In choosing a Bachelor of Economics you can: Build a degree that is tailored specifically to your own interests and select your major from 3 different disciplinary areas: Economic Foundations, Economic Analysis or Environmental and Resource Economics Acquire multidisciplinary skills by choosing minors from outside the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics (TSBE). Enrich your degree through hands-on learning experiences: corporate internships, report writing, multidisciplinary teamwork, and the use of industry case studies in the classroom. Learn from leading experts whose links with industry, professional associations, other academics and government ensure that their teaching remains contemporary and relevant. From 2018 onwards, our new curriculum offers you more flexibility and choice in how your degree is structured, real-world learning embedded in every course, and the option to boost your bachelor degree with an integrated, work-focused Applied Honours year.

Admission to undergraduate courses at the University of Tasmania requires qualifications equivalent to the 12th year of schooling in Australia. We have provided a list of countries and their academic qualifications that meet the University's minimum entry requirements. International students must provide one of the following: UTASAccess Level 6 with a minimum overall score of 60% and no individual skill below 55%; or an IELTS score with an overall Band of 6 and no band less than 5.5; or a TOEFL (iBT) overall score of 72 (no individual skill must be lower than: Reading 10; Listening 9; Speaking 16; and, Writing 19) or a PTE Academic overall score of 50 with no score lower than 42, or provide evidence that you have studied for 2 years full-time with English as the sole medium of instruction and examination. These tests must not be more than 24 months old. International students who have the mathematics prerequisite but who lack confidence in their quantitative skills and who would like to undertake a mathematics bridging program may only take BEA109 Introduction to Quantitative Methods.