📖Program Curriculum
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
YEAR 1
You will study
Introduction to the market mechanism
International trade
Economic development
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomic policy in an open economy
Introduction to mathematics
YEAR 2
You will study
Intermediate macroeconomics
Intermediate microeconomics
Introductory mathematics (continued) and introduction to statistics
You will also study other subjects in 1 and 2 see Flexible degrees
YEARS 3 AND 4
If you progress to Honours ( 3 and 4) you will choose a selection of business economics industry and finance related courses These are designed to put economic tools to work analysing activities inside a business and explore how stock markets and other financial markets work and how the strategic decisions of corporations interact with financial markets
You will have the opportunity to take optional courses on econometrics and mathematical methods as well as courses dedicated to a wide range of economics topics including core economic skills financial markets firm behaviour growth and development policy alternative perspectives and other areas of interest You will research and write a dissertation in your final
Course details
Single Joint Honours Business Economics
Business Economics Year 1
ECONOMICS 1A
ECONOMICS 1B
Business Economics Year 2
ECONOMICS 2A
ECONOMICS 2B
INTRODUCTORY MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMISTS
INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS FOR ECONOMISTS
You will also study other subjects in 1 and 2 see Flexible degrees
Single Honours Business Economics
Students must complete at least four of the following optional courses in either their junior or senior honours
ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS CONTRACTS AND GOVERNANCE
ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS STRATEGY AND REGULATION
ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRY
MARKETS AND COMPETITION POLICY
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
FINANCIAL MARKETS AND CORPORATE FINANCE
Economic and Social History courses for Single Honours students
The following course is available to students on a Single Honours Economics or Business Economics plan as an outside option even if they have not previously studied Economic and Social History Students should be aware though that this course is worth 20 credits
EUROPEAN POLITICAL INTEGRATION 1945-1992
Year 3 non-Honours
These courses are compulsory to students who are completing an (Social Sciences) Ordinary Degree for which 60 credits of level 3 courses are required
ECONOMICS 3 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS 3 ECONOMIC POLICIES AND GROWTH
Single Honours Business Economics Year 4
Business Economics Dissertation
+ Optional Economics courses
Joint Honours Economics and another subject
Students must complete three of the following optional courses in either their junior or senior honours
ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS CONTRACTS AND GOVERNANCE
ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS STRATEGY AND REGULATION
ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRY
MARKETS AND COMPETITION POLICY
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
FINANCIAL MARKETS AND CORPORATE FINANCE
Year 3 non-Honours
These courses are compulsory to students who are completing an (Social Sciences) Ordinary Degree for which 60 credits of level 3 courses are required
ECONOMICS 3 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS 3 ECONOMIC POLICIES AND GROWTH
Joint Honours Business Economics Year 4
Business Economics Dissertation
+ Optional Economics courses
Economics Honours Optional Courses
ECONOMETRICS 1 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMETRICS 2 MULTIPLE REGRESSION AND APPLICATIONS
ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS CONTRACTS AND GOVERNANCE
ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS STRATEGY AND REGULATION
ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRY
MARKETS AND COMPETITION POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
FINANCIAL MARKETS AND CORPORATE FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS INFLATION UNEMPLOYMENT AND GROWTH
MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM PUBLIC DECISION AND INFORMATION
NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INEQUALITY
ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC GROWTH FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
COLLECTIVE WELFARE AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
HEALTH ECONOMICS
GAME THEORY FOR ECONOMISTS
LABOUR ECONOMICS
MARKET FAILURES AND MECHANISM DESIGN
ECONOMICS OF BANKING
ECONOMICS OF POVERTY DISCRIMINATION AND DEVELOPMENT
ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON TOPICS IN ECONOMICS
MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR ECONOMISTS
FINANCIAL CRISES
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS WITH MATLAB
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Note the portfolio of Honours optional courses is subject to review and change each academic
Service courses
This course is available only to students studying engineering degrees
MICROECONOMICS E1
Programme alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised In exceptional circumstances however the University may withdraw or alter a programme For more information please see Student contract
