墨尔本大学 课程目录

Set theory, univariate calculus and optimisation are reviewed and applied to the theory of the firm and the theory of consumer demand. Linear algebra concepts including matrix operations, vector spaces and quadratic forms are introduced and applied to problems in economics and econometrics. Applications of multivariate calculus including constrained optimisation, the envelope theorem and Kuhn-Tucker conditions are covered.

Experimental Economics is a branch of economics that uses controlled experiments to evaluate theories and behavioural assumptions, as well as to test policies and their implementation. The subject will introduce students to experimental methods as applied in economics and present key findings from laboratory and field experiments. The first lecture in most weeks will be devoted to running experiments where students will experience different economic situations. The second lecture will present the theories underlying the experimental games and will use the experimental data from the first lecture (as well as other experimental data) as a vehicle for discussion. By comparing actual individual behaviour to the theoretical predictions, the course aims to provide a deep understanding of individual behaviour and how economic science progresses. Topics that will be covered may include risk, time, and social preferences, trading in a variety of markets such as auction and markets with price controls and for trading long-lived assets, voluntary provision of public goods and cooperation enforcement, social norms and behavioural game theory.

The subject is a combination of principle and practice. It provides an overview of the economic principles governing financial markets; then provides insights into some important empirical and practical issues concerning the operation of financial markets; and concludes with a discussion of some practical issues associated with Australian financial markets.

This subject covers the application of computer based techniques to solve the problems encountered in economics and business. The techniques covered include the construction and use of hierarchical data sets, the use of multivariate graphics and statistics in the context of data mining applications, the elements of computer simulations, and the application of linear programming for the analysis of productivity in the context of data envelopment analysis. One aspect of this subject is the introduction of students to different software options. Possible software to be considered will be SAS, Stata, GAUSS, SPSS, TSP, EMS, Scientific Word, and Eviews .

课程介绍： 形式逻辑和离散数学为计算机科学提供了理论基础。 本课程使用逻辑和离散数学来模拟计算科学。 它为逻辑，集合，关系，函数，自动机，形式语言和可计算性理论提供了基础，提供了几乎所有该学科贡献的实用工具的概念，用于数据的自动存储，检索，操作和通信。

课程定位 INFO90007（Social Computing）是墨尔本大学一门很典型的 socio-technical systems 课程。官方 overview 明确指出，这门课关注的是 computing techniques and systems 如何 support、mediate 和 understand social behaviours。它不是泛泛聊社交媒体，而是把 social networking、crowdsourcing、knowledge sharing 这类系统当成研究对象，讨论这些系统怎样影响人类行为，以及怎样把它们设计得更好。 学习内容 官方 ILO 很清楚地把课程目标落在四件事上：理解 social computing applications and concepts；分析 socio-technical designs 如何支持社会行为与活动；评估并创建 social computing applications；理解 contemporary tools and environments for social analytics。再结合 further information，可看出课程既讲 design，也讲 development，还讲 evaluation 和 social analytics，不是单纯的 UX 课，也不是纯后端系统课。 课程结构 2026 Handbook 显示它在 Semester 2 开课，teaching period 为 2026-07-27 到 2026-10-25。公开 dates-times 页面给出每周 1 次 2 小时 lecture，以及 Weeks 2-12 的 1 次 1 小时 tutorial，总 workload 200 小时。assessment 方面，2026 公开页未直接给出完整表格，我采用 2025 Handbook 的同课 assessment 结构：Week 3-4 的 20% review，Week 7 的 30% social system design，Week 12 的 20% implementation demo，以及 exam period 的 30% final report。这个组合与 2026 overview / teaching format 一致，能比模板数据更准确地反映课程负荷。

This subject provides an introduction to open economy macroeconomics and international finance. Topics will include balance of payments, the determination of exchange rates, the effects of monetary and fiscal policies under fixed and floating exchange rate regimes, global capital markets, balance of payments crises, and financial globalization and the challenges facing developing economies.

该课程严格审查了规章制度的主体，这些规章制度规范了澳大利亚公司的成立，管理，融资和清算。 具体主题包括：合并过程及其后果； 公司管理的内部法规及其对外部人的影响； 股本； 披露义务； 董事和其他高级管理人员的职责和责任； 以及受公司及其控制人影响的人的权利和救济。

Street Finance is an innovative subject that involves finance students visiting secondary schools in Melbourne for the purpose of delivering three lessons on finance topics of interest and relevance to young people. Participation in Street Finance requires students to develop a thorough understanding of the relevant areas of finance to be taught, based on materials supplied by Department of Finance. Specific topics to be covered will change from year to year, and may include broad topics (such as budgeting) and/or topics of specific practical relevance to high school students (financial aspects of mobile phone contracts). Street Finance provides a unique opportunity for students to develop their technical and communication skills, while at the same time making a tangible contribution to the community through the delivery of finance lessons to an audience that may not usually have strong avenues of access to financial education or the financial profession. Students undertaking Street Finance will develop fundamental communication skills, including the ability to explain complex financial concepts and information to a non-expert, non specialist audience. The program is also designed to build skills and enhance confidence in public speaking, which is important for any finance professional. More broadly, students undertaking the program will gain experience in the provision of community financial education, which is an increasingly important aspect of the work of finance professionals in many parts of the profession (and particularly the community financial sector). Students will be required to identify the best method of adapting supplied materials to the particular curriculum needs and context of an individual school. The substantive knowledge will then need to be communicated in a clear and accessible manner in presentations to high school students of varying academic abilities and backgrounds. Students enrolled in this subject will receive instruction in relevant substantive areas from faculty in the Department of Finance, as well as specialist training in lesson planning and delivery. Students will also have the opportunity to develop new materials which may either be used by individual schools and/or by Street Finance in the Department of Finance in future years.

Ethical practices instil a public trust in the fairness of financial markets and transactions, allowing them to function efficiently. Ethical practices by finance and investment professionals benefit all market participants and stakeholders and lead to increased investor confidence in global capital markets. The perspectives acquired in this subject should be useful to students in their chosen finance profession as this subject presents a framework for ethical conduct in the investment profession by focusing on the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. Citing and discussing examples of the financial scandals that have shaken public confidence in the ethics of financial market participants, this subject explains the importance of ethics in the operation of financial institutions and in the personal conduct of finance professionals. This subject is taught as a self-paced, online activities and materials (no scheduled classes) with an on campus final exam.

Global equity markets have changed fundamentally over the last decades Regulatory reforms to promote competition for trading services have led to considerable fragmentation of markets. New entrants and new technology have contributed to innovative new trading mechanisms and pricing structures. Today, markets are overwhelming electronic, with trading occurring using algorithms rather than manually. Graduates wishing to pursue careers in financial markets need to understand the new market structure that exists and have skills to understand and implement trading strategies in this environment. This subject will ensure students develop these skills and knowledge, through a combination of lectures and hands-on experience of manual and robot trading in online experimental markets. The class is quite unique. Despite growing importance of computerised trading in financial markets, there exist hardly any finance classes that expose students to the issues, let alone allowing them to develop the skills to conceive robot traders themselves through participation in experimental online markets.