BSc Economics & Econometrics
Description:
BSc Economics and Econometrics is an undergraduate degree course in the School of Economics, designed for students who have or have not studied business, economics or a related subject previously.
You will focus on coverage of economic principles and econometric techniques, adopting a relatively technical approach to most of the material. In studying BSc Economic and Econometrics you will acquire a thorough knowledge and appreciation or core economic theory and econometric methods and be expected to have a detailed understanding of how theory and method can be applied to solve practical problems.
You will develop your ability to engage with key economic theory and issues, to construct reasoned and workable suggestions and solutions, and to assess the impact of recent and ongoing changes to economic and organisational circumstances.
Year 1
Core modules
- Introduction to economic institutions and policy
- Introductory quantitative techniques
- Mathematics for economics: Introductory maths techniques
- Principles of macroeconomics
- Principles of microeconomics
Year 2
Core modules
- Career management skills
- Economic theory
- Intermediate macroeconomics
- Intermediate microeconomics
- Introductory econometrics
- Mathematics for econometrics
- Mathematics for economists
Final year
Core modules
- Advanced macroeconomics
- Advanced microeconomics
- Applied econometrics
- Business forecasting
- Econometric methods
Optional modules
Economics of development, Economics of labour, Environmental economics, European economic integration, European urban & regional economics, International economics, Money & banking, Processes of long term political & economic change and Public economics.