MA (Economics)

by The University of Edinburgh Claim Listing

This programme gives you the opportunity to examine the economic incentives that shape and reconcile the important decisions made by individuals, businesses, governments and societies.

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4 Years

Course Details

This programme gives you the opportunity to examine the economic incentives that shape and reconcile the important decisions made by individuals, businesses, governments and societies.

 

You will explore the macroeconomic outcomes that arise from those decisions, such as:

  • economic fluctuations
  • growth
  • unemployment
  • crises

 

An understanding of these issues is vital for economic forecasting or influencing economic performance or policy.

 

Why Edinburgh?

Our staff makes up one of the leading groups of economic theorists in Europe. We are the base for the Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics.

We receive consistently high ratings for academic standards, teaching and learning resources.

 

What You Will Study:

  • Year 1
  • You will study Economics 1 and two further courses.
  • Year 2
  • You will study:
  • Economics 2
  • Statistical Methods of Economics
  • two further courses
  • Year 3
  • You will study:
  • Topics in Microeconomics
  • Essentials of Econometrics
  • Topics in Macroeconomics
  • Applications of Econometrics
  • You will also take two economics honours option courses.
  • Year 4
  • You will undertake a dissertation in economics and four economics honours option courses.
  • Programme structure
  • Find out more about the compulsory and optional courses in this degree programme.
  • To give you an idea of what you will study on this programme, we publish the latest available information. However, please note this may not be for your year of entry, but for a different academic year.
 
 

Standard Entry Requirement:

  • The standard entry requirement is:
  • SQA Highers: AAAAA (achievement by end of S5 preferred). BBB must be achieved in one year of S4-S5.
  • A Levels: A*AA.
  • IB: 39 points with 666 at HL.
  • Minimum entry requirement
  • The minimum entry requirement for widening access applicants is:
  • SQA Highers: ABBB by end of S6. BBB must be achieved in one year of S4-S5.
  • A Levels: ABB.
  • IB: 34 points with 655 at HL.
  • Edinburgh Branch

    Centre for Open Learning, Paterson's Land, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

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