Economics MSc

Throughout the year, core modules will develop your fundamental knowledge and skills. As well as macroeconomics and microeconomics, you’ll study econometrics and its application to real-life situations.<br/><br/>Building on your knowledge and experience from the core modules, you’ll be able to choose a number of optional modules, allowing you to specialise in particular areas of economics and expand your knowledge in directions of your choice.<br/><br/>Optional modules include, for example, ‘Environmental Economics and Policy’, which introduces a micro-economic approach to pressing environmental issues. On this module, you’ll conceptualise environmental problems and explore environmental policies that seek to restore optimal allocation of resources.<br/><br/>‘Global Economic Coordination and Governance’ is another optional module which explores the past, present and possible futures of global economic coordination and governance. Here you’ll consider the challenges of designing a sustainable, productive global economics structure and financial-governance framework for the future.<br/><br/>Throughout the year you’ll also develop your understanding of research methods and practices. In your dissertation, you’ll apply these skills to produce an independent research project on a topic of your choice, to be submitted by the end of the course.