OLET1145 Economics of Sports (University of Sydney): rated 3.2/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
OLET1145 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: 体育经济学
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
Economics provides a tool to understand the business of professional sports. This unit covers the economic way of thinking about sport, yielding insight into the sports business and introducing tools of economic analysis.
OLET1145 has 3 scored reviews: overall 3.2/5 · usefulness 2.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 2.0 stars); 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.9/5).
On Reddit: "I think the majority of OLES affect your wam. As far as I know, the OLES which are pass/fail are the in-country experience ones, and like the project ole. It should say on the unit of study outline whether it's pass/fail. I've done Olet1145, it is pretty easy and interesting, it…"
On Reddit: "You can check out some of the threads on this subreddit on easy OLEs, though note that now a lot of them have essay components on top of quizzes. The ones I took this semester: OLET2148 - interesting, and the content itself is quite easy. However, there are quite a lot of quizze…"
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Q: Is OLET1145 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: usefulness 2.0/5, overall 3.2/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches OLET1145, and when is it offered?
A: OLET1145 is taught by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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