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        • 4.2 Bachelor's degrees
          • 4.2.3 Bachelor of Economics honours degree (4012H)
            Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures

            4.2.3.1(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.

            (2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.

            Admission

            4.2.3.2 The admission requirements are a bachelor’s degree of this University passed within the previous five years at a sufficiently high level as determined by the Faculty and including one of the majors set out in Rules 4.2.2.10 to 4.2.2.15; or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty.

            Course structure

            4.2.3.3 The course consists of units to the value of 48 points comprising the Economics honours specialisation set out in Rule 4.2.3.8.

            Substitution

            4.2.3.3A The Faculty may permit or require a student to substitute for units in the honours specialisation, up to a value of 12 points, two other honours-level units of the same value, one of which may be a unit offered by another faculty.

            [Approved exception to University Policy]

            Satisfactory progress

            4.2.3.4 To make satisfactory progress in the course students must pass all units in which they are enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.

            [Approved exception to University Policy]

            Progress status

            4.2.3.5 The Faculty, on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners, may assign a progress status of ‘Excluded’ to a student who has failed to make satisfactory progress.

            4.2.3.6 Rescinded

            4.2.3.7 Rescinded

            Honours specialisation
            Economics Honours (Economics) specialisation (MJ-ECONS)

            4.2.3.8 The Economics Honours (Economics) specialisation comprises—

            (a) all units in Table 4.2.3a [Economics Honours (Economics) specialisation core units]—24 points

            and

            (b) units to the value of 24 points from Table 4.2.3b [Economics Honours (Economics) specialisation options].

            • Table 4.2.3a—Economics Honours (Economics) specialisation core units
              Key to availability of units:
              S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
              T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
              NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
              N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

              Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

              All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              S1, S2ECON4486Dissertation (Economics) Part 1
              S1, S2ECON4487Dissertation (Economics) Part 2
              S1, S2ECON4488Dissertation (Economics) Part 3
              S1, S2ECON4489Dissertation (Economics) Part 4
            • Table 4.2.3b—Economics Honours (Economics) specialisation options
              Key to availability of units:
              S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
              T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
              NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
              N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

              Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

              All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              N/AECON4401Applied Econometrics and Research Methods
              S1ECON4402Microeconomic Theory
              N/AECON4405Public Economics
              S2ECON4408Advanced Development Economics
              S1ECON4410Environmental and Resource Economics
              S1ECON4413Applied Advanced Econometrics
              ECON4415International Finance and Markets
              S2ECON4418Macroeconomic Theory
              N/AECON4450Advanced International Trade
              S2ECON4503Advanced Economic Analysis
              N/AECON4504Advanced Quantitative Economics
              N/AECON4507History of Economic Thought