Note: This course is only available to re-enrolling students.
Course overview
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
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Specialisations
Course structure
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- N/A
- not available in 2025 – may be available in 2026 or 2027
- NS
- non-standard teaching period
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Students wishing to undertake the Master of Economics by coursework and dissertation must achieve a minimum WAM of 75 in their first 24 points of coursework (for students with 24 points of admission credit) or their first 48 points of coursework (for students without admission credit) to proceed with the dissertation component. Students who do not meet this minimum WAM are still eligible for the Master of Economics (coursework).
Students may be required to complete relevant conversion units up to the value of 24 points, as advised by the Faculty.
Take all units (12 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | ECON5508 | Advanced Macroeconomic Theory |
| lectures/seminars: up to 3 hours per week |
| N/A | ECON5509 | Advanced Microeceonomic Theory |
| lectures/seminars: up to 3 hours per week |
Take unit(s) as per sequence notes:
Note: For students undertaking by coursework ONLY, take units to the value of 48 points from Group A of which 4 units must be at Level 5. For students undertaking by coursework and dissertation, take units to the value of 24 points from Group A and units to the value of 24 points from Group B.
Group A
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | ECON4408 | Advanced Development Economics |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S1 | ECON4410 | Environmental and Resource Economics |
| lectures: 2 hours; tutorials: 1 hour; labs: 1 hour (4 hours/week for 12 weeks) |
| S1 | ECON4413 | Applied Advanced Econometrics |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S2 | ECON4503 | Advanced Economic Analysis | workshops: 3 hours per week on a face-to-face basis. Note: Workshops will not be recorded and attendance is strongly recommended. | |
| S1 | ECON5506 | The Economics of Financial Markets | lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week | |
| S1 | ECON5518 | Economics of Global Health and Policy |
| seminars: 3 hours per week |
| S2 | ECON5519 | Public Economics |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| N/A | ECON5520 | Text-to-Data Applications and Novel Data Sources |
| seminars: 3 hours per week for 12 weeks |
| S2 | ECON5570 | Health Analytics |
| seminars: up to 3 hours per week for 12 weeks |
| NS, S1, S2 | WILG5001 | Work Integrated Learning Internship Program |
| Industry experience: 100 hours Online sessions with Unit Coordinator: 1-2 hours |
Take unit(s) as per sequence notes:
Note: Option B is ONLY for students doing Masters by coursework and dissertation. Students must take all FOUR units
Group B
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | ECON5881 | Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 1 |
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| S1, S2 | ECON5882 | Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 2 |
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| S1, S2 | ECON5883 | Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 3 | ||
| S1, S2 | ECON5884 | Master's Dissertation (Economics) Part 4 |
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See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Note: This course is only available to re-enrolling students.
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
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.
Academic Conduct Essentials and Communication and Research Skills modules
2.(1) A student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module) and the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module).
(2) A student must successfully complete the ACE module within the first teaching period of their enrolment. Failure to complete the module within this timeframe will result in the student's unit results from this teaching period being withheld. These results will continue to be withheld until students avail themselves of a subsequent opportunity to achieve a passing grade in the ACE module. In the event that students complete units in subsequent teaching periods without completing the ACE module, these results will similarly be withheld. Students will not be permitted to submit late review or appeal applications regarding results which have been withheld for this reason and which they were unable to access in the normally permitted review period.
English Language competency requirements
3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) a Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;
and
(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent;
and
(c) successfully completed prior tertiary study in economics or in a related cognate discipline as recognised by UWA.
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on the relevant requirements.
Articulations and exit awards
6.(1) This course has the following exit award:
- 42330 Graduate Diploma in Economics (48 points)
(2) A student who withdraws from the Master of Economics course before completing it, but completes units to the value of 48 points towards the Master of Economics, may apply to the School to be awarded the Graduate Diploma in Economics.
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 96 points (maximum value) which include conversion units to a value of 24 points.
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
(3) Students who have completed the relevant conversion units or equivalent, as advised by the Faculty, are granted credit for conversion units up to a value of 24 points.
Satisfactory progress
8. To make satisfactory progress a student must pass units to a point value greater than half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.
9. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module) when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 8.
Progress status
10.(1) A student who makes satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 8 is assigned the status of 'Good Standing'.
(2) Unless the relevant board determines otherwise because of exceptional circumstances—
(a) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the first time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'On Probation';
(b) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the second time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'Suspended';
(c) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the third time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'Excluded'.
11. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 9 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 8.
Award with distinction
12. To be awarded the degree with distinction a student must achieve a course weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 80 per cent which is calculated based on—
(a) all units above Level 3 attempted as part of the course that are awarded a final percentage mark;
(b) all relevant units above Level 3 undertaken in articulating courses of this University that are awarded a final percentage mark;
and
(c) all units above Level 3 completed at this University that are credited to the master's degree course.
Deferrals
13. Applicants awarded admission to the course are entitled to a deferral of up to 12 months, as per the University Policy on: Admissions (Coursework).
Additional rules
Time limit
14.(1) The time limit is five calendar years from the date of first enrolment in the course, not including periods of suspension of candidature.
(2) The time limit for a student who has previously completed the requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Economics, or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty, is five years from the year in which the first unit was credited towards the master's course.
(3) In exceptional circumstances, the Faculty may extend the time limit by one or two semesters.