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Handbook year

Information valid for students commencing in 2024

Course code

20110E

Course type

Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7)

Owner

Academy

College

Business, Law and Governance

Course pre-requisites

English (Units 3/4, C)

Recommended: Mathematical Methods (Units 3/4,C)

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Credit points

72 credit points as per course structure

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Economics, graduates will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a broad and coherent body of knowledge and innovative thinking necessary for a career as an economist in private and public sector environments
2. Work collaboratively and creatively to address social and environmental problems in order to develop sustainable economic policy solutions
3. Demonstrate initiative, judgement, and reflective practice with a commitment to lifelong learning and professional development
4. Convey complex economic analyses and information appropriately using clear and fluent written/oral communication
5. Evaluate and apply ethical, sustainable and social responsibility in professional practice and decision making
6. Compare and contrast competing economic policy options to make welfare-maximising choices in a resource-constrained environment (i.e. thinking like an economist)
7. Critically analyse characteristics specific to the Tropics and their relevance to economic decision making
8. Select, analyse and interpret quantitative economic data, using appropriate econometric models/techniques
9. Demonstrate knowledge of the history of economic thought and the discipline’s current institutional importance across the world.

Inherent Requirements

Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University's learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please visit: Inherent Requirements

Reasonable adjustments

All JCU students have the opportunity to demonstrate, with reasonable adjustments where applicable, the inherent requirements for their course. For more information please visit: Student Disability Policy and Procedure.

COURSE AVAILABLE AT

NOTES

JCU Singapore

Expected time to complete

3 years full-time, not available part-time

Maximum time to complete

7 years

Maximum leave of absence

1 year

Course progression
requisites

Must successfully complete 12 credit points of level 1 subjects before attempting any level 3 subject.

This course has a Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) program culminating in a third year core subject.  Students must successfully complete the prescribed WIL preparation modules and quizzes to be eligible to apply for a WIL capstone subject.

Course includes mandatory fieldwork

No

Supplementary exam for
final subject

A student who has failed a single subject towards the award in their final teaching period and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject, may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. However if that subject is required for accreditation, then the criteria specified by that accreditation will apply.

Eligibility

Students may apply for credit for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure

Maximum allowed

48 credit points

Currency

Credit will be granted only for subjects completed in the 6 years prior to the commencement of this course

Expiry

Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 16 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course.

Other restrictions

Nil

Award title

BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS

Approved abbreviation

BEc

Inclusion of majors on
testamur

Not applicable

Exit with lesser award

Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies.

Course articulation

Not applicable

Special awards

Students may receive an Award of Recognition in accordance with the