Economics and politics bsc (econ) (hons)

Structure

You can complete your Economics and Politics degree in three, four or five years. If you choose to spend a year studying abroad, this will take place in Year 3, and the Year 3 modules will instead be studied in Year 4. If you are taking an integrated foundation year, this will take place before Year 1.

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3

Year 1 Compulsory

• Career Success for Economics and Finance Students
• Economics in Action
• Macroeconomics 1
• Mathematical Methods in Economics and Business 1
• Microeconomics 1
• Principles of Economics
• Thinking Politically: Introduction to Concepts, Theories and Ideologies

Choose from

• Background to British Politics
• Global Histories

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 2 Compulsory

• Games and Strategies
• Macroeconomics 2
• Microeconomics 2
• Modern Political Thought 1
• Statistical Methods in Economics

Choose at least one from

• Economics of Social Issues
• Financial Markets and Institutions
• Political Research
• Researching Everyday Politics

Choose one or two from

You may need to choose at least one politics module, depending on your other module choices.

Politics

• Accountability and Complexity in British Government
• Colonialism, Capitalism and Development
• Comparative European Politics I: Context and Institutional Development
• Comparative European Politics II: Issues and Performance
• European Integration
• Modernity: Theories of the State, Economy and Society
• Modern Political Thought 2
• Politics of International Law
• Power and Legitimacy in British Politics
• Power in Global Governance
• The International Politics of Security
• The International Politics of the Developing World
• US Politics
• War in World Politics

Economics

• Capital Market 1
• Econometrics 1
• Econometrics 2
• International Finance
• International Trade
• Money and Banking
• Selected Topics in Macroeconomics

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 3 Choose six to eight from

Your choices must include at least one Economics and two Politics modules.

Economics

• Advanced Microeconomics
• Applied Econometrics
• Behavioural Economics
• Business Cycles
• Corporate Strategy
• Development Economics
• Economics of Technology and Innovation
• Economics Project
• Environmental Economics
• Health Economics
• History of Economic Thought
• Labour Economics
• Macroeconomic Policy
• Political Economy
• Public Economics

Politics

• Africa and International Politics
• Analysing Public Policy
• Contemporary Russian Politics
• Global Ethics
• Globalisation: Issues and Debates
• Nationalism and Ethnicity in International Relations
• Parliamentary Studies
• Political Violence and Liberal Modernity
• Race and Racism in World Politics
• The European Union
• The Political Economy of Southeast Asia
• The Political Life of Security Methods
• The Politics of the Post-Colonial Middle East
• US Foreign Policy
• Utopia and Dystopia: Political, Economic and Literary Dreamworlds

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Study options

Apply for this degree with any of the following options. Take care to use the correct UCAS code - it may not be possible to change your selection later.

Integrated foundation year

International students can apply for our Economics and Politics BSc with an Integrated Foundation Year. The foundation year, taught on campus by Queen Mary lecturers, prepares you for the rest of the programme and can be started in either September or January.

Year abroad

Go global and study abroad as part of your degree – apply for our Economics and Politics BSc with a Year Abroad. Queen Mary has links with universities in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia (partnerships vary for each degree programme).

Find out more about study abroad opportunities at Queen Mary and what the progression requirements are.