Master of Economic Policy
The Master of Economic Policy program comprises two consecutive semesters of full-time study or four consecutive semesters of part-time study.
The program may be commenced in either first or second semester, although students wishing to commence in second semester should be aware that there are some limitations on the availability of econometrics units.
The program includes three compulsory courses and five courses chosen from a list of electives. Courses that have been taken previously as part of another program are not admissible, in which case another course must be taken from the list of electives.
Compulsory courses (24 units)
- ECON8003 Economic Policy Issues
- either ECON8010 Public Economics or ECON8034 Principles of Public Economics
- EMET8005 Economic Models and Introductory Econometrics
- ECON8026 Diploma Macroeconomics
Electives will be substituted for EMET8005 Economic Models and Introductory Econometrics and ECON8026 Diploma Macroeconomics if these courses have been previously passed.
Some other course/s may be substituted at the discretion of the Program Convenor.
Notes
Students entering in second semester must have previous training in econometrics equivalent to EMET8005.
Students who wish to take electives in Econometrics (EMET codes) from the list below in the second semester are required to have satisfactorily completed one of the following:
(a) EMET8005 Economic Models and Introductory Econometrics or IDEC8017 Economic Techniques.
(b) The undergraduate units EMET2007 Econometrics I: Econometric Methods and EMET2008 Econometrics II: Econometric Modelling or the equivalent graduate courses EMET6007 and EMET6008.
Elective Courses (24 units)
Students will not normally be permitted to count courses as electives that have been taken towards satisfying the requirements of an alternate degree program.
ECON8002 Applied Welfare Economics
ECON8006 International Trade Theory
ECON8008 Japanese Economy and Economic Policy
ECON8009 International Monetary Economics
ECON8011 Microeconomic Theory A
ECON8013 Mathematical Techniques in Economics I
ECON8014 Mathematical Techniques in Economics II
ECON8015 International Economics
ECON8018 Cost Benefit Analysis
ECON8021 Economics of Uncertainty and Information
ECON8022 Macroeconomic Theory (Master)
ECON8037 Financial Economics
ECON8038 Industrial Organisation
ECON8039 Health Economics
ECON8040 Resource and Environmental Economics
ECON8041 Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
ECON8047 Law and Economics
ECON8049 Southeast Asian Economic Policy and Development
ECON8050 Economic Growth
ECON8053 Strategic Thinking: An Introduction to Game Theory
ECON8070 Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy
EMET8001 Applied micro-econometrics
EMET8010 Applied Macro and Financial Econometrics
EMET8014 Advanced Econometric Methods
ECHI8002 Readings in Economic History
ECHI8011 Classic Works of Economic Theory
ECON8070 Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy
Notes
Courses in this list are available as electives only if not previously taken, and in some cases subject to prerequisites. Not all of these courses may be offered in any particular semester or year.
Working Rules
Working Rules for this program are available here
The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.




