Graduate Diploma in Economics
This course is useful to people working in both private and public sectors who have not had substantive training in economics, but require its analytic tools as part of their business skills. It provides the foundations for further graduate studies in economics. Students who have completed the graduate diploma at a sufficiently high standard can proceed to the Master of Economics.
Course overview
- Course title
- Graduate Diploma in Economics
- Award abbreviation
- GradDipEc
- Course code
- 42330
- Course type
- postgraduate diploma
- Status
- not available in 2020
- Administered by
- Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education
- CRICOS code
- 024820K
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year and mid-year
- Attendance type
- full- or part-time (Student visa holders should read Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 for more information.)
- Credit points required
- 48
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 1 year
- Time limit
- 4 years
- Delivery mode
- internal
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Postgraduate fee-paying/FEE-HELP
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Dr Andrew Williams
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
Course structure
Note: This course is not available in 2020.
| Key to availability of units: |
|---|
| S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = summer teaching period; N/A = not available in 2020; NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period; * = to be advised |
Take all units (12 points):
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | ECON4402 | Microeconomic Theory |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S1 | ECON4418 | Macroeconomic Theory |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
Take unit(s) to the value of 36 points:
Group A
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | ECON4405 | Public Economics |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S1 | 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) |
| N/A | ECON4450 | Advanced International Trade |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S2 | ECON4503 | Advanced Economic Analysis |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| N/A | ECON4504 | Advanced Quantitative Economics |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S1 | ECON4507 | History of Economic Thought |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S2 | ECON5502 | International Finance and Markets | for standard teaching period, lectures: 3 hrs per week | |
| S2 | ECON5513 | Applied Advanced Econometrics |
| lectures/tutorials/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S1 | ENVT4402 | Analysis for Environmental Management |
| 10 half days. The total workload for the unit is 150 hours. |
| N/A | FINA5432 | Introduction to Finance |
| lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Note: This course is not available in 2020.
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/postgraduate/student-procedures'>student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials module
2.(1) Except as stated in (2), 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).
(2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module is not required to repeat the module.
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.(1) To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) (i) a bachelor's degree with a major in Economics, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and
(ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 55 per cent;
or
(b) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and
(ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 55 per cent; and
(iii) at least two years of relevant experience.
(2) Applicants who have a Bachelor of Economics with honours or Bachelor of Arts with honours in Economics, or an equivalent qualification, are not eligible for admission.
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. The following courses form part of an articulated sequence:
- 42330 Graduate Diploma in Economics (48 points)
- 42620 Master of Economics (96 points)
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 48 points.
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
Satisfactory progress
8. To make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must pass units to a value of at least 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 ACE 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) Students who make satisfactory progress are assigned a progress status of 'Good Standing' by the Faculty and are permitted to re-enrol.
(2) Unless the Faculty determines otherwise in exceptional circumstances, students who fail to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 are assigned a progress status of 'Excluded' by the Faculty.
(3) Students seeking to re-enrol in the course after being assigned a progress status of 'Excluded' must submit, after a period of at least 12 months, sufficient reason to the Faculty, in writing, demonstrating why an improvement in performance could reasonably be expected.
(4) Students who have been assigned a progress status of 'Excluded' and are subsequently permitted by the Faculty to re-enrol are assigned a progress status of 'On Probation' and must meet any conditions determined by the Faculty.
(5) Students who meet the conditions determined by the Faculty under (4), are assigned a progress status of 'Good Standing' by the Faculty.
(6) Students who have been assigned a progress status of 'On Probation' and who fail to meet conditions determined by the Faculty are 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.