- Articulate socio-economic policy recommendations based on sound scientific reasoning
- Be able to interpret and communicate economic issues to a wider non-specialist audience including decision makers, NGOs, practitioners, and the media
- Demonstrate ability to conduct independent and original basic and applied research in economics
- Demonstrate mastery of the issues, theories and latest advances in at least one of the sub-fields of economics
- Explore the relationship between theory and practice; test theories by using published and bespoke data sets
- Know how to use an econometric approach to model economic phenomenon, estimate the resulting model, and interpret the estimated parameters
- Understand the main models across different fields of economics;
Our learning environment provides a solid foundation in fundamental economic concepts, and the small group classes, presentations by past students and employers of MSc graduates, and weekly seminars from leading academics encourage students to obtain exposure to cutting-edge research and real-world experiences of economists.
This programme uses small-group teaching in the subjects of microeconomics, macroeconomics, quantitative analysis, and econometrics during semester 1.
In semester 2, students have small-group teaching in elective subjects such as international trade, as well as more advanced courses in the core topics.
The summer semester is devoted to thesis research: students identify and articulate a research problem and present a report detailing how they developed and executed a research plan to resolve the problem.