Russell Square International College

BSc Economics

UNDER THE ACADEMIC GUIDANCE OF LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Economics is the systematic study of questions relating to individual choice and the resulting interactions. The questions studied range from: how much of its income a household chooses to save and what goods it chooses to buy, to how all the households and businesses in the country interact to determine national output, the balance of payments, inflation and unemployment.

What it prepares you for:

  • A career as an economist in academia, industry, finance or the government.
  • A range of related careers such as accountancy, banking and managerial jobs. The combination of verbal reasoning, mathematical and quantitative skills make it attractive to many employers.

Features of Degree

  • The degree will teach you an approach to a logical analysis of social and individual decision making.
  • It is centred on core of economic theory and the tools it require
  • Your studies will develop your knowledge of essential mathematical techniques such as calculus and statistics.
  • Above all, the study of economics develops a mental approach suitable for analysing a whole range of problems, often outside what is thought of as the conventional domain of economics

Course Structure
Foundation Units

Standard Route – 100 course

  • EC1002 Introduction to economics
  • ST104A Statistics 1 (half course) and ST104B Statistics 2* (half course)
  • T105A Mathematics 1 (half course) and MT105B Mathematics 2** (half course)
  • One course (or two half courses) from Selection groups F(i), F(ii) or F(iii)

 

Standard Route – 200 and 300 courses

  • EC2020 Elements of econometrics (EC1002) + (ST104A or ST104B) + (MT105A or MT105B or MT1174)
  • EC2065 Macroeconomics (EC1002) + (MT105A or MT1174)
  • EC2066 Microeconomics (EC1002) + (MT105A or MT1174)
  • One 300 course from Selection group E
  • One 300 course from Selection group E
  • One 300 course from Selection group E
  • One 200 or 300 course from Selection group E
  • One 100, 200 or 300 course (or two half courses) from any of the Selection groups