Economics Degree Programs & Progression at Manchester's School of Social Sciences, Study Guides, Projects, Research of Economics

Download Economics Degree Programs & Progression at Manchester's School of Social Sciences and more Study Guides, Projects, Research Economics in PDF only on Docsity! Economics School of Social Sciences Dr Ralf Becker Deputy Head of Discipline Area, Economics School of Social Sciences MANCHESTER. 1824 The University of Manchester MANCHESTER. The University of Manchester Why study economics? What are the economic consequences of different ways to exit? "Balancing The Account dy Hand” by Ken Teegardin, used undes-CC BY-SA 2.0 / Deseturaced from origin, with colous filter, 27 April 2016 Development, Public Finance Authors: Michael Best (Stanford), Anne Brockmeyer (World Bank), Henrik Kleven (LSE), Johannes Spinnewijn (LSE), Mazhar Waseem (Manchester) Designing tax policy in high-evasion economies Source: Microeconomicinsight.org Progression in Economics • Most Economics courses are 10 credits • Year 1 and Year 2 required Economics courses are mainly Compulsory. • Compulsory, Core and Optional – Core and Compulsory courses you have to choose to complete degree requirement. – In addition Compulsory courses must be passed at a grade of 40. • First year does not count towards your degree but: – if you fail any compulsory course you will fail the year. – And in subsequent years we assume that you know everything from Year 1! 1st Year Schedule No matter which Economics Programme you take (but for BA Social Sciences) YOU MUST (Compulsory) TAKE ONE PATH OF EACH: MATHS/STATS (20 credits) – Paths A, B or C AND ECONOMICS (20 credits) – Path 1 or 2 Paths are subject to your pre-University educational background and Degree. PATH 1: Economic Principles: ECON10041 and ECON10042 ECON10041 Microeconomic Principles ECON10042 Macroeconomic Principles An introduction to economics for those who have never taken an advanced level (A Level or equivalent) in economics before. If you have an A Level in Economics you CANNOT take this path, but you MUST take path 2: The UK Economy. How to read course codes Any course code ending with 1 implies first semester course Any course code ending with 2 implies second semester course Any course code ending with 0 implies a year long course covering both semesters. P: pre-requisites – courses that must taken previously (in Programme Specs) C: co-requisites – courses should be taken together (in the same academic year). 1st Year Economics Options Economics offers the following optional courses (to both BEconSc and BA(Econ) programmes): • ECON10002 An Introduction to Development Studies Introduce main concepts, methods and institutions (World Bank, IMF etc) used in development economics and prepare you for more advanced courses on this area. • SOST10142 Applied Statistics for Economists Introduce concepts and methods used by statisticians for interpreting sample surveys . Use of statistics, simple regressions and hypothesis tests to check for the robustness of survey results (sample means, variances, correlation and regression coefficients). 2nd Year Schedule Mixture of compulsory and optional units BA Econ: (Max 80 credits from one pathway) Economics Honours – 60 Compulsory credits Economics Joint Honours – 40 Compulsory credits. Check your Programme Specification for details that relate to your particular pathway PPE: (40 credits of Economics) min of 20 credits of Micro- and/or Macroeconomics 2nd Year Schedule Compulsory units ECON20351: Microeconomics IIA ECON20352: Microeconomics IIB ECON20401: Macroeconomics IIA ECON20402: Macroeconomics IIB ECON20110: Econometrics 2nd Year Schedule Compulsory units ECON20351: Microeconomics IIA ECON20352: Microeconomics IIB ECON20401: Macroeconomics IIA ECON20402: Macroeconomics IIB ECON20110: Econometrics Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) 20 out 40 credits 2nd Year Schedule You must take course units totalling 120 units with no more than 80 units from one area of specialisation ECON20000: Managerial Economics ECON20091/2: Operational Research IA/IB ECON20101: Economics of Environmental Management ECON20120: Mathematical Economics I ECON20191: Marketing Research ECON20281: Further Mathematics for Economists ECON20291: Statistics for Economists ECON20321: Development Economics IIA ECON20332: Development Economics IIB ECON20341/2: Business Economics IA/IB ECON20431 Economics of Public Policy 3rd Year Schedule Mixture of compulsory and optional units BA Econ: Single Honours: At least 80 credits from one pathway (60 Core credits, Micro- and Macroeconomics and Econometrics – if not taken in Year 2). Joint Honours: At least 50 credits from each pathway. PPE: No minimum requirement Possible dissertation in Economics A General Comment Most Economics Course units • Tend to be more ‘technical’ than those offered by other discipline areas. • They require knowledge of economic concepts, maths, stats, and econometrics. Hence they have many prerequisites!! • Failure to select carefully your first and second year courses will exclude you from many courses and options. Some Useful Advice You will come across plenty of information and you are not expected to absorb everything There is a wide variety of support available: • Academic Advisors • Programme Administrators • Programme Directors • Programme Tutors (for BA Econ) • Under-Graduate Directors • More specific support is mentioned in your handbook Events for Students • Lunch with Economists (Facebook Group: Lunch with the Economist) • Economics Extra (look out for notices) • Twitter Account: @ManUniEconomics, Careers Employers of Manchester Economics Graduates Accenture Bank of America JP Morgan Price Waterhouse Cooper Deloitte Inland Revenue KPMG British Telecom Ernst and Young Financial Times Government Econ Services Manchester City Council Lloyds Insurance Sainsbury's The British Council Tesco Barclays Capital Citigroup Pearson Home Office Source: Graduate DLHE Survey, various years Source: Walker and Zhu (2013), Impact of University Degrees, BIS Research Paper No. 112. Earnings Premium over 2+ A-levels by Subject On behalf of the Economics Discipline Area I wish you a great time at Manchester