1999 Business and Economics Handbook - Progression to Bachelor of Economics (Honours)

Progression to Bachelor of Economics (Honours)

General
- First and second year
- Third year

General

Students whose academic performance is considered of sufficient standard may complete a fourth year in one of the specialisations of accounting and finance, business management, economics, economic history or econometrics and be awarded the Bachelor of Economics degree with honours. It is also possible to undertake a joint fourth-year honours course in either the departments of Accounting and Finance and Econometrics and Business Statistics (Clayton), or the departments of Economics and Econometrics and Business Statistics (Clayton).
It should be noted that the fourth honours year is usually required to be undertaken on a full-time basis, but the head of the department may give permission for the course to be completed on a part-time basis in certain circumstances.

First and second year

The selection of subjects in first and second year is the same as for the pass degree. Students wishing to attempt an honours degree should normally have gained at least 65 per cent in the subjects taught by the department in which they intend to take honours. Students who do not obtain 65 per cent in the first year of the course but who obtain an average of 65 per cent in second year may also be considered for honours candidature.

Third year

In their third year of full-time study students will be required to select a third-year honours specialisation. Students who wish to enrol in one of the honours courses should apply to the head of the department concerned at the time of re-enrolment. Some departments require students to enrol in an additional, unweighted honours subject.

Accounting and Finance: No special third-year honours subject. Students who are likely to proceed to fourth-year honours are invited to attend separate honours tutorials in their main third-year accounting subjects.
Management: No special third-year honours subject available.
Econometrics and Business Statistics: Students must take at least three third-year econometrics subjects plus the third-year honours subject ETC3470 (Econometrics (pre-honours)). Students should normally include ETC3400 and ETC3410. The other appropriate third-year subjects are ETC3430, ETC3450, ETC3460, ETC3480 and ETC3500.
Economic History: Students must take at least three third-year economic history subjects plus the third-year honours subject ECC3850 (Economics (honours)) or do additional work over the vacation period prior to entering the fourth-year honours course.
Economics: Students must take at least four third-year economics subjects, including ECC3855 (Topics in economics), plus the third-year honours subject ECC3850 (Economics (honours)).

Students who have not completed an honours subject in third year will be required to do additional work over the vacation period prior to entering the fourth-year honours course.
For specific information on the structure and requirements of the honours specialisations available in the departments of Accounting and Finance, Management, Economics and Econometrics and Business Statistics, please see the section 'Honours degrees' at the end of this chapter.