Economics

Overview

You gain a rigorous training in the key areas of economics through studying the following topics:

• Strategic behaviour, public choice and general equilibrium
• Modern theory and methods with application to policy
• Optimisation theory, formal economic arguments, and the role of equilibrium
• Econometric methods

Your future

After completing your masters, you may wish to extend your knowledge with a research degree –many Essex graduates decide to stay here for further study.

Alternatively, the Economics course offered by the University of Essex also prepares you for employment; recent surveys have shown that higher degree graduates are more likely to obtain jobs at professional or managerial level.

Our recent MSc Economics graduates have gone on to work for a range of high-profile organisations:

• The Ministry of Finance
• HM Treasury
• The Work Foundation
• Fitch Ratings
• Schroders Investment Management

More generally, our graduates find employment in roles such as business and financial analysts, management consultants, government officials, and economists for banks and other financial organisations.