Economics

Overview

At Essex we push the frontiers of accepted wisdom, critically examining the decisions of individuals, the strategies of firms, and the policies of governments to understand and challenge the standard paradigms of economics. On this course, you build a thorough understanding of the key areas of economics through studying these topics:

• Strategic behaviour, public choice, fiscal and monetary policy, theories of growth
• Modern theory and methods with application to policy
• Formal economic arguments, and the role of equilibrium
• Econometric methods

Your future

After completing your Economics  course offered by the University of Essex , you may wish to extend your knowledge with a research degree –many Essex graduates decide to stay here for further study.Alternatively, our course also helps prepare you for employment; recent surveys have shown that higher degree graduates are more likely to obtain jobs at professional or managerial level.Our recent Master’s level 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