Description
Aims: This is a module for non-economists. Students will learn the conceptual-empirical basis of economic reasoning and the quantitative methods essential to address important policy problems and debates of our day such as climate change and inequality. It can be viewed as an introduction to the distinctive way economists think and analyse problems. In this module, we encourage students to learn economics by doing economics. Students will gain hands-on experience to use real world data to understand economic questions.
Suitable for: Students from departments other than those enrolled on Economics programmes and the combined-studies degrees in Economics.
This Module is NOT available to the following students:
Economics BSc (L100, L101, L102), Economics and Geography BSc (LL17), Economics and Statistics BSc (LG13), Philosophy and Economics BA (VL51), Mathematics with Economics BSc (G1L1), Mathematics with Economics MSci (G1LC), Statistics, Economics and Finance BSc (GLN0), and Statistics, Economics and a Language BSc (GLR0) and affiliate studentsÌý
Prerequisites: no previous knowledge of economics is necessary.
Assumed knowledge: No previous knowledge of economics is assumed. However, students should be able to understand and make use of diagrams.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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