy. Location theory, regional income & stabilisation. |
| EC854 | ECON | 7900 | Special Unit | 2 | Selected topics relating to research & teaching interests of academic staff. Details available from Head of Department. Special Unit courses are offered from time to time in the following areas: Evolutionary & Institutional Economics, Economics of Marketing |
| EC856 | ECON | 7720 | Ecological & Environmental Economics | 2 | Selected issues such as market failures, externalities, pollution control, species preservation, natural areas, sustainable development, common property resources, global environmental & natural resources, conservation of renewable & non-renewable resource |
| EC857 | ECON | 7460 | Health Economics for Administrators | 2 | Descriptive & theoretical aspects of health & medical services; demand & supply for health insurance, hospitals, etc; quality v. quantity in services; cost analysis; multiple outputs; evaluation techniques. |
| EC859 | ECON | 7920 | Economic Project | 4 | Research assignment of maximum length 20,000 words, which may extend over two semesters. (If enrolling in this course across 2 semesters, students commencing in Sem 1 must enrol in ECON7921; students commencing in Sem 2 must enrol in ECON7922. Students |
| EC860 | ECON | 7320 | Advanced Applied Econometrics | 2 | Introduces some important tools in modern econometrics & economic statistics including topics in applied econometric time series & topics concerning discrete & limited dependent variable analysis. Strong focus on applied statistical analysis & should be o |
| EC861 | ECON | 7330 | Econometrics | 2 | Identification problems. Rank condition for identifiability. Simultaneous equation methods such as 2-stage least squares, least variance ratio, K-class estimators, 3-stage least squares, full information maximum likelihood. |
| EC865 | ECON | 7010 | Microeconomics for Managers | 2 | Theory of supply & demand, resource allocation. Theory of consumer behaviour & market demand; production & cost theory; price & output of firms under conditions of perfect & imperfect competition; distribution theory; welfare economics. |
| EC866 | ECON | 7020 | Macroeconomics for Managers | 2 | Macroeconomics fundamental to decision-making within business environment. Analysis of general economic trends & macroeconomic variables affecting operation of organisation. Integration of macroeconomic theory & policy with application within Australian e |
| EC868 | ECON | 7002 | Economics for Managers | 2 | Introduces professional accounting & management students to both microeconomics & macroeconomics; highlights practical applicability of economics to analysis of contemporary problems; market trends & government policies. |
| EC869 | ECON | 7910 | Research Report | 2 | Research report (maximum 10,000 words) on topic approved by the Head of Department. |
| EC871 | ECON | 7530 | International Trade & Investment | 2 | Survey of recent advances in foreign trade & investment topics. Topics include trade theory & policy, international factor movement, theories of international investment & contemporary trade & investment issues in Australia & Asia-Pacific region. |
| EC872 | ECON | 7420 | Information Economics | 2 | Economics of information & knowledge. The knowledge economy & knowledge industries. Unique economic features of information. Information as a resource. Technology as a special type of information. Impacts of information & communication technologies; publi |
| EC873 | ECON | 7510 | Economics of Growth & Development | 2 | Competing theories of economic growth & development; assessment of alternative development strategies & policies; roles of international institutions in managing international economy; comparative experiences of Asian, African & Latin American developing |
| EC874 | ECON | 7740 | Benefit/Cost Analysis & Project Evaluation A | 2 | Use of techniques of applied welfare economics & investment appraisal to undertake benefit/cost analysis of public & private sector projects, using spreadsheets. |
| EC875 | ECON | 7750 | Benefit/Cost Analysis & Project Evaluation B | 2 | Uses examination of techniques of theoretical & applied welfare economics & investment appraisal to undertake benefit/cost analysis of public & private sector projects, using spreadsheets & taking account of risk. |
| EC876 | ECON | 7410 | Advanced Managerial Economics | 2 | Introduces problems of economic optimisation primarily in relation to microeconomic decision-making & policy formulation, but with some consideration of macroeconomic issues. Relevant to business management as well as to industrial policy & macroeconomic |
| EC877 | ECON | 7700 | Social Choice, Economic Change & Planning | 2 | Provides an understanding of important social choice issues in modern societies & the economic & related means by which they are being addressed including the benefits & limitations of economic planning/forethought in this process. |
| EC878 | ECON | 7730 | Natural Resource Economics | 2 | Applies economic theory to analyse efficient & sustainable use of natural resource stocks. |
| EC879 | ECON | 7710 | Economic Institutions & Policy Formation | 2 | Institutions in historical perspective, particularly that of government; social capital; political business cycles, rent-seeking. Case studies such as: the economics of crime, pricing of human organs & antibiotics, the economics of illicit drugs. |
| EC899 | ECON | 7930 | Thesis | 4 | Dissertation not exceeding 20,000 words. (If enrolling in this course across 2 semesters, students commencing in Sem 1 must enrol in ECON7931; students commencing in Sem 2 must enrol in ECON7932. Students enrolling in a single semester must enrol in ECO |