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Students
Tuition Fee
Euro 15,000
Per year
Start Date
Medium of studying
On campus
Duration
48 months
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Bachelors
Major
Finance | International Business | Environmental Resource Management | Urban & Regional Planning | Economics | Philosophy | Pediatrics | Geology | Mathematics
Discipline
Business & Management | Environmental Studies | Humanities | Medicine & Health | Science
Minor
Urban Design Theory | Environmental Economics and Policy | Geospatial Analysis | Computational Mathematics | Philosophy and Philosophical Inquiry | Banking and Financial Support Services | Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Education type
On campus
Timing
Full time
Course Language
English
Tuition Fee
Average International Tuition Fee
Euro 15,000
Intakes
Program start dateApplication deadline
-2024-07-01
About Program

Program Overview


Are you an analytical person with a passion to tackle pressing socioeconomic challenges such as poverty, unemployment, financial instability, gender and racial inequality and the effects of climate change? As a BSc Economics student, you will learn to take a scientific evidence-based approach to understand, critique and create policies to combat economic and social problems.

Employers in all sectors from government to financial services have a growing need for economists who can analyse and interpret data. This requires a strong grounding in analytical and quantitative methods beyond the economics core of the MH101 BA degree subject.

With an emphasis on independent research, the programme is designed to allow you to flourish based on your individual curiosity and strengths.

From BSc Economics, you can automatically continue with the MSc Economics Programme should you perform at the required level i.e. 55% overall in your degree.

Why choose this degree?

  • From day one, you will have an academic advisor to guide you throughout your studies to help reach your potential.
  • From the very first year you learn how to do independent research, not just consume knowledge created by others. You will be able to take modules from a variety of disciplines such as sociology, Geography, Law and Statistics. This allows you to develop synergies in your own research.
  • You will have the guidance of our postgraduate alumni mentors who hold influential positions outside of academia.
  • In the third year, you will be given guidance for your BSc thesis, jointly with the MSc students, on research and presentation skills. This will allow a smooth transition to the postgraduate level.

Please see https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/economics/BSc-Economics

Program Outline

Duration: 3 years (4 years with optional placement or Erasmus/Study Abroad)

1st year 

  • You will take two 15-credit subjects (typically two modules in each subject) outside of Economics - at most one from each group. The available groups to choose your two subjects from are groups 1, 3 (excluding Maths Studies) or 5. Critical Skills is also an option.
  • At the end of first year, should you change your mind and find your calling in one of the fields listed above, you can switch to MH101 BA Arts without any credit deficit and keep Economics as a major/ minor subject.

2nd year & 3rd year

  • In the 2nd and 3rd year combined, you will take eight to eleven optional Economics modules: Money and Banking, Environmental Economics, Public Economics, Economics of Crime, International Macroeconomics, International Trade, Economics of Sports, Health Economics, Economics of the EU, Competition and Regulation, Economics of Work and Life Decisions.
  • *You will have the option to add a yar-long accredited placement in Ireland or abroad to your degree. The University will support you in the earch for a placement job; however, the process is competitive.
  • You can take up to three optional modules outside of Economics from a wide selection of disciplines. The list of modules includes but is not limited to Developmental Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Science, Introduction to Life Philosophy, Antiracism, Regional Planning and Development, Irish Politics & Society, Fixed Income Markets, Experimental and Computational Mathematics.
Career Options

Options after graduation?

  • As a BSc Economics graduate, you will have the tools to become a key player in business and in public policy. You will have wide career choices as a consultant, fund manager, investment banker, urban planner, journalist, teacher, policy maker as well as many other areas.
  • Upon graduation, you will have the option of progressing to the MSc Economics at Maynooth. This will provide further job opportunities for professional economists including, but not limited to, economics consultancy firms, policy institutes, the Central Bank, and the Department of Finance.
  • As well as offering an integrated route into our MSc Economics, the programme provides strong foundations should you choose to pursue a master's in a variety of areas such as finance, business, international development, public policy, public administration and data science.
  • According to statistics reported by Forbes, on average economics degree holders are very well paid compared to nearly every other field. PayScale documents substantial wage growth over the first ten years of work life, almost doubling the entry pay level.

A range of postgraduate Economics programmes for graduates.


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