ECON2300 Introductory Econometrics (University of Queensland): rated 2.6/5 overall, difficulty 2.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 2.2/5 across 24 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
ECON2300 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: 计量经济学入门
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
Introductory applied econometric course for students with basic economic statistics background. Topics covered include: economic models and role of econometrics, linear regression with single and multiple regressors, hypothesis testing and confidence intervals, dummy variables and nonlinear regression functions, internal and external validity of regression models, panel data models, binary response models, instrumental variable regressions, experiments and quasi-experiment…
ECON2300 has 24 scored reviews: overall 2.6/5 · usefulness 2.7 · difficulty 2.0 · would-recommend 2.2 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 5 reviews by UQ students on UQ Wall (2.6/5 overall); 5 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.0 stars); 14 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.5/5).
On Reddit: "Econ2300 was a pain in the arse for me, although I am pretty darn bad at statistics and I did Econ1310 a year ago."
On Reddit: "2300 was quite challenging, it uses R studio - pretty much all coding and wasn’t fun. 2415 and 2416 are very very similiar from memory. Can’t actually remember the difference 😂, but I did 2416 1st sem then 2415 2nd sem, and worked well for me"
The course panel on UQ Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is ECON2300 hard?
A: Students rate ECON2300's difficulty 2.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is ECON2300 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 24 reviews: would-recommend 2.2/5, usefulness 2.7/5, overall 2.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON2300, and when is it offered?
A: ECON2300 is taught by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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