Major type

Postgraduate

Description

Requirements for the major

Students who intend to complete a major in Business Decision Sciences must complete the foundation level units of study ECMT5001 Principles of Econometrics, ECON5001 Microeconomic Theory and MKTG5002 The Psychology of Business Decisions as prerequisites for this major:

To obtain Business Decision Sciences major, students must complete four units of study (24 credit points), comprising:

1. two compulsory units of study (12 credit points), as follows:
• ECMT6510 Management Decision Making
• ECON6025 Strategic Decision Making
2. two elective units of study (12 credit points) selected from the following list of units of study:
• ECMT6002 Econometric Applications
• ECMT6003 Applied Business Forecasting
• ECMT6005 Applied Discrete Choice Modelling *
• ECMT6006 Applied Financial Econometrics
• ECMT6007 Panel Data Econometrics
• ECMT6030 Forecasting for Economics and Business *
• ECMT6901 Econometric Modelling
• ECON6006 Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour

Please note:

1. (i) The units of study marked with "*" will NOT be available for 2008 enrolments.
2. The core unit of study ECMT5001 is the prerequisite units of study for all of the ECMT units of study and ECON5001 is the prerequisite for all ECON units of study in this major.

Availability of this major

This version of this major is available under the Master of Commerce, Master of Commerce and Master of Facilities Management, Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management, Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting, Master of International Business and Master of Commerce and Master of Transport Management and Master of Commerce.

Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Commerce or the Master of Professional Accounting may choose units from this major subject area as electives in their course.

The following is a list of the compulsory and elective units of study from the Faculty of Economics and Business which are available for enrolment this year.

Please Note. Students must complete the following foundation (core) prerequisite unit/s for this major: ECMT5001 Principles of Econometrics, ECON5001 Microeconomic Theory, and MKTG5002 The Psychology of Business Decisions .

• ECMT6510 Management Decision Making
• ECON6025 Strategic Decision Making

• ECMT6002 Econometric Applications
• ECMT6003 Applied Business Forecasting
• ECMT6006 Applied Financial Econometrics
• ECMT6007 Panel Data Econometrics
• ECMT6901 Econometric Modelling
• ECON6006 Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour

• Master of Commerce (FC014)
• Master of Commerce (Honours) (FC045)
• Master of Commerce and Master of Facilities Management (FC053)
• Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management (FC040)
• Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting (FC061)
• Master of International Business and Master of Commerce (FC042)
• Master of Transport Management and Master of Commerce (FC035)

• Discipline of Econometrics and Business Statistics
• Discipline of Economics
• Discipline of Marketing
• Faculty of Economics and Business
• University of Sydney