Through economics, you can follow your passion and shape the world. Our Bachelor of Economics offers a pathway to major in in either Industry, Policy and Business Strategy or Society and Environment. Both teach you how to better understand the world around you. Graduating, youll be able to frame problems through an economics lens, to critically analyse data, and to generate knowledge and innovative recommendations that support policy and practice. Youll develop these skills though real-world learning experiences like corporate internships, report writing, multidisciplinary teamwork, and industry case studies. Make a difference with your career. Help solve the economic and financial challenges of the future. Learn from leading experts whose links with industry, professional associations, other academics and government ensure that their teaching remains contemporary and relevant. Real-world learning. Enrich your degree through hands-on learning experiences: corporate internships, report writing, multidisciplinary teamwork, and the use of industry case studies in the classroom. Be rewarded in the workplace. Enter the workforce with the analytical and communication skills highly valued by industry and government. The Bachelor of Economics at the University of Tasmania builds individual capacity for economic thought, and the ability to apply this mindset to solving problems faced by industry, government and the society at local, national and global levels. Our graduates will have the ability to synthesise information and build empirically-valid models to support economic decision making. They will acquire skills to frame problems through an economics lens, to critically analyse data of relevance, and to generate knowledge and innovative evidence-based recommendations to support policy and practice.<br><br>This major teaches you about contemporary economics with an applied focus on social and public policy. You will learn about issues facing the world today, including environmental management and resource economics, the economics of social issues including crime and education, regional development, and other issues in public policy. Graduates gain a set of skills and experiences valued by businesses, consulting firms, government, and non-government agencies.