Program Overview

Overview

The Bachelor of Economics Bachelor of Sustainability and Environment is a comprehensive course designed for individuals aiming to master economic principles and sustainability practices within the green economy. This course develops analytical skills and provides a comprehensive understanding of economic ideas essential for addressing today's environmental challenges. The unique blend of rigorous economic training with a multidisciplinary approach to sustainability sets this course apart.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:

• Critically analyse economic problems in Australian and global society using and justifying appropriate economic concepts and frameworks
• Communicate information clearly in a form appropriate for its audience
• Demonstrate ability to work independently and with others as a member of a team to achieve an agreed goal
• Analyse and discuss the intended and unintended effects of economic decisions on social welfare, equity, and the environment
• Combine economic analysis, data and econometric techniques to address typical complex problems faced by economists in diverse work environments
• Critically reflect on the intersection between Indigenous Australians' experience, and sustainable economic policy and apply to decision making to work with and for Indigenous peoples and communities
• Work individually and in multi-disciplinary teams to design, implement, and evaluate sustainability initiatives
• Devise creative and evidence-based solutions to environmental, economic and social sustainability issues through critical research
• Synthesise knowledge from different geographical and socio-political scales and systems to understand sustainability issues across time and potential futures
• Apply knowledge and skills relating to Indigenous Australian contexts to inform ethical professional practices to work for and with Indigenous Australians within sustainability and environmental professions
• Demonstrate ethically engaged citizenship by actively advocating for and implementing sustainability practices in both professional and personal contexts
• Communicate complex sustainability issues and solutions to a variety of audiences to facilitate effective change

Structure

The course comprises a total of 192 credit points, allowing students to graduate with the separate degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Sustainability and Environment. The study components for course completion are as follows:

Bachelor of Economics

• 96 Credit Points
  • Core: 66 Credit Points
    • Economics for Business
    • Responsible Evidence-Based Decisions
    • Strategic Decision Making and Game Theory
    • Economics for Business 2
    • Quantitative Methods in Economics and Business
    • Introductory Econometrics
    • Intermediate Microeconomics
    • Intermediate Macroeconomics
    • Empirical Methods for Policy Evaluation
    • Behavioural Economics
    • Economic Policy and Analysis (Capstone)
  • Electives: 30 Credit Points
    • Economic Growth, Development and Sustainability
    • Economic Inequality
    • Economics of Competition and Strategy
    • Economics of Monetary Policy and Central Banking
    • Economics of the Environment
    • Experimental Economics
    • Labour Economics
    • Market Design
    • Public Economics
    • Time Series Econometrics
    • Business Internship

Bachelor of Sustainability and Environment

• 96 Credit Points
  • Core: 42 Credit Points
    • Sustainability and Environment Core
  • Electives: 54 Credit Points
    • Electives spanning subjects related to Science, Governance and Policy, Society and Culture, Engineering, Science and Environment

Inherent Requirements

Inherent requirements are academic and non-academic requirements that are essential for successfully completing a course. These can be found via the inherent requirements directory.

Study Plans

Study plans are available for Autumn commencing, full-time, and Spring commencing, full-time.

Award(s)

• Bachelor of Economics (BEcon)
• Bachelor of Sustainability and Environment (BSustEnv)

Faculty

• Business
• Arts and Social Sciences

Study Level

• Undergraduate

Location

• City campus

Duration

• 4 Years (full-time)
• 8 Years (part-time)

Language of Instruction

• English