Bachelors of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics - Economics and Public Policy in Brisbane Australia | The University of Queensland

Develop comprehensive expertise in accounting, financial management, banking, and business analytics while exploring human decision-making processes, social organization, and behavioral prediction. This dual degree program merges two disciplines, equipping you with vital commerce competencies alongside the expansive perspective and human understanding offered by economics. Your commerce curriculum will include mandatory courses addressing fundamental financial services concepts, spanning accounting, business information systems, analytics, and finance. You'll acquire both foundational and specialized knowledge, along with practical application skills for diverse career paths. The economics component will push you to reconsider personal assumptions and societal concepts, demonstrating economics' pivotal role in business, markets, trade, governance, healthcare, and other sectors. Through various courses, you'll master essential economic principles, theories, and methodologies, covering microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics.

The economics and public policy specialization offers an economics-focused, interdisciplinary approach to understanding government influence in our globalized economy. This program emphasizes analytical techniques for crafting and assessing public policies. Core subjects in public finance and regulatory economics explore justifications for government involvement and its theoretical foundations. Electives include advanced microeconomics, macroeconomics, applied econometrics, and policy-focused studies. Additionally, the program incorporates multidisciplinary strategies for tackling policy challenges, featuring optional courses in political science.