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Master of Arts (Honours) Economics and Management


MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
(( EC1001 Macroeconomics 20 AND
EC1002 Microeconomics 20 ) OR
( EC1004 Economics
Not running in 2022-2023 		20 AND
View list 20 credits from Level 1000 options )) AND
AH1001 Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20
AH1003 Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 20
AN1001 The Greeks in a Wider World 20
AN1002 Rome and the Mediterranean 20
AR1001 Arabic for Beginners 1 20
AR1002 Arabic for Beginners 2 20
AS1001 Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 20
AS1101 Astrophysics (Direct Entry) 5
BL1101 Biology 1 20
BL1102 Biology 2 20
CH1202 Introductory Chemistry for Second Year Direct Entry Students 10
CH1301 The Impact of Chemistry 20
CH1401 Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 20
CH1402 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 20
CH1601 Organic and Biological Chemistry 1 20
CL1004 Myth and Community in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture 20
CL1005 Images of Augustan Rome 20
CN1011 Beginners Chinese Language 1 20
CN1012 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1 20
CN1021 Beginners Chinese Language 2 20
CN1022 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2 20
CO1001 The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20
CO1002 Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 20
CS1002 Object-Oriented Programming 20
CS1003 Programming with Data 20
CS1006 Programming Projects 20
CS1007 Computer Systems Fundamentals 20
DI1001 God and the World: Introducing Theology 20
DI1003 Old Testament: Torah and Prophets 20
DI1004 Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20
DI1005 New Testament Greek 1 20
DI1006 Jesus and the Gospels 20
DI1012 Introduction to Practical Theology and Theological Ethics 20
DI1201 From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture 20
EC1001 Macroeconomics 20
EC1002 Microeconomics 20
EC1003 Mathematics for Economists 20
EC1008 Finance 20
EN1003 Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature 20
EN1004 Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830 20
ES1001 Understanding Planet Earth 20
ES1002 Earth's Resource Challenges 20
ES1006 Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe 20
FM1001 Key Concepts in Film Studies 20
FM1002 Global Film History and Historiography 20
FR1001 French Language and Literature 1 20
FR1002 French Language and Literature 2 20
GG1001 Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20
GG1002 A World in Crisis? 20
GK1001 Greek Language for Beginners 20
GK1002 Greek Literature for Beginners 20
GK1005 Greek Language and Literature 1 20
GK1006 Greek Pastoral and Passion 20
GM1001 First Level German A 1 20
GM1002 First Level German A 2 20
GM1003 First Level German B 1 20
GM1004 First Level German B 2 20
ID1003 Great Ideas 1 20
IE1103 Academic English and Study Skills 1 20
IR1005 Concepts in Global Politics 20
IR1006 Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics 20
IT1001 Introduction to Italian Language 20
IT1002 Italian Language (Elementary) 20
IT1003 Italian Language Intermediate 1 10
IT1004 Italian Language Intermediate 2 10
IT1013 Italian Geographies 10
IT1014 Italian Histories 10
LT1001 Elementary Latin 1 20
LT1002 Elementary Latin 2 20
LT1003 World of Latin 1 20
LT1004 World of Latin 2 20
ME1003 The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
ME1006 Scotland and the English Empire 1070 - 1500 20
MN1001 Organisations and Society 20
MN1002 Organisations and Analysis 20
MO1007 The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20
MO1008 Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
MT1001 Introductory Mathematics 20
MT1002 Mathematics 20
MT1003 Pure and Applied Mathematics 20
MT1007 Statistics in Practice 20
MU1003 Understanding Music 20
MU1004 Making Music 1 20
MU1005 Words and Music 20
MU1006 An Introduction to Ethnomusicology: why, and how, human beings are musical 20
PH1011 Physics 1A 20
PH1012 Physics 1B 20
PH1501 Mathematics for Physicists 1A 20
PH1502 Physics Skills 1A 20
PH1503 Physics Skills 1B 20
PR1001 Persian for Beginners 1 20
PR1002 Persian for Beginners 2 20
PS1001 Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20
PS1002 Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20
PY1010 Mind and World 20
PY1011 Moral and Political Controversies 20
PY1012 Reasoning 20
PY1013 The Enlightenment 20
RU1001 Elementary Russian Language 1 20
RU1002 Elementary Russian Language 2 20
RU1005 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 20
RU1006 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 20
SA1001 Anthropology in the World 20
SA1002 Ways of Thinking 20
SD1000 What is Sustainable Development? 20
SD1004 Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20
SP1001 Spanish Language and Texts 1 20
SP1002 Spanish Language and Texts 2 20
SP1003 Spanish for Beginners 1 20
SP1004 Spanish for Beginners 2 20
VP1210 Vertically Integrated Project 10
VP1215 Vertically Integrated Project 15
VP1220 Vertically Integrated Project 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
20 credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003.
EC1003 may be taken in second year
MA (Hons) Management (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
MN1001 Organisations and Society 20 AND
MN1002 Organisations and Analysis 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ EC2001 Intermediate Microeconomics 20 AND
^ EC2002 Intermediate Macroeconomics 20 AND
EC2203 Statistics for Economists 20 AND
EC1003 Mathematics for Economists 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

EC1003 may be taken in first year.
Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003.
Students who have passed MT2508 are exempt from EC2203.
Automatic entry rules to be changed according to University regulations.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at first sitting and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Management (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ MN2001 Management and Society 20 AND
^ MN2002 Management and Analysis 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.

MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4489 AND
EC3301 Econometrics 20
EC3302 Game Theory 20
EC3303 Economic Growth 20
EC3304 Mathematical Economics 20
EC3305 Incentives, Contracts and Markets 20
EC3306 Economic Fluctuations 20
EC3307 Computational Economics 20
EC4401 Advanced Econometrics 20
EC4402 Monetary and Financial History 20
EC4403 Health and Education Economics 20
EC4405 Economics of the Environment 20
EC4406 Experimental Economics: Methods, Markets, Institutions and Behaviour 20
EC4407 Behavioural Economics: Individual Decisions and Welfare 20
EC4408 Industrial Organisation and Regulations 20
EC4409 International Macroeconomics 20
EC4410 International Trade 20
EC4411 Labour Economics 20
EC4413 European Macroeconomics 20
EC4414 Macroeconomic Policy 20
EC4415 Public Economics 20
EC4416 Innovation Economics 20
EC4417 Financial Economics: Asset Pricing 20
EC4418 Financial Economics: Corporate Finance 20
EC4419 Development Economics 20
EC4420 Inequality and Redistribution 20
EC4421 Political Economics 20
EC4422 Communication and Public Engagement in Economics and Finance 5
EC4424 The Economics of Migration 20
EC4425 Econometrics of Impact Evaluation 20
EC4426 Practical Financial Modelling 20
EC4427 Philosophy of Economics 20
EC4428 Topics in Economic History 20
EC4429 Health Economics 20
EC4430 Financial Economics: Portfolio Management 20
EC4431 Economics of Education 20
EC4432 Development and Finance 20
EC4433 Behavioural Economics: Social and Strategic Interactions 20
EC4434 Personnel Economics 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year
MA (Hons) Management (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
MN3102 Organisation Studies 20 AND
View list 40 credits from Module List: MN3023 - MN3025, MN3060, MN3213, MN3311
MN3023 Management Accounting and Control 20
MN3024 Public Sector Management 20
MN3025 Marketing 20
MN3060 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development 20
MN3213 Human Resource Management 20
MN3311 Dynamic Strategic Management 20
MN3101 Corporate Finance and Control 20
MN3126 International Business 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


In Third or Fourth Year up to 20 credits may be substituted by credits from another School or ID or VP modules, with the permission of the Honours Adviser and the Head of the relevant Head of School.;
MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4499, EC5201 - EC5203, ID4002
EC3301 Econometrics 20
EC3302 Game Theory 20
EC3303 Economic Growth 20
EC3304 Mathematical Economics 20
EC3305 Incentives, Contracts and Markets 20
EC3306 Economic Fluctuations 20
EC3307 Computational Economics 20
EC4401 Advanced Econometrics 20
EC4402 Monetary and Financial History 20
EC4403 Health and Education Economics 20
EC4405 Economics of the Environment 20
EC4406 Experimental Economics: Methods, Markets, Institutions and Behaviour 20
EC4407 Behavioural Economics: Individual Decisions and Welfare 20
EC4408 Industrial Organisation and Regulations 20
EC4409 International Macroeconomics 20
EC4410 International Trade 20
EC4411 Labour Economics 20
EC4413 European Macroeconomics 20
EC4414 Macroeconomic Policy 20
EC4415 Public Economics 20
EC4416 Innovation Economics 20
EC4417 Financial Economics: Asset Pricing 20
EC4418 Financial Economics: Corporate Finance 20
EC4419 Development Economics 20
EC4420 Inequality and Redistribution 20
EC4421 Political Economics 20
EC4422 Communication and Public Engagement in Economics and Finance 5
EC4424 The Economics of Migration 20
EC4425 Econometrics of Impact Evaluation 20
EC4426 Practical Financial Modelling 20
EC4427 Philosophy of Economics 20
EC4428 Topics in Economic History 20
EC4429 Health Economics 20
EC4430 Financial Economics: Portfolio Management 20
EC4431 Economics of Education 20
EC4432 Development and Finance 20
EC4433 Behavioural Economics: Social and Strategic Interactions 20
EC4434 Personnel Economics 20
EC4498 Research Project in Economics 20
EC4499 Dissertation in Economics 40
EC5201 Macroeconomics 20
EC5202 Microeconomics 20
EC5203 Econometric Methods and Applications 20
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Access to EC5201 - EC5203 is only available with the permission of the Director of Teaching to students in the Second Year of an Honours Programme who have achieved at least 17.5 in a relevant module, namely, EC3303 or EC3306 for EC5201, EC3302 or EC3505 for EC5202, in EC4401 for EC5203
MA (Hons) Management (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
MN4100 Contemporary Issues in Management 20 AND
View list 40 credits from Module List: MN4000 level modules
MN4100 Contemporary Issues in Management 20
MN4103 Creativity in Context Enterprise Project 20
MN4116 Financial Markets and Investments 20
MN4211 International Marketing 20
MN4214 Management of Change 20
MN4223 International Banking 20
MN4227 Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting 20
MN4236 Sociology of Finance 20
MN4238 Sustainable Development and Management 20
MN4241 Knowledge Work: Practice and Context 20
MN4242 Advertising and Marketing Communications 20
MN4243 Philanthropy and Philanthropreneurs: The Business Of Doing Good 20
MN4244 Behavioural Decision Making 20
MN4245 Leadership Development 20
MN4266 Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs): Contexts, Contributions, and Challenges 20
MN4268 Equality and Diversity in Organisations 20
MN4269 Earth Matters: Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, and the Re-imagining of Sustainability 20
MN4310 Scenario Thinking 20
MN4301 Management Project 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


In Third or Fourth Year up to 20 credits may be substituted by credits from another School or ID or VP modules, with the permission of the Honours Adviser and the Head of the relevant Head of School.;

In total, 240 credits must be achieved at 3000 and 4000 level, including at least 90 credits at 4000 level.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).