Units
The individual subjects inside each degree: what’s taught, how it’s assessed, and when it runs.
4,303 units
| Code | Unit | Faculty | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON1048 | Managerial and Business Economics This course provides you with the economic toolkit that is essential for business decision-making. You will be introduced to the economic context in which businesses compete. You will learn how value is created by a firm, and the circumstan… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1061 | Forecasting and Quantitative Analysis The focus of this course is on forecasting. Forecasting is all about predicting the future, which if done accurately, can translate to higher profit for businesses for example (or help to improve the effectiveness of a vaccine). You will le… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1066 | Basic Econometrics This course introduces students to the econometric methods used to conduct empirical analysis in Economics and Finance. You will learn how to estimate linear regression models with real datasets from Australia and around the world. The key… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1086 | Business in the Globalised Economy Business in a Globalised Economy is an applied business economics course that introduces students to the world of international trade and global connectedness. The course prepares students for a global career, introducing topics such as glo… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1223 | Data Modelling Techniques for Business Data science skills are highly in demand and open the door to career opportunities in a range of industries and occupations. In this course students will learn a range of sophisticated quantitative skills used to analyse microlevel social,… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1259 | Development Economics Reducing poverty and the vast differences in living standards across the world are major issues facing the world today. This course is designed to provide a detailed understanding of the key economic aspects of development. Issues covered i… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1339 | Behavioural Economics This course provides you with an introduction to behavioural economics, the cutting-edge economics discipline that draws on insights and methods from other social sciences including psychology, sociology and anthropology to better understan… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1340 | Strategic Games for Business Success in business is about making good decisions. This can be very challenging under 'strategic interdependence' - the influence of competitors, business partners, customers, shareholders and government on each other. This course introduc… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1341 | Psychology for Business Decisions This course covers aspects of human psychology that are essential for business to understand the decisions of various stakeholders, including competitors, customers, shareholders, employees, partners and regulators. You will discover how pe… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1349 | Frontiers of the Digital Economy This course explores how frontier technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, tokenised assets, digital identity, and satellites are transforming the way economies and societies work. You'll learn to apply economic thinking to… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1561 | Digital Economy Projects This is a designated WIL course. This course integrates your academic studies with work-based learning. In this course, you will apply design thinking principles to develop and pitch a project proposal that addresses a contemporary business… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1582 | International Industrial Organisation The rise of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the globalisation of the world economy is arguably the most important economic phenomenon of recent times. This course provides the economic analysis of MNEs and globalisation for future busi… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1586 | Diverse Perspectives on the World Economy This course critically discusses and applies competing narratives and perspectives of economic thinking to the great challenges societies face in the early 21st century. These economic problems are complex and diverse and often require mult… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1590 | Survey and Experiments for Business In today's data-driven world, the success of businesses and policymakers is dependent on their ability to generate and interpret data. In this unit, you will be introduced to (i) survey-based and experimental methods to generate data and (i… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1594 | Business Challenges in the Digital Economy To be successful in the digital economy a firm must find a source of 'market power', allowing it to charge prices in excess of its marginal cost. In this course, students will learn to formulate business strategies to overcome the zero marg… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1607 | Economics and Quantitative Analysis Economics and Quantitative Analysis will provide you with insights into the structure of an economy, how it operates, why economic problems occur and the reasons why policy makers make the decisions they make. This course is designed to pro… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1611 | Big Data, Machine Learning and Society Big Data and Machine Learning have never been more omnipresent for discovery and research in economics. They increasingly play a role in enabling policymakers to address important social and economic problems. Therefore, it is essential tha… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1615 | Principles of the Economy This course will introduce you to the principles of economics. You will learn why societies engage in economic activity and develop the tools necessary to understand and analyse economic interactions at both the micro and macro levels. The… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1623 | Economic Foundations of the Digital World This course examines how technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, quantum computing, satellite constellations, and advanced encryption are fundamentally reshaping economic mechanisms and market st… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1626 | Economics of Artificial Intelligence This course explores the economic implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the digital economy. Through an industry-oriented and practical approach, you will investigate AI's potential to drive innovation, enhance economic growth, an… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECON1629 | Regenerative Value Systems This course explores how value systems can be redesigned to support environmental sustainability, social fairness, and long-term resilience. You will learn about the history of value systems thinking and understand that our current system r… | RMIT University | — |
| ECON1630 | Design for the Circular Economy This course introduces you to design strategies and methodologies that support circular economy principles by eliminating waste, extending product lifecycles, and building regenerative systems. You will explore foundational circular design… | RMIT University | — |
| ECON1631 | Intermediate Economics This course develops intermediate-level tools for analysing economic behaviour and macroeconomic dynamics using formal economic models and data. Students examine how individuals and firms make decisions under constraints through models of r… | College of Business and Law | — |
| ECW1101 | Introductory microeconomics An introduction to the study of economics; consumer behaviour; demand and supply and the operation of markets; market efficiency and welfare; welfare effects of international trade; public sector economics; the behaviour of firms and the or… | Business and Economics | 1 |
| ECW1102 | Introductory macroeconomics An introduction to the study of economics from a macroeconomic perspective including the following areas of study: trade in a global village, GDP as National Income and Aggregate Expenditure, savings and investment, unemployment, money and… | Business and Economics | 1 |
| ECW2730 | Macroeconomic policy Macroeconomic policy as it affects the open economy; policy consequences of consumption and investment decisions; analysis of policies with respect to the real exchange rate and trade balance; policy responses to assets price movements; pol… | Business and Economics | 2 |
| ECW2731 | Managerial economics This subject reviews the contemporary microeconomic principles in the context most relevant to business people. Market processes, demand patterns, cost structures, market conditions, pricing policies, and the impact of regulation on busines… | Business and Economics | 2 |
| ECW3830 | Business, competition and regulation This unit considers market structures, conduct and performance from the business perspective; economic policy as it affects business, particularly in relation to its dealings with consumers; the variety of approaches to competition and regu… | Business and Economics | 3 |
| ECX1200 | Macroeconomics This unit uses aggregate demand and supply analysis as a tool for identifying and explaining the business cycle, output growth employment, inflation and the current account deficit. The investigation will illustrate the impact of the macroe… | Business and Economics | 1 |
| ECX2141 | Economics of labour markets This unit provides an introduction to labour economics, emphasising various theoretical models of the labour market. The unit examines how workers and firms make decisions in the labour market, the operation of labour markets, including the… | Business and Economics | 2 |