Economics PgDip

At Essex we push the frontiers of accepted wisdom, critically examining the decisions of individuals, the strategies of firms, and the policies of governments to understand and challenge the standard paradigms of economics. In our popular flagship masters course you will develop the expert research mind-set required for a high-profile job in finance or business.<br/><br/>You gain a rigorous training in the key areas of economics through studying the following topics:<br/><br/><br/>- Strategic behaviour, public choice and general equilibrium <br/><br/><br/>- Modern theory and methods with application to policy <br/><br/><br/>- Optimisation theory, formal economic arguments, and the role of equilibrium <br/><br/><br/>- Econometric methods <br/>