THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met with your Student Adviser.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Economics Year 1 Fundamentals

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Note: You may not choose this course if you have a high school qualification in Economics.
OR

Fundamentals of Algebra and Calculus

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
OR

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, S, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, S, T and W
Notes:
Level 7 courses may be taken with the permission of your Student Adviser, subject to a maximum of 40 credits over Years 1 and 2.

Attention is drawn to the following Economics options courses: ECNM08003, Economics Applications; ECNM08019, Introductory Financial Economics; ECNM08024, Development, Inequality and Trade; ECNM08025, Global Priorities; ECNM08026, Introductory Behavioural and Experimental Economics.
OR

Challenge Courses: Engaging with complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Challenge Courses are designed to bring together students from different degree programmes to explore the complex issues facing the world today through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking.

Working with each other and expert academics, students will gain new perspectives and develop important life skills highly valued by employers, such as teamwork, problem-solving and adaptability.

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Year 3 normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in Years 1 and 2; (ii) a pass in Economics 2; (iii) a pass in Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations; (iv) a pass in Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics; (v) a pass in Probability; and (vi) a pass in Statistics.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
EXCLUDING: CMSE08002 Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques.

Level 7 courses may be taken with the permission of your Student Adviser, subject to a maximum of 40 credits over Years 1 and 2.

Attention is drawn to the following Economics options courses: ECNM08019, Introductory Financial Economics; ECNM08024, Development, Inequality and Trade; ECNM08025, Global Priorities; ECNM08026, Introductory Behavioural and Experimental Economics; MATH08065 Computing and Numerics.

Students should be aware of pre-requisites for Year 3 Maths courses.
OR

Modelling and Computing

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students considering a transfer onto a single Honours Maths programme are strongly recommended to take Modelling and Computing.
OR

Challenge Courses: Engaging with complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Challenge Courses are designed to bring together students from different degree programmes to explore the complex issues facing the world today through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking.

Working with each other and expert academics, students will gain new perspectives and develop important life skills highly valued by employers, such as teamwork, problem-solving and adaptability.

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Year 3 normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in Years 1 and 2; (ii) a pass in Economics 2; (iii) a pass in Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations; (iv) a pass in Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics; (v) a pass in Statistics (Year 2); and (vi) a pass in Probability.

Students who spend their third year abroad at a partner university must complete and pass a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), all of which must be in Economics and Statistics. Students must complete and pass equivalent courses to the Year 3 compulsory courses, but subject to additional requirements as described in the Study Abroad Information, available on Sharepoint.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Economics Course Options for Joint Programmes Year 3 (A)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Economics Course Options Year 3 (joint programmes)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Economics and Stats Core Course Options Year 3

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students must take at least two of the following courses across Years 3 and 4:
- Applied Statistics
- Multivariate Data Analysis
- Statistics in Education
- Stochastic Modelling
- Theory of Statistical Inference

Theory of Statistical Inference is a Y4 only course.
AND

Economics and Stats Y3 Maths Options Sem 1

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students should consult the prerequisites for Year 4 Mathematics courses to ensure that they choose appropriately from the courses below.
AND

Economics and Stats Y3 Maths Options Sem 2

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students should consult the prerequisites for Year 4 Mathematics courses to ensure that they choose appropriately from the courses below.
AND

HAIg/HAna/HCoV/HDEq choices

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students should consult the prerequisites for Year 4 Mathematics courses to ensure that they choose appropriately from the courses below.

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Degree Classification Weighting is based on 240 credits: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 10 credits and constitutes one 10-credit paper. The following are the twenty four 10-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based (papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 20 credits are, therefore, listed twice and papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed four times) as follows:

From third year: 1) Topics in Microeconomics 2) Topics in Microeconomics 3) Essentials of Econometrics 4) Essentials of Econometrics 5) Topics in Macroeconomics OR Applications of Econometrics 6) Topics in Macroeconomics OR Applications of Econometrics 7) Statistical Methodology 8) Stochastic Modelling 9) Statistical Computing 10) Statistics Honours option 11) Economics or Statistics Honours option 12) Economics or Statistics Honours option.

From fourth year: 13) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 14) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 15) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 16) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 17) Economics Honours option 18) Economics Honours option 19) Economics Honours option 20) Economics Honours option 21) Statistics Honours option 22) Statistics Honours option 23) Statistics Honours option 24) Statistics Honours option.

Degree Classification Weighting for students who spent their third year abroad is based on 120 credits: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 10 credits and constitutes one 10-credit paper. The following are the twelve 10-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based (papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 20 credits are, therefore, listed twice and papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed four times) as follows:

From fourth year: 1) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 2) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 3) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 4) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 5) Economics Honours option 6) Economics Honours option 7) Economics Honours option 8) Economics Honours option 9) Statistics Honours option 10) Statistics Honours option 11) Statistics Honours option 12) Statistics Honours option.

Students who spent their third year abroad at a partner university must have completed and passed a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), all of which must have been in Economics and Statistics. Students must take third year compulsory courses for which they did not take suitable substitutes on their year abroad. Additional requirements are described on Sharepoint.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Economics and Statistics Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Economics Course Options Year 4 (joint programmes)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Economics and Stats Y4 Statistics Courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students must take at least two of the following courses across Years 3 and 4:
- Applied Statistics
- Multivariate Data Analysis
- Statistics in Education
- Stochastic Modelling
- Theory of Statistical Inference

Level 11 courses may be taken if students meet the pre-requisites.
AND

Economics and Stats Y4 Maths Options - Sem 1

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Level 11 courses may be taken if students meet the pre-requisites
AND

Economics and Stats Y4 Maths Options - Sem 2

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Level 11 courses may be taken if students meet the pre-requisites
AND

Economics and Stats Y4 Maths Options - Full Year

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Taking Statistical Case Studies is permissible, but not recommended - SCS and the required dissertation or project are year-long courses with final deadlines very close together.

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