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Last modified: November 07, 2011, 01:25 PM

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This is an ideal career for visionary thinkers. As an economist, you study the way society uses resources such as land, water, human labour, raw materials, and machinery, to produce, distribute and use goods and services. You advise businesses and governments on the activity of various markets, and the impact this may have on prices, inflation, interest and exchange rates, taxation levels, wages, employment and unemployment, production levels, and imports and exports.

Qualifications & Leading Universities

If you are interested in becoming an economist, you will need to complete an undergraduate degree, preferably a Bachelor of Economics, Business or Commerce, with a major in Economics. This degree is commonly three years full time. Outstanding students are offered the opportunity to study for a fourth (Honours) year, which in turn leads to further postgraduate study. The most rewarding jobs in the field tend to require a Master of Economics or Ph.D degree.

To gain entry to a Bachelor of Business or Commerce undergraduate degree, you will need an entrance score of 85+ for the following universities; Melbourne University, ANU, Monash University – Clayton campus, Sydney University – Camperdown campus, University of New South Wales, University of Technology, Sydney, and the University of Western Australia.

The entry criteria for tertiary institiutions differs from year to year. The above comments are a guide only. To gain specific entry criteria either contact the relevant university or use Hobson's The Good University Guide.

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