ECOS3005 Industrial Organisation (University of Sydney): rated 4.1/5 overall across 8 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ECOS3005 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: 产业组织
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This unit of study examines the nature of inter-firm rivalry in industries with market power. It explores the various ways in which firms can increase their market power by: extracting more surplus from consumers, by colluding with rivals or by excluding entrants.
ECOS3005 has 8 scored reviews: overall 4.1/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.0 stars); 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.2/5).
On Reddit: "Nic Jon de Roos, the industrial organisation lecturer, is fantastic. Industrial org is his field of study and he does a good job of relating what can be a very dry theoretical field to empirics, like obfuscation of Tim Tam prices in Australia. Because I took ECOS3005 I don't hav…"
On Reddit: "I did ECOS3003 and ECOS3005 with Andrew Wait and I loved them both. There is some overlap between the 2 courses, so maybe only pick one."
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Q: Is ECOS3005 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 8 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 4.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECOS3005, and when is it offered?
A: ECOS3005 is taught by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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