Bachelor of Economics majoring in Advanced Analysis

The Bachelor of Economics majoring in Advanced Analysis is designed for big-thinkers and problem-solvers. You will build your analytical skillsets, toolkits and techniques to apply an economic lens to real-world issues.

Study key areas of economics such as microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics. Explore factors that influence how markets, businesses, governments and social enterprises operate. Advance your analytical skills, giving you the confidence to use valuable economic tools and techniques. Tailor your studies with economics elective courses in areas such as labour and public economics, international trade and finance, environment and development economics.

Graduate ready to interpret, analyse and evaluate critical social and economic problems to support decision-makers and policymaking. Craft an adaptable career in roles across diverse sectors including private industry, not-for-profits and government. Successful completion of this major provides the strongest preparation for completing the Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and a research career.

What you'll learn

The Bachelor of Economics with a major in Advanced Analysis will give you a comprehensive understanding of economics, with a variety of compulsory and elective courses. Use your elective courses to delve deeply in key areas of economics like international trade and development, environmental and behavioural economics, or labour, financial and monetary economics. You'll also complete common core courses to help you build transferable skills you can take into any future-focused profession.

In your first year, you'll build a foundational understanding of economics and its connection to data analytics and mathematics. Explore the nature of our local and global economy and how big data can be used to inform responses to social problems.

During your second year, gain comprehensive knowledge of the core of our discipline with macroeconomics, microeconomics and econometrics. You'll also gain an understanding of global economic history, and develop a robust toolkit ready to apply to contemporary problems.

In third year, start exploring your career options with a professional development or internship opportunity and deepen your knowledge of high-level econometric techniques. Learn and apply advanced techniques economists use to analyse economic questions, with a focus on application and interpretation of theoretical and empirical results. Apply theory across the breadth of the economic discipline and undertake hands-on empirical analysis of critical economic issues.

Throughout your degree, choose from a range of elective courses within economics and across aligned disciplines. You'll also build transferable skills and knowledge with a range of common core courses preparing you to enter the modern world.

Available topics will depend on how far along you are in your degree, but will include:

• Australia in the global economy

• Behavioural economics

• Economic growth and development

• Economics of international finance

• Economics of international trade

• Financial economics

• Game theory

• Impact evaluation methods for economic policy

• International financial institutions and markets

• International trade and investment policy

• Labour economics

• Mathematical economics

• Monetary economics

• Public economics

• Resource and environmental economics

• Rethinking capitalism

• Using big data for economic and social problems.