Undergraduate - Area of Study Quantitative economics

Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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Managing faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Campus(es)	Berwick

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

NOTE: This area of study has had one or more changes made to it since publication on 1 October 2011. For details of change/s, please consult the change register at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2012handbooks/2012-change-register.html.

Quantitative economics is an interdisciplinary area of study that combines economics with business statistics and econometrics. Quantitative analysis is an increasingly important aspect of contemporary business practice. On completion of the major graduates will be able to apply principles of economics and statistical methods to decision making in the areas of business and public economic policy.

Units

All students complete the requirements as outlined below in the degree in which they are enrolled.

Bachelor of Business

To complete the quantitative economics major in the Bachelor of Business students must complete:

The following eight units:

ETX1100 Business statistics
ECF1200 Macroeconomics
ECF2331 Macroeconomic and monetary policy
ECF2731 Managerial economics
ECF3121 Economics of international trade
ECX3900 Business, competition and regulation
ETF2100 Introductory economics
ETF3200 Applied Econometrics

Bachelor of Business and Commerce

To complete the quantitative economics major in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce, students must complete:

(a.) The following six units (36 points):

ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics
ECW2730 Macroeconomic policy
ECW2731 Managerial economics
ETW2111 Business data modelling
ETW3200 Quantitative business analysis
ETW3232 Forecasting for business

(b.) two units from the following list (12 points):

ECW2141 Labour economics
ECW2600 Tourism economics
ECW3121 Economics of international trade and finance
ECW3143 Economics of money and banking
ECW3146 Regional development and policy
ECW3830 Competition and regulation
ECX2123 Economics of innovation and high technology

Contact details

Visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/student/contact/index.html

Relevant courses

Single degrees

3806 Bachelor of Business
2224 Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Double degrees

3831 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems
4423 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Professional Communication