Economics and Philosophy

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Gain a wide range of skills on this exciting Joint Honours degree, which gives you in-depth understanding of economic issues in business, society and public life as well as asking important questions about how we see and understand the world.
You’ll explore economic theory and approaches through core modules, as well as learning how to think clearly and construct effective arguments. You’ll learn about logic, ethics, the mind and reality as well as macro- and microeconomics. However, you’ll then develop this knowledge through your choice from a wide range of optional modules, which allow you to specialise in topics that appeal to you.
Philosophy of politics, science, language, religion, ethics and the mind, and thinkers such as Hume and Nietzsche are among the topics you could study, alongside economic development, international trade, public enterprise or the economics of work and labour. It’s a great way to broaden your horizons and discover two different but connected disciplines.
Leeds has great facilities for students of philosophy and economics. The world class Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and early printed material in its Special Collections– valuable assets for your independent research. Our other library resources are also excellent, and the University Library offers a comprehensive training programme to help you make the most of them.

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAA excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking
excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking.
GCSE: Grade 7/A in Mathematics
Other course specific tests:
Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABB at A Level (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ. tifying the best possible applicants, regardless of personal circumstances or...

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Subjects

  • Microeconomics
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Epistemology
  • Economics
  • Logic
  • International
  • Public
  • Joint
  • Economic Theory

Course programme

A Joint Honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each Single Honours course, but you’ll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects.

You’ll spend your first year studying core modules that introduce you to key principles, approaches and methods in each subject, such as economic theory and history, ethics, logic and constructing arguments. You’ll also gain the mathematical grounding you need for economic study, with different modules depending on your previous qualifications, and choose from optional modules on topics like philosophy of religion, science or the mind.

Over the next two years you’ll build on this knowledge base with core modules in microeconomics and macroeconomics, and you can maintain a balance across core philosophical topics such as value philosophy, logic and language and mind and knowledge. You’ll also extend your studies into a wide range of optional modules to pursue the topics that appeal to you, from health or labour economics to realism, epistemology, ethics and feminist philosophy.

Throughout these studies you’ll develop a wide range of subject knowledge as well as skills in analysis, problem-solving and research. You’ll have the chance to showcase these skills when you focus on a topic of your choice to produce an independently researched dissertation during your final year.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

You’ll choose from a wide range of optional modules while maintaining a balance across your subjects. Follow the links to the Programme Catalogue for more example optional modules and the full course structure.

Compulsory modules
  • Economics and Global History 10 credits
  • Economic Theory and Applications 1 20 credits
  • How to Think Clearly and Argue Well 20 credits
  • Introduction to Academic Skills 5 credits
Optional modules

Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.

  • History of Psychology 10 credits
  • Mathematics for Economics and Business 1 10 credits
  • Statistics for Economics and Business 1 10 credits
  • Mathematical Economics 10 credits
  • The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong 20 credits
  • How Science Works 10 credits
  • Great Philosophical Thinkers 20 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Intermediate Microeconomics 10 credits
  • Introduction to Econometrics 10 credits
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics 10 credits
Optional modules

Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.

  • Introduction to Health Economics 10 credits
  • The International Economic Environment 10 credits
  • Ethics and Economics 10 credits
  • Topics in Epistemology: Theory and Evidence 20 credits
  • Topics in Epistemology: Knowledge and Justification 20 credits
  • Philosophy of Religion 20 credits
  • Philosophy Students into Schools 20 credits

Year 3

Compulsory modules

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