ECON2060 Behavioural Economics (University of Queensland): rated 4.1/5 overall across 11 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
ECON2060 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law in Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 行为经济学
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
Examines approaches to economics of consumers and firms based upon applications of psychology and studies of actual behaviour in complex, uncertain and rapidly changing environments. Examines the policy implications of these contributions and includes coverage of recent work on the economics of happiness.
ECON2060 has 11 scored reviews: overall 4.1/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 4.0 stars); 10 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.1/5).
On Reddit: "ECON student here, so I can only speak to those. ECON2060 - Behavioural economics is highly recommended. No exam, and they teach it with no assumption of any ECOn background. ECON2460 is also pretty basic in terms of content, just applied to health economics, but there's a bit o…"
On Reddit: "I was shitting myself because there weren’t any past papers and the professor basically had no practise questions but it was surprisingly easy thank god 😩😩"
The course panel on UQ Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is ECON2060 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 11 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 4.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON2060, and when is it offered?
A: ECON2060 is taught by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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