Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) (Honours)
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Why Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) (Honours)
The Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) (Honours) equips talented and ambitious students with the economic and financial skills needed to obtain high-level career paths in government and industry, or to progress to master or PhD research degrees.
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Program Details
The Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) (Honours) consists of six specially designed coursework units and a minor thesis, which is completed in Semester 2.
You are encouraged to develop your own thesis topic and help is provided by lecturers and the program coordinator.
Research thesis topic areas
Past thesis topics have included:
- Monetary policy: Has it lost its effectiveness?
- Testing for bubbles in the Australian housing market.
- The term structure of interest rates and its relationship with inflation and output in Australia.
- Forecasting inflation: a case study of the Australian economy.
- Share performance of publicly-listed English football clubs.
- An examination of managed funds performance by fund managers in Australia.
- The deregulation of Victoria’s retail liquor industry.
- The impact of patent activity on Australian listed biotechnology companies.
Supervision
The honours thesis supervisor will normally be a member of the lecturing staff in RMIT’s School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, whose research interests match those of the proposed thesis topic. The thesis topic must be in the broad area of economics and finance and be able to be supervised within the School. There are approximately 25 members of staff within the school who are able to supervise honours students.
From our students…
“The best thing about the Honours program is the opportunity to write a thesis and make an original contribution to literature in the economics field.”
Desmond Tsao, Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) Honours
“The best thing about the Honours program is the opportunity to write a thesis and make an original contribution to literature in the economics field.”
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Further information
Dr Heather Mitchell
For further information regarding the Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)(Honours), please contact Dr Heather Mitchell, Professor, Economics, Finance and Marketing.
Chris Thompson
For further information regarding the Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)(Honours), please contact Chris Thompson, Industry Placement Coordinator, Economics, Finance and Marketing.
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