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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Economics and Sustainable Development


BSc (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 Module List: EC1003, EC1008 AND
EC1003 Mathematics for Economists 20
EC1008 Finance 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
Remaining 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
BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
SD1000 What is Sustainable Development? 20 AND
SD1004 Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

BSc (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

Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003.
Students who have passed MT2508 are exempt from EC2203
EC1003 may be taken in first year.

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 ^
BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
~ SD2001 Sustainable Development: Frameworks for Implementation 30 AND
~ SD2002 Sustainable Development: Tools for Action 30 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

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

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 )

BSc 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.


BSc (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

BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
SD3000 Contesting sustainability 30 AND
View list At least 30 credits from Module List: SD3100, SD3111, SD4110 - SD4226
SD3100 Methodologies for Sustainable Development 30
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
SD4111 Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
SD4115 The Nature of Political Ecology 30
SD4116 Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4119 Nature4Climate: Hybridized green blue infrastructures in the Global South 30
SD4120 Valuing Environments 30
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
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
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

BSc (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

BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: SD3111, SD4110-SD4299
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
SD4111 Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
SD4115 The Nature of Political Ecology 30
SD4116 Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4119 Nature4Climate: Hybridized green blue infrastructures in the Global South 30
SD4120 Valuing Environments 30
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
SD4297 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 30
SD4299 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 60
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
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

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 ).