University of Tasmania, Australia

A Brief History of the School

1890

• University of Tasmania established with just three faculties: Letters (changed to Arts in 1922), Law and Science

Early1980’s

• Political Economy taught as a full-year long subject in the BA

1920

• Faculty of Commerce created to oversee the three-year Certificate of Commerce and the Bachelor of Commerce (Four year degree equivalent to an honours degree). Economic Geography and Economic History introduced as first-year year-long subjects. Economics I and Economics II taught in the second and third-years of the B.Com degree

1949

• Bachelor of Economics introduced alongside the B.Com. Econometrics introduced as a third-year full year subject

1960

• The B.Ec and B.Com degree merged into the one degree BEc

1976

• The B.Com reestablished as a separate degree. Establishment of separate Departments of Economics and Accounting (which was later renamed as Accounting and Finance).

~1997

• Faculty of Commerce creates three schools: Economics, Accounting and Finance and Management
• B.Com changes its name to Bachelor of Business with Business Economics one of its major

Early 2000

• School of Economics assumes the responsibility of overseeing the teaching of Finance
• Finance major introduced into the BBus and BEc degrees

2007 - Present

• School of Economics changes its name to Economics and Finance