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Master of Economic and Regional Development

For candidates admitted under Rule (a)

Program of Study - Overview Course cps
Core Units
Complete the following units: 		24 cps
Unit Code Unit Title Unit cps  
ECON371 Introductory Econometrics 6  
ECON414 Economics of Development 6  
ECON417 International Trade and Payments 6  
ECON429 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics 6  
Research Component
And complete 24 credit points from the following units:		 24 cps
BEPP491B Dissertation 18  
NEBS505 Organisational Research Methods 6  
Or complete the following unit:  
BEPP591* Dissertation 24  
Work Experience Component
Or complete the following units:		  
WORK500** Professional Skills Development 6  
  And 18 credit points chosen from any of the Majors (see below) 18  
General Component
Or complete the following units:		  
  24 credit points chosen from any of the Majors (see below) 24  
Note:
*BEPP591 is only available to students who have already completed a Research Methods unit (or equivalent) to the satisfaction of the Course Coordinator.
**WORK500 is only available to students who wish to undertake work experience within Australia.		  
Approved Majors
Candidates may complete ONE Major to the value of 24 credit points OR 24 credit points from the General Component:		 0-24 cps
Major cps  
Asian Studies 24  
Health Management 24  
Indigenous Futures 24  
Peace Studies 24  
Rural Development 24  
Urban and Regional Development 24  
General Component
Listed Units
Or complete 24 credit points from the following units:		 0-24 cps
Unit Code Unit Title Unit cps  
AGEX510 Agricultural and Natural Resource Extension 6  
ECON324 Welfare Economics for Policy 6  
ECON326 Benefit-Cost Analysis 6  
ECON345 Economy and Business in Modern Asia 6  
ECON350 Southeast Asia: Economic and Social Change since 1850 6  
ECON428 Microeconomic Policy Evaluation 6  
ECON431 Introduction to Bioeconomics 6  
ECON434 Rural Finance and Risk Management 6  
ECON435 Commodity Markets 6  
ECON456 Industrialisation and Development in Asia 6  
ECON477 Efficiency and Productivity Analysis 6  
GEPL314 The Road to Riches? Development and Change in Asia 6  
GEPL501 Economic Change and Urban Development 6  
GEPL516 Urban Living 6  
GEPL521 Population, Health and Environment 6  
GEPL545 Regional Development: Processes and Policies 6  
GEPL552 Changing Communities: Development Planning 6  
GEPL580 Understanding Rural Communities 6  
HSHM406 Key Concepts in Public Health 6  
HSHM431 Epidemiology and Measuring Health Outcomes 6  
HSHM441 Management of Health Services 6  
HSHM447 Contemporary Issues in International Health 6  
IDIG500 Analysing Indigenous Australian Policy Issues 6  
IDIG501 Analysing Change in Indigenous Societies 6  
IDIG503 Principles of Aboriginal Community Development 6  
IDIG504 First Peoples Organisation and Business 6  
IDIG506 Aboriginal Health 6  
IDIG511 Indigenous Peoples and Colonisation: Land and Nature 6  
PAIS515 Contemporary Challenges to Global Security 6  
PAIS516 Paradise Lost? Governance in the Pacific 6  
PAIS518 Australia's Relations with Asia 6  
PAIS552 International Human Rights 6  
PAIS561 Sex, Crime and Corruption in Asia 6  
PAIS563 Women, Family and the State in Asia 6  
PAIS565 Politics and the Environment: Intersecting Crises 6  
PEAC388 Constructing Aliens: Refugees in Contemporary Australia 6  
PEAC503 Active Resistance: Contemporary Nonviolence 6  
PEAC504 Environmental Security and Peaceful Futures 6  
PEAC528 Peacemaking 6  
PEAC552 Building Peace in Post Conflict Situations 6  
PEAC554 Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation Processes 6  
PEAC573 Globalisation: As If People and Ecosystems Matter 6  
SOCY519 Globalisation, Development and Social Change 6  
Total 72 cps

Suggested Full-Time Course Plan

The following are standard patterns of enrolment or pathways for candidates studying on a full-time or part-time basis. They take into account unit pre-requisite, co-requisite and timetabling requirements. Candidates can each year choose to study less units than the full-time pattern or more units than the part-time pattern, but if doing so should use these standard patterns as guides as to how best to structure their studies.

For candidates studying Full Time = 48 cps per year. 12-15 Hours of study per week should be allocated for each 6 cp unit enrolment.

Year Trimester 1 Trimester 2 Trimester 3
1

ECON371

ECON414

 

Unit from Major or Listed Unit

ECON417

 

Unit from Major or Listed Unit

ECON429

 

Unit from Major or Listed Unit

Unit from Major or Listed Unit

 
2

Core Unit or Unit from General Component*

 

Core Unit or Unit from General Component*

 

Core Unit or Unit from General Component*

 

Core Unit or Unit from General Component*

 

Note:
*Students undertaking the Research Component complete either: BEPP491B and NEBS505 or BEPP591.
Students undertaking the Work Experience Component complete WORK500 and 18 credit points from any of the Majors.
Students undertaking the General Component complete 24 credit points from the Listed Units.

Students should note that some Listed Units are only available Online or Off Campus.

Suggested Part-Time Course Plan

For candidates studying Part Time = 24 cps per year. 12-15 Hours of study per week should be allocated for each 6 cp unit enrolment.

Year Trimester 1 Trimester 2 Trimester 3
1

ECON371

ECON414

 

Unit from Major or Listed Unit

ECON417

 
2

Unit from Major or Listed Unit

ECON429

 

Unit from Major or Listed Unit

Unit from Major or Listed Unit

 
3

Core Unit or Unit from General Component*

Core Unit or Unit from General Component*

 

Core Unit or Unit from General Component*

Core Unit or Unit from General Component*

 
Note:
*Students undertaking the Research Component complete either: BEPP491B and NEBS505 or BEPP591.
Students undertaking the Work Experience Component complete WORK500 and 18 credit points from any of the Majors.
Students undertaking the General Component complete 24 credit points from the Listed Units.

Students should note that some Listed Units are only available Online or Off Campus.

 

 

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