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Degree Programme Table: Economics (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCECONO1F)

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students must take a total of 180 credits.

Both Econometrics 2 courses may be taken with permission of the programme director.

Students taking ECNM11073 Mathematical Microeconomics 1 will take one fewer option course.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Mathematics, Statistics and Econometrics

Must be taken during Flexible

ECNM11002 0 credits
Macroeconomics 1

Must be taken during Semester 1

ECNM11024 20 credits
Macroeconomics 2

Must be taken during Block 3 (Sem 2)

ECNM11022 10 credits
Microeconomics 2

Must be taken during Block 3 (Sem 2)

ECNM11025 10 credits
Econometrics 1

Must be taken during Semester 1

ECNM11043 20 credits
Econometrics Project

Must be taken during Blocks 1-3 (Sem 1-2)

ECNM11051 10 credits
Dissertation (MSc Economics / Economics (Econometrics) / Economics (Finance))

Must be taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

ECNM11098 50 credits

Course options

Econometrics 2

Select between 10 and 20 credits of the following courses
Econometrics 2 - Time Series
ECNM11089 10 credits
Econometrics 2 - Microeconometrics
ECNM11091 10 credits
AND

Microeconomics/Mathematical Microeconomics 1

Select between 20 and 30 credits of the following courses
Microeconomics 1
ECNM11023 20 credits
Mathematical Microeconomics 1
ECNM11073 30 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) W/W - Economics (MSc) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 20 and 30 credits of the following courses
Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM11005 10 credits
Advanced Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM11006 10 credits
Development and Methodology of Economic Thought
ECNM11008 10 credits
Economics of Labour Markets
ECNM11009 10 credits
Health Economics
ECNM11013 10 credits
Industrial Organisation
ECNM11014 10 credits
International Money and Finance
ECNM11015 10 credits
International Trade
ECNM11016 10 credits
Economic Policy
ECNM11017 10 credits
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
ECNM11028 10 credits
Development Economics
ECNM11030 10 credits
Topics in Economic History
ECNM11041 10 credits
Advanced Microeconometrics
ECNM11048 10 credits
Advanced Time Series Econometrics
ECNM11049 10 credits
Experimental Economics and Finance
ECNM11053 10 credits
Bayesian Econometrics
ECNM11060 10 credits
Statistical Learning with Applications in Python
ECNM11099 10 credits
Computational Macroeconomics
ECNM11101 10 credits
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