Economics-BA
Bachelor's degree
In Durham
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Bachelor's degree
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Durham
Our BA Economics concentrates on the fundamental theories and techniques to help you build a successful career in this competitive field. Taking in historic and current, domestic and international perspectives, you’ll develop an in-depth understanding of the subject at all levels.
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Admissions Process Subject requirements, level and grade In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note: For all Single and Joint Honours degrees involving Economics, including Philosophy, Politics and Economics, we require you to obtain a Grade A at A-level Mathematics or its equivalent. For students taking the IB we are happy to accept either Higher Level grade 6 or Standard Level grade 7. If an applicant is taking Mathematics and Further Mathematics, a further two subjects must be taken at A2-level....
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Course programme
In the first year, in addition to the compulsory modules of Principles of Economics, Economic Methods, and The World Economy, you choose three further optional modules from a selection that in previous years has included:
- Accounting and Finance in Business
- Introduction to Environmental Economics
- Introduction to the History of Economic Thought
- A module chosen from another department, which could include a foreign language.
In the second year, you study three compulsory modules investigating Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Economic Data Analysis, and choose three optional modules from a selection which in the past has included:
- Behavioural and Experimental Economics
- Business Competition
- Corporate Finance
- Economics of Social Policy
- European Economics
- Intermediate Methods for Economics and Finance
- One module from another department, which could include a foreign language.
You could spend the third term of your second year studying economics modules at either the University of Trento or the University of Pisa. Students who choose this option study five Durham modules before going to Italy for the Easter term. The Durham May/June examinations are taken whilst in Italy.
Year 3In the third year, you study a compulsory double module in which you write a Dissertation. In addition, you study four optional modules from a selection which in the past has included:
- Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
- Advanced Microeconomic Theory
- Applied Econometrics
- Development Economics
- Environmental Economics and Policy
- Financial Theory and Corporate Policy
- History of Economic Thought
- Industrial Organisation
- International Economics
- Labour Economics
- Monetary Economics
- Public Economics
- Security Investment Analysis
- Game Theory and Applications
- Post-Keynesian Economics
- One module from another department which could include a foreign language.
Economics-BA