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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) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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