Years 1 & 2 (Pre-Honours)

Your undergraduate degree in Economics will cover a comprehensive range of subjects, equipping you for further study and professional life.

Year one

In your first year, you will take Economics 1 and two other courses. 

If you are studying single honours Economics, you will take two further courses in outside subjects of your own choice.

If you are studying joint honours Economics, then you will take two other courses, one of which will be in your second subject.

Year two

In your second year, you will take Economics 2, Statistical Methods for Economics and other courses. 

If you are studying single honours Economics, you will take further courses in outside subjects of your own choice.  

If you are studying joint honours Economics then you will take further courses, one of which will be in your second subject.

You may choose to study one or more of our Pre-Honours option courses, which currently include Introductory Financial Economics and Global Priorities.

Degree name

Like other Scottish universities, many of our undergraduate degrees are named 'masters'. This is unlike elsewhere in the UK, where first degrees are generally 'bachelor' degrees.

Economics degrees at the University of Edinburgh are awarded as MA (Hons). This is a conventional undergraduate degree, not equivalent to a postgraduate masters.

To find out more about the University's degree names and structure, please refer to the Undergraduate Entry website.