Handbook

Completion of a specialisation is optional. Students may choose a maximum of one specialisations below.

Completion of an additional major is optional. Students may choose a maximum of one specialisations listed below.

Please note: Completion of an additional major within a combined Actuarial Studies degree may result in more UOC required for degree completion.

Students must complete at least one of the specialisations below.

Please note: If you choose to study a 2nd Economics major, you must choose another 6 courses (36 UOC) from the second major that do not overlap with the first major.

Students must take 54 UOC of the following courses.

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

Students may replace ACTL2131 with the two courses MATH2901 Higher Theory of Statistics and MATH2931 Higher Linear Models. If students make this replacement, MATH2901 will count towards ACTL2131, and MATH2931 will be counted towards a major where this course is required or as a Business elective.

Students must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Please Note: ECON1101 must be completed before ECON1401. ECON1401 cannot be counted towards an Economics major.

Students must complete 18 UOC of the following courses.

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses to ensure a student completes a minimum of 78 UOC of Economics courses within the School of Economics.

Please Note: Students must consult the Handbook from the year in which they commenced their degree. Students commencing prior to 2017 are required to study 84 UOC of Economics courses.

Students must take at least 36 UOC, up to a maximum of 48 UOC of the following courses.

Students must complete 6 UOC of General Education for the Actuarial component of the dual degree however must complete 12 UOC of General Education in the degree overall.

Please note: Students enrolled in programs within the UNSW Business School cannot take General Education courses offered by the UNSW Business School (i.e. GENC code). These restrictions also apply to the following courses:

GENL2021 An Introduction to the Australian Legal System
GENL2032 Cyberspace Law 2.0

Students must take at least 6 UOC of the following courses.

Students in the combined Actuarial Studies/Commerce and Actuarial Studies/Economics dual degrees must complete 180 UOC of Business School courses across the program.

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses to ensure a student completes a minimum of 78 UOC of Economics courses within the School of Economics.

Please Note: Students must consult the Handbook from the year in which they commenced their degree. Students commencing prior to 2017 are required to study 84 UOC of Economics courses.

No more than 72 UOC (not including 12 UOC of General Education courses) in Level 1 courses will be counted towards the dual degree.

Students must complete a minimum of 96 UOC of the following courses.