Course summary

MSc Development Economics and Policy provides training in contemporary economic theory, applied economics and quantitative methods relevant to developing and transitional economies. Run jointly by the Global Development Institute (School of Environment Education and Development) and the Department of Economics (School of Social Sciences), it is especially appropriate if you're seeking to practice as a development economist in government, the private sector, a multilateral organisation or an NGO. In addition to studying four compulsory course units, you'll have the opportunity to specialise in particular areas of the subject via four optional course units and a dissertation. The theory course units provide a thorough training in both contemporary macro- and micro-development theory. Applied and optional course units offer you an opportunity to understand problems and policy prescriptions within both global and national economic contexts. The quantitative course units, which include an applied development project, enable you to test theories using data sets and provide training in standard econometrics techniques and up-to-date econometrics software packages. You'll also undertake independent research between June and September in the form of an approved dissertation.