Unless exempted to do so, each student must take either Applied Research Methods I or Applied Research Methods II as part of their program of study. The program allows great flexibility in that the remaining six units can be taken from a wide variety of units. Selected Topics in Chinese Political Economy, Institutional Changes and Economic Development in China, Economies in Transition Economics of the European Union Marketing and Finance. In addition, the students can choose from units offered by other Departments in the School. For example, students can take units from Accounting and Finance Department or from Statistics Department.
Students can choose to specialise from a number of different areas.
The entry requirement is a Bachelor degree with a major in economics or a closely related field. Candidates may be required to undertake specific coursework units to supplement their research work. The entry requirement is a Bachelor honours degree in economics with first class or second class. The normal entry requirement is a Bachelor degree with first class honours or second class honours division 1 or a Master degree with a substantial research component. Each unit carries a weight of four credit points.