Economics / Economics (Finance) - Scottish Graduate Programme – (M.Sc.)

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All students are required to take the introductory Maths and Econometrics courses, the six compulsory core courses and three further courses to be chosen from the range of electives on offer. Students taking the MSc in Economics may choose three courses from across the range of options offered on the programme. Students taking the MSc in Economics (Finance) must take the courses in Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance and International Money and Finance as their three "option" courses".
The option courses are designed to familiarise students with the main elements of the relevant theory and to introduce students to a range of more advanced topics and recent developments in Economics. They also emphasise the problems that arise when making the transition from theoretical models to empirical and applied work and in this respect they are particular useful in formulating and writing the summer dissertation. By the end of the course students should be proficient in state-of-the-art analytical and quantitative techniques that are the essential skills of today's professional economist. For a brief description of the core and option courses see Description of Courses

Exams and Dissertation

The core and option courses are examined in April/May each year. Following these exams, successful students write a dissertation of between 8,000 and 10,000 words for submission in August. For those intending to proceed to the PhD the dissetation is often on a topic which relates to their proposed area of research.