Honours Programmes in Economics (2023 and 2024)
Pure economics stream (credits in parentheses)
Compulsory modules
Course outlines of modules can be found here
Research Assignment (30) - Semesters 1 and 2
Macroeconomics (12) - Semester 2
Microeconomics (12) - Semester 1
Mathematical Methods for Economics (14) [preceded by a 3 week intensive mathematics course] - Semester 1
Introductory Econometrics (12) - Semester 1
Electives (At least 4 electives must be taken. Not all these modules are necessarily available every year. All modules listed below count for 10 credits each)
2023 | 2024 (preliminary, subject to change) | ||
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Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
Development Economics | Economics of Education I | Development Economics | Economics of Education I |
Economic History | Financial Economics | Economic History | Financial Economics |
Public Economics | Industrial Organisation | Public Economics | Industrial Organisation |
Monetary Economics | Monetary Economics | ||
Behavioural Economics | Behavioural Economics | ||
International Finance | International Finance | ||
International Trade Theory and Policy | International Trade Theory and Policy | ||
Capita Selecta | Capita Selecta | ||
Not offered every year | |||
Economics of Discrimination | Labour Economics | Institutional Economics | |
Health Economics | |||
Economics of Technological Change |
Information specific to this programme can be found here:
- General information on admission and selection requirements for this programme can be found here.
- The Financial Economics stream is a second option within this programme.
Alternatively please visit the page for the Economics and Mathematical Statistics programme.
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Upcoming Seminars
Monday 28 July 202512:00-13:00
Dr Neil Rankin: Ceo Of Predictive Insights & Stellenbosch University
Topic: "TBC"
12:00-13:00
Prof Willem Boshoff: Stellenbosch University
Topic: "Two competing approaches in South African competition policy: merger control and anti-cartel enforcement over the past 30 years"
12:00-13:00
Professor Johan Fourie: Stellenbosch University
Topic: "Economic History: TBC"
BER Weekly
18 Jul 2025 Encouraging data, but messy politics while US tariff deadline loomsThe big global data prints of the week came on Tuesday, with better-than-expected Chinese GDP growth for Q2 and US core CPI coming in lower than expected, but still (finally) reflecting some signs of tariffs being passed on to consumers. Locally, the uptick in mining production and retail sales was positive for Q2 GDP dynamics. In addition to the data,...
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