Honours Programmes in Economics (2023 and 2024)

778 Honours programme in Economics - General Information

Admission requirements

• A bachelor’s degree (NQF level 7) with an average mark of at least 60% for a final year major in Economics (equivalent to content and focus of Stellenbosch University’s Economics 318 and 348 modules).
• At least 60% as your achievement mark in the intensive Mathematics course that precedes the formal programme.

• A Mathematics mark in the National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) of at least 60% or have passed a university-accredited mathematical module approved by the Department of Economics.

Selection

Selection of students in accordance with the University's official selection policy may be unavoidable due to the limited number of students that can be accommodated on the programme.

Duration

12 months. Programme must be completed within 3 years of date of first registration. If not, the compulsory modules need to be redone.

Credits

A minimum of 120 credits. A maximum of 20 credits may be earned from a related and approved field of study.

Assessment

Examinations are written at the end of the first semester in June and at the end of the second semester in November. Examination results are supplemented by the assessment of course work, including a relatively large number of essays and an assignment.

Programme content

One of two streams can be chosen for the honours programme: Pure economics or Financial economics.

Medium of instruction

English.

Closing date for application

Applications for a specific year must be received by the end of October of the previous year (South African citizens). For international students the closing date is the end of September of the previous year.

Commencement of programme

Early January.

Information on specific streams within this programme can be found here:

• The pure economics stream allows students flexibility in choosing electives from other sub-fields.
• Students choose particular modules within the Financial Economics stream that prepare them for careers in the financial sector.

Alternatively please visit the page for the  Economics and Mathematical Statistics programme.