ECOS3903 Applied Microeconometrics (University of Sydney): rated 2.9/5 overall across 5 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ECOS3903 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: 应用微观计量经济学
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 is designed to teach students modern applied microeconometrics. Students will learn the skills needed to causally evaluate public policies, programs, or interventions of interest to applied microeconomists.
ECOS3903 has 5 scored reviews: overall 2.9/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 5 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.9/5).
On Reddit: "Take both if you can ;) but given my priors (I think applied micro is much more interesting than applied macro) here's my thoughts: Discontinuity regression (one of the main topics in ECOS3903) is up there with instrumental variables as one of the most novel (and powerful) metho…"
On Reddit: "No textbook for 3901 technically, but there are some readings. The unit coordinator did recommend Auction Theory by Vijay Krishna for the latter part, but it's pretty technical and we didn't go into that much dept. For 3903, we used Mastering Metrics, although sparingly. I would…"
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Q: Is ECOS3903 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: overall 2.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECOS3903, and when is it offered?
A: ECOS3903 is taught by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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