ECON3124 Behavioural Economics (UNSW Sydney): rated 4.3/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ECON3124 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: 行为经济学
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Economics
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Standard economic theory assumes that people have correct beliefs based on correct statistical reasoning, that they are narrowly self-interested, and that they manage to maximise their utility. Decades of experimental evidence suggest a more complicated picture.
ECON3124 has 4 scored reviews: overall 4.3/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.3/5).
On Reddit: "Econ3104 International Economics Very informative and lenient in marking. 10% video and 15% 1500 words essay I did very shit but the mark I received was surprisingly good. Loved the lecturer Stanley (Sangwook) and the tutor. All very helpful and well explaining the content. Well…"
On Reddit: "ECON3124 was probably the most useful econs course I ever did at UNSW. Not challenging from a maths point of view (there is virtually none actually), but more from a content point of view. You need to be able to apply concepts from various journal articles that you study through…"
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Q: Is ECON3124 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: overall 4.3/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON3124, and when is it offered?
A: ECON3124 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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