ECOS3904 Applied Macroeconometrics (University of Sydney): rated 2.9/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ECOS3904 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: 应用宏观计量经济学
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This unit provides an overview of time series econometrics as applied in macroeconomics and finance. Topics include data transformations, linear models (univariate and multivariate), forecasting and evaluation, as well as methods for dealing with structural breaks and outliers.
ECOS3904 has 3 scored reviews: overall 2.9/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 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: "The contents of ECOS3904 (I assume that’s what you meant) were mostly time series models. I did it this sem and the lecturer was from the RBA, so he was very knowledgeable. It goes into very little depth on monetary policy/growth models as that’s assumed knowledge. It has more t…"
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Q: Is ECOS3904 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: overall 2.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECOS3904, and when is it offered?
A: ECOS3904 is taught by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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