BA (Hons) Social Policy and Economics
Course Overview
This interdisciplinary course explores the intersection of social policy and economics to understand how societies allocate resources and design services to meet public needs. You will analyze contemporary social and economic challenges, gaining the analytical skills to address major questions about welfare, inequality, and public policy in a rapidly changing world. The program culminates in an independent research project, allowing you to investigate a topic of your choice in depth.
Key Program Highlights
- Analyze pressing social and economic challenges facing Scotland, the UK, and beyond.
- Gain insight into how different societies organise resources to meet individual and social needs.
- Develop critical skills to address major contemporary questions on welfare and policy in a global, digital world.
- Undertake an extended Honours dissertation on a topic of your own choosing.
- Prepare for careers in government policy development, health and social welfare, legal services, and advocacy.
Course Overview
This interdisciplinary course explores the intersection of social policy and economics to understand how societies allocate resources and design services to meet public needs. You will analyze contemporary social and economic challenges, gaining the analytical skills to address major questions about welfare, inequality, and public policy in a rapidly changing world. The program culminates in an independent research project, allowing you to investigate a topic of your choice in depth.
Key Program Highlights
- Analyze pressing social and economic challenges facing Scotland, the UK, and beyond.
- Gain insight into how different societies organise resources to meet individual and social needs.
- Develop critical skills to address major contemporary questions on welfare and policy in a global, digital world.
- Undertake an extended Honours dissertation on a topic of your own choosing.
- Prepare for careers in government policy development, health and social welfare, legal services, and advocacy.
Requirements
Modules
- Social Policy & Society in Contemporary Scotland
- Private Issues & Public Problems
- Management Development Programme 1
- Introduction to Economics
- Scottish Social Policy since 1845
- Key Concepts in Social Welfare
- The Making of Social Policy
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics 2
- Research Methods in Social Policy
- Comparative Social Policy: Theories, Methods & Analysis
- Management Development Programme 3
- Topics in Microeconomics with Cross Section Econometrics
- Macroeconomics 3
- Global Challenges
- Dissertation
- Microeconomics 4
- Macroeconomics 4
- Introduction to Econometrics
- Economics of Firms & Industries
- Industrial Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Financial Development & Economic Growth
- Behavioural Economics
- Natural Resource, Environmental & Energy Economics
