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    MSc 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time

Course Description

Gain the fundamental tools of a professional economist with our MSc Economics.

On this course, you’ll learn how to assess a wide range of theoretical, empirical and policy-related economic issues.

You will work with academics from the Department of Economics, and your training will emphasise interactive and applied learning as you study a number of key areas. These include:

  • micro-principles of economic behaviour
  • macro-outcomes of national and global importance
  • combining methodological, theoretical and applied issues of prime relevance to the study and practice of economics and economic policy
  • building a strong working knowledge of current statistical software and other applications used in economic analysis, both in the public and private sectors.

Entry Requirements

Normally a good undergraduate honours degree (2:1 or above) or equivalent from a university outside the UK. You are required to be numerate, and normally your undergraduate degree should be in economics, or a joint degree in which economics accounted for at least half of the programme.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

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Student Destinations

MSc Economics provides graduates with specialist expertise in economic analysis, and is designed for people who want to work within:

  • government
  • international organisations
  • business
  • banking
  • economic research, including PhD studies.

A master’s degree in economics also develops skills in writing, maths, econometrics and computing, which means that economics graduates have a number of transferable skills that are sought by employers.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Research Methodology
  • Quantitative Research Methods
  • Dissertation
  • Advanced Microeconomic Analysis
  • Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis
  • Microeconometrics 1

Optional modules

  • Introduction to Econometric Analysis
  • The Economics of the Multinational Enterprise
  • Regulation
  • The Economics of Financial Markets
  • Advanced International Macroeconomics and Finance
  • Development Economics
  • Economics of Public Policy
  • Economics of Social Policy
  • Social Policy of Health and Ageing
  • Microeconomics I
  • Macroeconomics I
  • Capstone Project
  • Microeconometrics 2
  • Macroeconometrics
  • Economics of Corporate Strategy
  • Topics in Business Economics
  • Microfinance

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