GO UNIVERSITY  Ghana/Global 2016/17/18/19

BSc Economics & Maths Degree Course - 3 Years

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Overview

Combining the study of economics and mathematics will provide you with appropriate and complementary skills for a successful career in a range of industries and the public sector. The economic analysis of real-world problems requires advanced mathematical and statistical skills. These are highly regarded by companies and the government and are of real relevance when exploring and addressing economic issues.

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Course Content

Your time will be divided roughly equally between modules from economics and mathematics. You will enjoy a great deal of independence in shaping your studies from a wide range of advanced topics in economics and mathematics, including statistics and financial mathematics.

Year 1: You will study the key introductory economics topics micro and macro economics and economic institutions alongside the key mathematics topics calculus, differential equations and linear algebra. You’ll also get the opportunity to study probability and statistics, as well as financial mathematics.

Year 2: You will study optimisation, micro and macro-economics and econometrics, and a variety of optional modules including statistics, financial maths, differential equations, discrete mathematics, and industrial, business and labour economics.

Year 3: You can undertake a project in mathematics and choose from a wide variety of optional modules in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and economics.

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Year 1

• Compulsory modules

• Economic Institutions (Labour) 10 credits

• Economic Institutions (Industry) 10 credits

• Economic Theory and Applications 1 20 credits

• Calculus and Mathematical Analysis 10 credits

• Numbers and Vectors 10 credits

• Linear Algebra with Applications 15 credits

• Modelling with Differential Equations 10 credits

• Financial Mathematics 1 15 credits

• Probability and Statistics I 10 credits

• Probability and Statistics II 10 credits

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• Year 2

• Compulsory modules

• Intermediate Microeconomics 10 credits

• Introduction to Econometrics 10 credits

• Intermediate Macroeconomics 10 credits

• Introduction to Optimisation 10 credits

• Optional modules

• Maths at Work 10 credits

• Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution 10 credits

• Industrial Economics 10 credits

• Macroeconomic Policy and Performance in Britain 10 credits

• The International Economic Environment 10 credits

• Business Economics 10 credits

• Labour Economics 10 credits

• Economics of Innovation 10 credits

• How to be a Successful Policy Economist 10 credits

• Analysis 15 credits

• Further Linear Algebra 10 credits

• Introduction to Discrete Mathematics 10 credits

• Vector Calculus 15 credits

• Linear Differential Equations and Transforms 15 credits

• Nonlinear Differential Equations 10 credits

• Financial Mathematics 2 10 credits

• Financial Mathematics 3 10 credits

• Numerical Analysis 10 credits

• Numerical Analysis with Computation 15 credits

• Calculus of Variations 10 credits

• Statistical Methods 10 credits

• Statistical Modelling 10 credits

• Environmental Statistics 10 credits

• Introduction to Markov Processes 10 credits

• Survival Analysis 10 credits

• Mathematics into Schools 10 credits

• Computational Mathematics 10 credits

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• Year 3

• Optional modules

• Mathematics Education 10 credits

• Economics Project 20 credits

• Project in Mathematics 20 credits

• Combinatorial Optimisation 10 credits

• Graph Algorithms and Complexity Theory 10 credits

• Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health 10 credits

• Advanced Microeconomics 10 credits

• International Trade 10 credits

• Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth 10 credits

• Transnational Corporations in the World Economy 10 credits

• Economic Development 20 credits

• Economics of Famines 20 credits

• Environmental Economics 10 credits

• Applied Econometrics 10 credits

• Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy 10 credits

• Public Enterprise and Regulation 10 credits

• Advanced Macroeconomics 10 credits

• Global Economic Coordination and Governance 10 credits

• Current Topics in European Integration 10 credits

• The Economics of Unions 10 credits

• The Political Economy of Work 10 credits

• Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy 20 credits

• Analysis 15 credits

• Further Linear Algebra 10 credits

• Introduction to Discrete Mathematics 10 credits

• Vector Calculus 15 credits

• Linear Differential Equations and Transforms 15 credits

• Nonlinear Differential Equations 10 credits

• Financial Mathematics 2 10 credits

• Financial Mathematics 3 10 credits

• Numerical Analysis 10 credits

• Numerical Analysis with Computation 15 credits

• Calculus of Variations 10 credits

• Statistical Methods 10 credits

• Statistical Modelling 10 credits

• Environmental Statistics 10 credits

• Introduction to Markov Processes 10 credits

• Survival Analysis 10 credits

• Computational Mathematics 10 credits

• History of Mathematics 15 credits

• Graph Theory 15 credits

• Combinatorics 15 credits

• Coding Theory 15 credits

• Hamiltonian Systems 15 credits

• Mathematical Methods 15 credits

• Linear and Non-Linear Waves 15 credits

• Dynamical Systems 15 credits

• Nonlinear Dynamics 15 credits

• Analytic Solutions of Partial Differential Equations 15 credits

• Introduction to Entropy in the Physical World 15 credits

• Numerical Methods 10 credits

• Modern Numerical Methods 15 credits

• Discrete Systems and Integrability 15 credits

• Actuarial Mathematics 1 15 credits

• Actuarial Mathematics 2 15 credits

• Mathematical Biology 15 credits

• Evolutionary Modelling 15 credits

• Linear Regression and Robustness 15 credits

• Statistical Theory 15 credits

• Stochastic Financial Modelling 15 credits

• Multivariate Analysis 10 credits

• Time Series 10 credits

• Bayesian Statistics 10 credits

• Generalised Linear Models 10 credits

• Introduction to Statistics and DNA 10 credits

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• Learning and teaching

• You’ll be taught through lectures, tutorials, workshops and practical classes. You’ll enjoy extensive tutorial support and have freedom in your workload and options.

• Read more about teaching and assessment on the School website.

• Assessment

• You’re assessed by a range of methods, including formal exams and in-course assessment.

• Read more about teaching and assessment on the School website.

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• For more information on typical modules, read Actuarial Mathematics BSc in programme catalogue after enrollment