Master of Business - Major in Economics

Economics is about understanding consumer behaviour, how markets and businesses work, and the role of public policy. You will dive into modern micro and macro theory, econometrics, data wrangling and visualisation, and learn how to simulate various economic models to understand the impact of policy. You will learn to critically assess the key modelling assumptions, how to confront the model with data, and translate findings into recommendations for business and policy, with consideration for society and sustainability. You will learn to: apply micro and macro models to analyse markets, competition, business cycles, and inflation build, estimate, and validate econometric models (time series/panel) and manage data with programming tools use models and quantitative tools to simulate economic scenarios for policy and business decisions assess causality and intervention effects, and deliver data-driven recommendations critically evaluate uncertainty, assumptions, and data limitations communicate insight clearly to decision makers in business and the public sector