Overview

In this course students study microeconomics, macroeconomics, benefit-cost analysis, and choose from a wide array of electives, learning a range of statistical, mathematical and analytical tools that can be used to explain why individuals, organisations and governments make the decisions that they do. The conceptual and data analytical toolkits gained will open vast career opportunities in both the public and private sectors - economics is helpful in just about any industry. For more information, visit Bachelor of Economics at UQ.

Prerequisites

Majors

Economics and public policy; economics of strategy and behaviour; international and financial economics; quantitative analysis.

Potential Career Outcomes

Analyst; adviser; consultant; economist in fields including infrastructure development and planning, environmental management, international finance, investment and trade, natural resource and agricultural economics, health, treasury, statistics.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer99.9599.95
Median rank to receive an offer93.5593.60
Lowest rank to receive an offer84.4085.50

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the University of Queensland website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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