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Master of Arts (Honours) Economics and Statistics


MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
(( Macroeconomics 20 AND
Microeconomics 20 ) OR
( EC1004 Economics
Not running in 2022-2023
20 AND
View list 20 credits from Level 1000 options )) AND
Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20
Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 20
The Greeks in a Wider World 20
Rome and the Mediterranean 20
Arabic for Beginners 1 20
Arabic for Beginners 2 20
Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 20
Astrophysics (Direct Entry) 5
Biology 1 20
Biology 2 20
Introductory Chemistry for Second Year Direct Entry Students 10
The Impact of Chemistry 20
Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 20
Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 20
Organic and Biological Chemistry 1 20
Myth and Community in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture 20
Images of Augustan Rome 20
Beginners Chinese Language 1 20
Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1 20
Beginners Chinese Language 2 20
Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2 20
The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20
Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 20
Object-Oriented Programming 20
Programming with Data 20
Programming Projects 20
Computer Systems Fundamentals 20
God and the World: Introducing Theology 20
Old Testament: Torah and Prophets 20
Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20
New Testament Greek 1 20
Jesus and the Gospels 20
Introduction to Practical Theology and Theological Ethics 20
From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture 20
Macroeconomics 20
Microeconomics 20
Mathematics for Economists 20
Finance 20
Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature 20
Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830 20
Understanding Planet Earth 20
Earth's Resource Challenges 20
Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe 20
Key Concepts in Film Studies 20
Global Film History and Historiography 20
French Language and Literature 1 20
French Language and Literature 2 20
Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20
A World in Crisis? 20
Greek Language for Beginners 20
Greek Literature for Beginners 20
Greek Language and Literature 1 20
Greek Pastoral and Passion 20
First Level German A 1 20
First Level German A 2 20
First Level German B 1 20
First Level German B 2 20
Great Ideas 1 20
Academic English and Study Skills 1 20
Concepts in Global Politics 20
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics 20
Introduction to Italian Language 20
Italian Language (Elementary) 20
Italian Language Intermediate 1 10
Italian Language Intermediate 2 10
Italian Geographies 10
Italian Histories 10
Elementary Latin 1 20
Elementary Latin 2 20
World of Latin 1 20
World of Latin 2 20
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Scotland and the English Empire 1070 - 1500 20
Organisations and Society 20
Organisations and Analysis 20
The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20
Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
Introductory Mathematics 20
Mathematics 20
Pure and Applied Mathematics 20
Statistics in Practice 20
Understanding Music 20
Making Music 1 20
Words and Music 20
An Introduction to Ethnomusicology: why, and how, human beings are musical 20
Physics 1A 20
Physics 1B 20
Mathematics for Physicists 1A 20
Physics Skills 1A 20
Physics Skills 1B 20
Persian for Beginners 1 20
Persian for Beginners 2 20
Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20
Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20
Mind and World 20
Moral and Political Controversies 20
Reasoning 20
The Enlightenment 20
Elementary Russian Language 1 20
Elementary Russian Language 2 20
Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 20
Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 20
Anthropology in the World 20
Ways of Thinking 20
What is Sustainable Development? 20
Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20
Spanish Language and Texts 1 20
Spanish Language and Texts 2 20
Spanish for Beginners 1 20
Spanish for Beginners 2 20
Vertically Integrated Project 10
Vertically Integrated Project 15
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 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) Statistics (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
Mathematics 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MT1001 and EC1003 may not be taken in the same year but students may take MT1001 in first year and EC1003 in second year.


MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ Intermediate Microeconomics 20 AND
^ Intermediate Macroeconomics 20 AND
Statistics for Economists 20 AND
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) Statistics (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
Linear Mathematics 15 AND
Combinatorics and Probability 15 AND
Statistical Inference 15 AND
View list 15 credits from Module List: MT2502 - MT2503, MT2505
Analysis 15
Multivariate Calculus 15
Abstract Algebra 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 entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

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

Automatic Entry to Honours
Average of 11 or higher across MT2501, MT2504, MT2508 and the best one additional module from MT2502-MT2507.


