MSc Economics

Course description

Manchester is a leading centre for economics and research-led teaching. Graduate students from across the globe come to study economics at Manchester, attracted by our first-class postgraduate training and supervision in the core and specialist areas of economics.

Many famous names from the world of economics have worked here at Manchester, including three Nobel Prize winners.

The MSc also provides the option of specialising in the following areas:

• econometrics;
• environmental economics; and
• health economics.

Aims

This course will:

provide balanced and rigorous training in modern economics theories and techniques at postgraduate level;
introduce you to key concepts, ideas, tools and techniques via core and optional course units;
demonstrate and develop your skills by writing a summer dissertation.

Upon completion of the course, you should be able to read and understand the leading economics journals, develop economic models of your own from which to derive original results and offer a critique of underlying theories.

Teaching and learning

Part-time students complete the full-time course over two years. There are no evening or weekend course units available on this route.

You must first check the schedule of the compulsory course units and then select your optional units to suit your requirements.

Updated timetable information will be available from mid-August and you will have the opportunity to discuss your unit choices during induction week with your Course Director.

Coursework and assessment

The Master of Economics is awarded by the University on the recommendation of the Board of the School of Social Sciences, Graduate Office. The degree will be awarded with a pass, merit or distinction.

Students who fail a master's degree may be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma if they satisfy the appropriate conventions. Once a diploma has been awarded in these circumstances, a student cannot re-enrol on a master's degree.

In Economics, there are three standard methods of assessment:

• written examination only;
• written examination plus an essay, test, or project;
• examinations are usually 2 hours in length.

A UK 2:1 honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in economics, finance, mathematics or a related subject with economic theory, mathematics and econometrics studied at a high level. When assessing your academic record we take into account your grades, your academic references, and the standing of the institution where you studied.