ECON30009 Macroeconomics (University of Melbourne): rated 3.1/5 overall across 32 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ECON30009 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: 宏观经济学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This subject is an introduction to advanced study of macroeconomics. An integrated theoretical framework – a simple life cycle model – is used to explore the central issues of macroeconomics.
ECON30009 has 32 scored reviews: overall 3.1/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 5.0 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.0/5).
On Reddit: "Worst exam I have done in my time at this University, 3rd year Micro had all the signs of being fucked but this was 10x worse, even Inter Macro was a mess but ended up being easier than this piece of shit exam.. at least I'm done I guess?"
On Reddit: "I am making a wild guess here. The difficult one (Micro) did not perform its role of differentiating students who are capable of doing hons and those who don’t, so now macro is now doing what micro used to do. James literally spent 10 mins going through the endogenous model at t…"
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Q: Is ECON30009 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 32 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 3.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON30009, and when is it offered?
A: ECON30009 is taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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