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.

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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
Econometrics 20
Game Theory 20
Economic Growth 20
Mathematical Economics 20
Incentives, Contracts and Markets 20
Economic Fluctuations 20
Computational Economics 20
Advanced Econometrics 20
Monetary and Financial History 20
EC4403 Health and Education Economics 20
Economics of the Environment 20
EC4406 Experimental Economics: Methods, Markets, Institutions and Behaviour 20
Behavioural Economics: Individual Decisions and Welfare 20
Industrial Organisation and Regulations 20
International Macroeconomics 20
International Trade 20
Labour Economics 20
EC4413 European Macroeconomics 20
Macroeconomic Policy 20
Public Economics 20
Innovation Economics 20
Financial Economics: Asset Pricing 20
Financial Economics: Corporate Finance 20
Development Economics 20
Inequality and Redistribution 20
EC4421 Political Economics 20
EC4422 Communication and Public Engagement in Economics and Finance 5
The Economics of Migration 20
Econometrics of Impact Evaluation 20
Practical Financial Modelling 20
EC4427 Philosophy of Economics 20
Topics in Economic History 20
EC4429 Health Economics 20
Financial Economics: Portfolio Management 20
Economics of Education 20
Development and Finance 20
Behavioural Economics: Social and Strategic Interactions 20
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 entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3501, MT3507 - MT3508 AND
Linear Mathematics 2 15
Mathematical Statistics 15
Applied Statistics 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 entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: MT4531, MT4606 AND
Bayesian Inference 15
MT4606 Classical Statistical Inference 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 entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614 AND
Computing in Statistics 15
Time Series Analysis 15
MT4528 Markov Chains and Processes 15
MT4530 Population Genetics 15
MT4537 Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
Sampling Theory 15
Design of Experiments 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 entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999
Linear Mathematics 2 15
Real Analysis 15
Complex Analysis 15
Differential Equations 15
Algebra: Rings and Fields 15
Techniques of Applied Mathematics 15
Mathematical Statistics 15
Applied Statistics 15
Introduction to Mathematical Computing 15
Numerical Analysis 15
Groups 15
Real and Abstract Analysis 15
Linear and Nonlinear Waves 15
MT4112 Computing in Mathematics 15
Computing in Statistics 15
MT4501 Topics in the History of Mathematics 15
Classical Mechanics 15
MT4508 Dynamical Systems 15
Fluid Dynamics 15
Solar Theory 15
Asymptotic Methods 15
Automata, Languages and Complexity 15
MT4513 Fractal Geometry 15
Graph Theory 15
Functional Analysis 15
MT4516 Finite Mathematics 15
MT4519 Number Theory 15
MT4526 Topology 15
Time Series Analysis 15
MT4528 Markov Chains and Processes 15
MT4530 Population Genetics 15
Bayesian Inference 15
MT4537 Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
MT4551 Financial Mathematics 15
Population Dynamics Models in Mathematical Biology 15
Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields 15
Enterprise Project in Mathematics / Statistics 15
MT4606 Classical Statistical Inference 15
Sampling Theory 15
Design of Experiments 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 entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements:

45 credits: MT3501, MT3507, MT3508;
15 credits: MT4531, MT4606;
15 credits: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614;
15 Credits: MT4599 (on a statistical topic) or other approved joint Honours project (Fourth Year Only);
Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999, to a total of 120 credits over 3rd and 4th years;
With permission of the Adviser of Studies 15 credits may be substituted by ID4001 or a suitable VP coded module.


