ECMT3130 Forecasting for Economics and Business (University of Sydney): rated 4.4/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ECMT3130 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 经济与商业预测
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
The need to forecast or predict future values of economic time series arises frequently in many branches of applied economic and commercial work. It is, moreover, a topic which lends itself naturally to econometric and statistical treatment.
ECMT3130 has 4 scored reviews: overall 4.4/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 5.0 stars); 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.2/5).
On Reddit: "ECMT3130 Forecasting for Economics and Business- was okay, the unit had midsem, coding assignment in R and final exam. Marking isn't harsh and it's easy to understand the material and get a good score. [ECMT3130 lecture notes](https://davidubilava.com/forecasting/) ECMT3150 The …"
On Reddit: "Of that list ECOS3007 is the easiest. ECOS3021 is much a more interesting class though and isn't much harder. ECMT3130 is also pretty easy and very useful."
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Q: Is ECMT3130 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 4.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECMT3130, and when is it offered?
A: ECMT3130 is taught by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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