Applied Economics

Overview

What will you do?

• hone your understanding of incentives, opportunity costs, trade-offs, supply and demand, and efficiency
• apply economic concepts to a range of fields—from public policy and finance to international trade and natural resources
• practise advanced techniques for analysing and managing data
• explore economic growth and development and the organisation of markets.

Where could it take you?

Economics graduates go on to all sorts of exciting careers and research pathways. You might assess telecommunications mergers as an economic analyst, or reform regulatory frameworks for public forests as a policy officer with state government. You could work on the stock market, in an aid agency researching the best return on aid donations or in banking and financial services. Perhaps you’ll use your analytics and modelling skills to develop optimal strategies for efficient HR recruitment.

Career Readiness

Graduates of the Applied Economics from University of Adelaide are ready for a range of rewarding careers with leading business, government or not-for-profit organisations.

Our graduates are working in roles such as managers, directors, business analysts and statisticians for organisations all over the world, including:

• the World Bank Group
• the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
• Friedland Capital Inc.
• Deloitte.