ECON10004 Introductory Microeconomics (University of Melbourne): rated 3.8/5 overall, difficulty 2.5/5 (higher is harder) across 94 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ECON10004 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics in Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 微观经济学入门
Type: Subject
Credit points: 12.5
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Level: Undergraduate level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This subject is an introduction to microeconomic theory and policy. Topics include the theory of perfectly competitive markets, welfare analysis and the role of government in the economy, theory of the firm (production and costs), game theory, and effects of market structure on resource allocation.
ECON10004 has 94 scored reviews: overall 3.8/5 · usefulness 4.0 · difficulty 2.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 63 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.0 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.2/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "The maths involved in the subject is relatively simple: linear equations, differentiation and rearranging variables. The graphs also don’t need to be drawn to scale, but it is recommended that rulers are used. The main difficulty lies in understanding the logic behind economic concepts. Introductor…"
On Reddit: "Hi, I did the subject last year taught by Tom and Phil. It is definitely one of the harder level 1 commerce subjects (arguably on ARA level). If Tom and Phil still teaches u this sem, then there will probably be a very hard part C (if I remember correctly???) problem. Phil’s pro…"
On Reddit: "If it makes you feel any better, when I took ECON10004 in my first semester I was sure I had failed the exam hurdle but ended up with a H2B. From memory I calculated this would have been about a 65 on the exam. So either they scaled it, or marked a lot more generously than I exp…"
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Q: Is ECON10004 hard?
A: Students rate ECON10004's difficulty 2.5/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is ECON10004 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 94 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 3.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON10004, and when is it offered?
A: ECON10004 is taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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