BSc Economics at SOAS University of London

The programme combines a multitude of different assessment types, core modules that include training in the programming language R and the option to take a professional placement module. Coupled with our renowned expertise in real-world and regional economics and an emphasis to a pluralist approach to teaching economic theory and policy, the degree will help you become a well-rounded, rigorous economist of today.

Department: Department of Economics  |  Duration: 3 or 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students take 120 credits composed of Core, Compulsory and Optional modules. Core and compulsory modules include Economic Principles (Macro), Economic Principles (Micro), Applied Economic Issues in the Global Economy, Elementary Statistics, Statistics, Global Economic Policy, Contemporary issues in the global economy: Theory and Applications.

Career pathways

Economics graduates leave SOAS with a solid grounding in statistical skills and an ability to think laterally, take a global perspective, and employ critical reasoning.

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