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The UNSW Business School, in conjunction with UNSW Arts & Social Sciences, offers the Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Arts (BEc/BA) as a 4 year dual program which combines the strengths and flexibility of each single degree. This program will appeal to students wanting a strong, focused and highly regarded business … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Program
3543
Economics
Program
3409
Arts

Double Degree Structure
192 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 192 UOC.

Bachelor of Economics/Arts degree normally consists of 192 UOC.

These UOC are made up of:

Economics Component (96 UOC)
1. ECON1401 (6 UOC)
2. Introductory Business Core (6 UOC)
3. Economics major (60 UOC)
4. Economics Electives (12 UOC)
5. Business School Electives (12 UOC)

Bachelor of Arts (96 UOC)
1. A home major stream (60 UOC)
2. A minor stream (24 UOC)
3. Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives (12 UOC)

  • 3574 - Economics / Arts
  • 3543 - Economics
  • 3409 - Arts

Economics Majors
3543 - Economics

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.

ECONA1
60 UOC
Economics
ECONE1
60 UOC
Econometrics
ECONJ1
60 UOC
Financial Economics

Home Majors and Minors
3409 - Arts

Home Majors and Minors

You are required to complete one Home Major and one Minor:

ASIAB1
60 UOC
Asian Studies
ATSIC1
60 UOC
Indigenous Studies
CHINE1
60 UOC
Chinese Studies
CHINF1
60 UOC
Advanced Chinese Studies
COMDF1
60 UOC
Global Development
CRIMC1
60 UOC
Criminology
CRWTA1
60 UOC
Creative Writing
ENGLC1
60 UOC
English
ENVPE1
60 UOC
Environmental Humanities
EUROC1
60 UOC
European Studies
FILMB1
60 UOC
Film Studies
FRENF1
60 UOC
French Studies
FRENG1
60 UOC
Advanced French Studies
GERSF1
60 UOC
German Studies
HISTD1
60 UOC
History
JAPNF1
60 UOC
Japanese Studies
JAPNG1
60 UOC
Advanced Japanese Studies
KOREF1
60 UOC
Korean Studies
KOREG1
60 UOC
Advanced Korean Studies
LINGC1
60 UOC
Linguistics
MECTC1
60 UOC
Media, Culture and Technology
MUSCJ1
60 UOC
Music Studies
MUSCK1
60 UOC
Music Studies (Intensive)
PHILE1
60 UOC
Philosophy
POLSG1
60 UOC
Politics and International Relations
SOCAD1
60 UOC
Sociology and Anthropology
SPANH1
60 UOC
Spanish and Latin American Studies
THSTC1
60 UOC
Theatre and Performance Studies

Optional External Minors
3409 - Arts

External Minors

If you are enrolled in a double degree program, you cannot complete a minor stream in the same Faculty as your second program of study e.g. students enrolled in the BA/BArt Theory, cannot complete an external minor in Art History and Theory.

You will need to take extra UOC over 96 UOC to meet the requirements of an external minor that is greater than 24 UOC. External majors are not available in double degree programs.

MATHB2 is only available in 3961 Engineering (Honours)/Arts

ARTHB2
24 UOC
Art History and Theory
ECONA2
30 UOC
Economics
GEOGS2
36 UOC
Geography
IBUSA2
30 UOC
International Business
MATHB2
24 UOC
Mathematics for Engineers
MGMTH2
30 UOC
Human Resource Management
PSYCB2
24 UOC
Studies in Psychology
PSYCM2
36 UOC
Psychology

Economics Core Course
3543 - Economics

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.

ECON1401
6 UOC
Economic Perspectives

Introductory Business Course
3543 - Economics

Students must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Please Note: The below courses cannot be counted towards an Economics major.

ACCT1501
6 UOC
Accounting and Financial Management 1A
FINS1613
6 UOC
Business Finance
INFS1602
6 UOC
Digital Transformation in Business
MARK1012
6 UOC
Marketing Fundamentals
MGMT1001
6 UOC
Managing Organisations and People
TABL1710
6 UOC
Business and the Law

UNSW Business Electives
3543 - Economics

Students must take at least 12 UOC of the following courses.

any course offered by UNSW Business School

Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives
3409 - Arts

You must complete 12 UOC of any courses offered by UNSW Arts and Social Sciences. Indigenous Studies courses (ATSIxxxx) cannot be studied as Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives.

any course offered by Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Economics Electives
3543 - Economics

Students must complete 12 UOC of Economics electives or accepted substitutes of Economics electives to ensure a student completes a minimum of 78 UOC of Economics courses.

Note: Students in combined Economics/Computer Science, Economics/Science or Economics/Adv Science (Hons) who complete MATH1031/1041, MATH1131/MATH1231, MATH1141/MATH1241 instead of ECON1202/ECON1203 have the option of counting the MATH pair towards the Science component and must complete 2 additional Economics electives (4 in total) OR towards the Economics component and must complete 2 additional Science electives.

Students in combined Economics/Adv Mathematics (Hons) must count the MATH pair towards their Science component and will therefore complete 24 UOC of Economics electives.

ACCT3563
6 UOC
Issues in Financial Reporting and Analysis
ACCT3583
6 UOC
Management Accounting 2
any Economics course

Minimum Economics UOC
3543 - Economics

Students must complete a minimum of 78 UOC of Economics courses or accepted substitutes of Economics electives.

ACCT3563
6 UOC
Issues in Financial Reporting and Analysis
ACCT3583
6 UOC
Management Accounting 2
any Economics course

Maximum Level 1 UOC
3543 - Economics

No more than 60 UOC in Level 1 courses will be counted towards the Economics component of the dual degree.

any level 1 course

Minimum UNSW Business School UOC
3543 - Economics

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

any course offered by UNSW Business School

Level 2 and 3 Maturity Requirements
3543 - Economics

Students must have completed 24 UOC before taking any Level 2 courses.
Students must have completed 48 UOC before taking any Level 3 courses.

Academic Writing & Language Enhancement
3409 - Arts

ARTS2050 Academic Writing for the Humanities (6 UOC) and HUMS1005 Personalised English Language Enhancement (6 UOC) can be counted as UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives or Free Electives.

Double Majors
3409 - Arts

Double majors are not available in Double Degrees.

Maturity Requirements
3409 - Arts

You must have completed 24 UOC before taking any Level 2 courses.You must have completed 48 UOC, including 6 UOC at Level 1 and 6 UOC at Level 2 in your major/minor before taking any Level 3 courses.

Specialisation Declaration
3409 - Arts

You must specify your major and minor at the time of enrolment in Level 2 courses.

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please read the Double Degree Program rules as some specific rules apply to particular Double Degree combinations.

You are responsible for ensuring you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and advice from your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program.

Program Fees

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