ECON20002 Intermediate Microeconomics (University of Melbourne): rated 3.5/5 overall, difficulty 3.5/5 (higher is harder) across 45 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ECON20002 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: 中级微观经济学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This subject examines the development of the microeconomic theory of the behaviour of economic agents and how the behaviour of economic agents and government influence the efficiency of the economy. Topics include perfect competition, general equilibrium, market power, intertemporal decision maki.
ECON20002 has 45 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 · usefulness 3.8 · difficulty 3.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 14 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.8 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.4/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "Content-wise, ECON20002 Intermediate Microeconomics is similar to ECON10004 Introductory Microeconomics, in that students spend much of the semester building formal economic models to explain how consumers and firms make decisions. At first, these models, including: utility maximisation, cost minim…"
On Reddit: "Wish I was surprised at how awful that was, but I expected it all along :/ JBM has constantly written impossible/unintelligible questions all sem. That was nothing like any of the previous exams nor the pre-tute questions. What’s the point in studying when the exam is gonna be n…"
On Reddit: "The lecturer said this was supposed to be easier than the mock exam .... but WTF was that. Except for B1 on perfect competition and C1 on oligopoly, the rest are not the same difficulty with the tut questions 💀💀💀I hope they scale the final exam by 10 please ..."
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is ECON20002 hard?
A: Students rate ECON20002's difficulty 3.5/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is ECON20002 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 45 reviews: usefulness 3.8/5, overall 3.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON20002, and when is it offered?
A: ECON20002 is taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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