ECON3202 Mathematical Economics (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.4/5 overall across 12 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ECON3202 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: 数理经济学
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Economics
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Mathematics provides the formal language of modern economics, enabling us to rigorously analyse models, clarify assumptions, and derive precise insights into how economic systems function and respond to change. This course provides a working knowledge of basic analysis, topology, and static and dynamic optimisation techniques applied in economics.
ECON3202 has 12 scored reviews: overall 3.4/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 5.0 stars); 10 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.1/5).
On Reddit: "econ2101, econ2112, econ3202 did econ2101 it was prolly the easiest course in business school, econ3202 is a breeze if you have some maths background. not sure about econ2112 it seems more like a fun course than an easy course. oh also, when i did econ2101 (23summer) there was 1…"
On Reddit: "will be doing it as a wam booster next year (I skimmed thru the 2 prescribed textbook and it seems like a calculus course taught by the economists, it’s nowhere near as hard as 2601 higher lin alg) I haven’t taken 2501 but linear/abstract algebra is defo the hardest lv2 math cou…"
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Q: Is ECON3202 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 12 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 3.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON3202, and when is it offered?
A: ECON3202 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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