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
Econometrics 20
Game Theory 20
Economic Growth 20
Mathematical Economics 20
Incentives, Contracts and Markets 20
Economic Fluctuations 20
Computational Economics 20
Advanced Econometrics 20
Monetary and Financial History 20
EC4403 Health and Education Economics 20
Economics of the Environment 20
EC4406 Experimental Economics: Methods, Markets, Institutions and Behaviour 20
Behavioural Economics: Individual Decisions and Welfare 20
Industrial Organisation and Regulations 20
International Macroeconomics 20
International Trade 20
Labour Economics 20
EC4413 European Macroeconomics 20
Macroeconomic Policy 20
Public Economics 20
Innovation Economics 20
Financial Economics: Asset Pricing 20
Financial Economics: Corporate Finance 20
Development Economics 20
Inequality and Redistribution 20
EC4421 Political Economics 20
EC4422 Communication and Public Engagement in Economics and Finance 5
The Economics of Migration 20
Econometrics of Impact Evaluation 20
Practical Financial Modelling 20
EC4427 Philosophy of Economics 20
Topics in Economic History 20
EC4429 Health Economics 20
Financial Economics: Portfolio Management 20
Economics of Education 20
Development and Finance 20
Behavioural Economics: Social and Strategic Interactions 20
Personnel Economics 20
Research Project in Economics 20
Dissertation in Economics 40
Macroeconomics 20
Microeconomics 20
Econometric Methods and Applications 20
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 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) Statistics (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 15 credits from Module List: MT4599 (on a statistical topic) AND
Project in Mathematics / Statistics 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 entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3501, MT3507 - MT3508 AND
Linear Mathematics 2 15
Mathematical Statistics 15
Applied Statistics 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 entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: MT4531, MT4606 AND
Bayesian Inference 15
MT4606 Classical Statistical Inference 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 entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614 AND
Computing in Statistics 15
Time Series Analysis 15
MT4528 Markov Chains and Processes 15
MT4530 Population Genetics 15
MT4537 Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
Sampling Theory 15
Design of Experiments 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 entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999 (excluding MT4599)
Linear Mathematics 2 15
Real Analysis 15
Complex Analysis 15
Differential Equations 15
Algebra: Rings and Fields 15
Techniques of Applied Mathematics 15
Mathematical Statistics 15
Applied Statistics 15
Introduction to Mathematical Computing 15
Numerical Analysis 15
Groups 15
Real and Abstract Analysis 15
Linear and Nonlinear Waves 15
MT4112 Computing in Mathematics 15
Computing in Statistics 15
MT4501 Topics in the History of Mathematics 15
Classical Mechanics 15
MT4508 Dynamical Systems 15
Fluid Dynamics 15
Solar Theory 15
Asymptotic Methods 15
Automata, Languages and Complexity 15
MT4513 Fractal Geometry 15
Graph Theory 15
Functional Analysis 15
MT4516 Finite Mathematics 15
MT4519 Number Theory 15
MT4526 Topology 15
Time Series Analysis 15
MT4528 Markov Chains and Processes 15
MT4530 Population Genetics 15
Bayesian Inference 15
MT4537 Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
MT4551 Financial Mathematics 15
Population Dynamics Models in Mathematical Biology 15
Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields 15
Enterprise Project in Mathematics / Statistics 15
MT4606 Classical Statistical Inference 15
Sampling Theory 15
Design of Experiments 15
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Joint Project (30cr) 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 entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements:

45 credits: MT3501, MT3507, MT3508;
15 credits: MT4531, MT4606;
15 credits: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614;
15 Credits: MT4599 (on a statistical topic) or other approved joint Honours project (Fourth Year Only);
Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999, to a total of 120 credits over 3rd and 4th years;
With permission of the Adviser of Studies 15 credits may be substituted by ID4001 or a suitable VP coded module.


Royal Statistical Society (RSS) accreditation

The School has had accreditation since 2003 from the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) for its undergraduate degree programmes in statistics and also for those in mathematics that have appropriate statistical content. For more, see: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/mathematics-statistics/students/ug/accreditation/

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 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).