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UCAS code: L1F9

Duration: 4 years

Delivery: Full-time

School: Economics

College: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

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Introducing MA Economics with Environmental Studies

This innovative combined programme enables you to complement the study of economics with a structured menu of pathways in environmental studies offered by departments across the University.

At the beginning of your studies you choose from pathways in ecological science, geography or general environmental courses. You then follow this choice of environmental pathway for the remainder of your programme.

As well as providing a valuable background for a variety of resource management careers, this joint programme provides a broad treatment of pressing issues that are of local, national and global importance.

What you will study

Year 1

Economics 1; two environmental courses from your chosen pathway and two further courses.

Year 2

Economics 2; Statistical Methods of Economics; two courses from your chosen environmental pathway and one further course.

Year 3

Topics in Microeconomics; Essentials of Econometrics; Topics in Macroeconomics; Applications of Econometrics; and two environmental courses from your chosen pathway.

Year 4

A dissertation in economics, two courses from economics and two courses from environmental honours options from your chosen pathway.

Programme structure

Find out more about the compulsory and optional courses in this degree programme.

To give you an idea of what you will study on this programme, we publish the latest available information. However, please note this may not be for your year of entry, but for a different academic year.

Programme structure (2018/19)

Where you will study

Our facilities

Teaching takes place across the Central Area campus. You will have access to all the University’s libraries and computer labs.

Study abroad

The School of Economics exchange programme offers opportunities to study in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, USA, Canada, Argentina, Mexico and within Europe (Erasmus).

Guaranteed study abroad funding for students required to complete a year abroad

Learning and assessment

How will I learn?

Courses are taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops and web-based learning.

The MathsBase and Economics Help Desk offer students help and support throughout their programme. The peer assisted learning scheme, EconPALS, aims to help first year students develop their learning and study strategies.

How will I be assessed?

You will be assessed by exams and coursework, including problems sets, essays, and project reports, and presentations. In Year 4 you will complete an honours dissertation.

Programme details

Find out more about this programme's aims, what you will learn, how you will be assessed and what skills and knowledge you will develop.

To give you an idea of what to expect from this programme, we publish the latest available information. However, please note this may not be for your year of entry, but for a different academic year.

Programme details (2019/20)

Career opportunities

Our graduates are highly regarded by employers.

The skills you learn during your programme will equip you for careers in accountancy, business, management and consultancy, or for work in aid agencies, not-for-profit organisations or government departments.

Many previous graduates have entered the finance sector and some large financial firms actively recruit Edinburgh graduates.

Entry requirements

Typical offer range

The typical offer is likely to be:

SQA Highers: AAAAA - ABBB.
A Levels: AAA - ABB.
IB: 43 points (grades 776 at HL) - 34 points (grades 655 at HL).

Access threshold

The access threshold for a contextual offer is:

SQA Highers: ABBB.
A Levels: ABB.
IB: 34 points (grades 655 at HL).

Find out more about access thresholds and contextual offers

Detailed requirements for all applicants

To be considered for an offer of a place all applicants must meet the following requirements:

SQA Highers: ABBB by end of S5 or ABBBB/AABB from S4 - S6, including Maths. BBB must be achieved in a single sitting by end of S5. National 5 English at Grade C.
A Levels: ABB including Mathematics, or AS Mathematics at A (if A Level is not taken). GCSEs: English at Grade C or 4.
IB: Award of Diploma with 34 points overall and grades 655 in HL subjects. Mathematics is required at HL 5, or SL 6 (if not taken at HL), and English at SL 5. IB applicants should note that Maths Studies is not accepted for any of our Economics programmes.

Find out more about entry requirements

International applicants

We welcome applications from students studying a wide range of international qualifications.

Entry requirements by country

International Foundation Programme

If you are an international student and your school qualifications are not accepted for direct entry to the University you may be eligible for admission to this degree programme through our International Foundation Programme.

International Foundation Programme

Mature applicants

We welcome applications from mature students and accept a range of qualifications.

Mature applicant qualifications

English language requirements

You must provide evidence that your written and spoken English is at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies.

English language tests

If English is not your first language, you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your spoken and written English:

IELTS Academic module overall 6.5 with 5.5 in each component
TOEFL-iBT 92 or above with 20 in each section
Cambridge English: Advanced or Proficiency overall 176 with 162 in each component
Pearson Test of English (Academic): Total 61 with at least 51 in each "Communicative Skills" section
Trinity ISE: ISE II with a distinction in all four components

About English language requirements

SQA, GCSE and IB

For SQA, GCSE and IB students, unless a higher level is specified in the stated entry requirements, a pass is required in English at the following grades or higher: