ECON30019 Behavioural Economics (University of Melbourne): rated 3.7/5 overall, difficulty 2.5/5 (higher is harder) across 26 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ECON30019 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: 行为经济学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Level: research
Handbook year: 2026
This subject introduces students to empirical research demonstrating economically important patterns of behaviour that violate standard rationality assumptions, and to theoretical research aimed at capturing these behavioural patterns in tractable models. Most of the semester will be devoted to b.
ECON30019 has 26 scored reviews: overall 3.7/5 · usefulness 4.6 · difficulty 2.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.5 stars); 23 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "Personally, I really enjoyed this subject and would highly recommend it. This subject is very achievable to score highly, particularly for students that enjoy the psychology behind economic decision-making. The content is engaging and intuitive, and personally, I found I was genuinely invested into…"
On Reddit: "Did Behavioural Eco 2020 semester 2. Definitely one of the most interesting subjects which I’ve taken. It is not an essay heavy subject like it’s name may sound. Rather it requires quite high level of mathematical thinking. It is much simpler for you to relate the content in beh…"
On Reddit: "behavioural was a pretty fun subject and i quite enjoyed the content of it. its lowkey kinda like psych + eco in one subject, and is taught pretty well (although idk whos teaching this sem)"
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Q: Is ECON30019 hard?
A: Students rate ECON30019's difficulty 2.5/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is ECON30019 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 26 reviews: usefulness 4.6/5, overall 3.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON30019, and when is it offered?
A: ECON30019 is taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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