MA (Hons) Economics and International Relations
Course Overview
This interdisciplinary course combines the analytical frameworks of Economics with the global perspective of International Relations to understand the complex challenges facing modern societies. You will learn to analyze issues like climate change, inequality, and international conflict, developing the expertise to advise on policy and strategy. The program offers a strong foundation for a high-earning career, with the flexibility to specialize in your areas of interest at advanced levels.
Key Program Highlights
- Analyze global issues like climate change, inequality, and international security through an economic lens.
- Develop expert skills to advise governments, NGOs, and multinational corporations on policy and strategy.
- Gain a unique interdisciplinary perspective by studying Politics alongside other subjects like History and Languages.
- Specialize in your specific areas of academic and career interest during the final years of the program.
- Build a foundation for diverse, high-earning opportunities in economics, international affairs, and beyond.
Course Overview
This interdisciplinary course combines the analytical frameworks of Economics with the global perspective of International Relations to understand the complex challenges facing modern societies. You will learn to analyze issues like climate change, inequality, and international conflict, developing the expertise to advise on policy and strategy. The program offers a strong foundation for a high-earning career, with the flexibility to specialize in your areas of interest at advanced levels.
Key Program Highlights
- Analyze global issues like climate change, inequality, and international security through an economic lens.
- Develop expert skills to advise governments, NGOs, and multinational corporations on policy and strategy.
- Gain a unique interdisciplinary perspective by studying Politics alongside other subjects like History and Languages.
- Specialize in your specific areas of academic and career interest during the final years of the program.
- Build a foundation for diverse, high-earning opportunities in economics, international affairs, and beyond.
Requirements
Modules
- Making of the Modern Economy
- Politics and Public Policy
- Global Economic Perspectives
- Introduction to Geography & Environmental Science - 2
- An Introduction to Geography & Environmental Science -1
- Revolutions in World History
- The Rise of Atlantic Empires, 1500-1750
- Core Mathematics I
- Core Mathematics II
- Applied French 1A (Intensive)
- Applied French 1A
- Applied French 1B (Intensive)
- Applied French 1B
- Plato and the Good Life
- Descartes, Thought and Reality
- Applied Spanish 1A (Intensive)
- Applied Spanish 1A
- Applied Spanish 1B (Intensive)
- Applied Spanish 1B
- Introductory Psychology:1
- Introductory Psychology:2
- Microeconomics
- Skills for Business and Economics
- Macroeconomics and Applied Policy
- International Relations
- Comparative Politics
- Career Planning Module Online
- Internship
- Economics of an Unequal World
- Earth Systems and Resources
- Earth System Function and Measurement
- Dynamic Human Worlds: Society, Culture, Economy
- Dynamic Physical Worlds: Earth, Water and Ice
- Scotland and the Wider World
- Core Mathematics III
- Core Mathematics IV
- Applied French 2A (Intensive)
- Applied French 2A
- Applied French 2B (Intensive)
- Applied French 2B
- Thinking about life: Existentialism, Life World and Dasein
- Aesthetics
- Applied Spanish 2A (Intensive)
- Applied Spanish 2A
- Applied Spanish 2B
- Understanding the Mind
- Microeconomic Analysis
- Macroeconomic Analysis
- Marketing
- Financial Institutions
- Marketing Strategy
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Applied Human Resource Management
- Competition and Market Regulation
- Applied Econometrics
- The Politics of the United Nations
- Political Theories of Justice
- Microeconomic Policy
- Macroeconomic Theory
- Macroeconomic Policy in Practice
- Strategic Economic Thinking and Behaviour
- School of Business Dissertation
- Economics of Globalisation
- International Finance
- Risk and Information
- Business Strategy
- Principles of Marketing Research
- Options, Futures, and Valuations
- Asset Pricing
- Politics and International Relations Dissertation
