MCom Environmental and Energy Economics at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The Master of Commerce by coursework and research report in the field of Environmental and Energy Economics aims to train economists with a set of skills to be used in the applied economic analysis that inform environmental and energy policies aimed at remedying market failures in these sectors. In recent decades, environmental economics have increasingly become critically important to analyse and understand environmental, energy and climate problems and to offer the basis for designing policy solutions. Particularly, recent years have seen a proliferation of policy interest to change energy systems from being centralised and carbon intensive to decentralised and low carbon in keeping with t

Faculty: Commerce, Law and Management | Department: Economics and Finance | Duration: 1 - 2 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

This coursework Masters programme is structured as a one-year full-time or a two-year part-time qualification. The programme comprises a research report together with a total of six courses, including five compulsory courses and one elective. Compulsory courses: Energy Economics [15 credits] This course deals with theoretical and empirical energy topics.

Career pathways

There is good reason to believe that the demand for training in environmental, resource and energy economics is high in South Africa, considering the apparent shortage of trained manpower in these fields. Graduate level training in this field is uncommon across the African continent.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in the field of Economics or Bachelor of Science with Honours in the field of Agricultural Economics or an equivalent and must have achieved an average of at least 65% to be considered.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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