Offered By	Crawford School of Economics and Government and ANU College of Business and Economics
Minimum	48 units
Academic Contact	ANU College of Business and Economics
Academic Plan	7207XMITER
CRICOS Code	055110F
UAC Code	832252(M Intl Trade & Economic Reltns) 835252(M of Intl Trade and Econ Relat)
Areas of Interest	Econometrics, Econometrics, Economics, Economics, International Business, and International Business

The ANU brings its expertise in economics and business to degrees in the areas of trade and international economic relations.  Postgraduate degrees in these areas are based on firm economic foundations to provide students with the basis for careers in business, government and NGOs.  The Master of International Trade and Economic Relations is designed to equip students with theoretical understanding and technical skills that can be applied in specific settings or that can be used to analyse economic data and to critically evaluate applied research in the area.  The Graduate Diploma in International Trade and Economic Relations provides an entry pathway for students who do not have a strong economics background. Students who wish to go to the PhD are strongly advised to take the entire math-econ sequence ECON6015 Optimisation Techniqes for Economists, ECON8013 Mathematical Techniques for Economics I, and ECON8014 Mathematical Techniques for Economics II.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this degree will:
- have the economics training and technical skills to analyse economic data and critically evaluate applied research in the fields of international trade and economics relations;
- possess the technical skills needed to access the academic literature in these fields of study;
- be capable of undertaking economic analysis and provide economic intuition for the results;
- have the capacity to analyse the economic effects of policy changes in this area;
- be able to proceed to PhD in Economics subject to grades achieved;

Commonwealth Supported Places

The ANU College of Business and Economics offers a limited number of Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) for Australian students in graduate programs. For further information, please read the general information.

Admission Requirements

Direct entry to the Master of International Trade and Economic Relations requires an Honours degree in economics at a level equivalent to ANU Honours in Economics grade IIA, or completion of the Graduate Diploma in International Trade and Economic Relations with an average grade of 65%.

Note: Students who are otherwise qualified for direct entry to the Masters program but who do not have sufficient background in econometrics may be required to take EMET8005 Economics Models and Introductory Econometrics (Semester 1) or IDEC8017 Econometric Techniques (Semester 2).

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.