ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.0/5 overall, difficulty 2.5/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 2.0/5 across 47 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ECON1102 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the UNSW Business School in School of Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 宏观经济学1
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Economics
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
Macroeconomics examines the behaviour and performance of the economy as a whole. This course explores how economists use models to understand the behaviour of key variables—output, employment, inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates—and how these models are evaluated with evidence.
ECON1102 has 47 scored reviews: overall 3.0/5 · usefulness 2.6 · difficulty 2.5 · would-recommend 2.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 reviews by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (2.0/5 overall); 15 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.0 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.1/5).
On Reddit: "I’m currently taking the course now so hopefully I can give you some insight on what it’s like this term! The assessment structure basically involves an ongoing answering of multiple choice and short answer questions in Academia throughout the term which has taken the place of t…"
On Reddit: "Don't do ECON1203 unless you have to. It's notorious for being a clusterfuck. The lectures are not good so you have to read the textbook very carefully and do a lot of googling. Statistics needs to be taught well for it to make sense and this course just didn't do that imo. ECON…"
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Q: Is ECON1102 hard?
A: Students rate ECON1102's difficulty 2.5/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is ECON1102 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 47 reviews: would-recommend 2.0/5, usefulness 2.6/5, overall 3.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON1102, and when is it offered?
A: ECON1102 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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