BAEcon Economics and Philosophy

(ECON10061 OR ECON10071A OR ECON10071B OR ECON20071) AND (SOST10062 OR ECON10072A OR ECON10072B OR ECON20072) AND (ECON10262 OR ECON10262A OR ECON10262B OR ECON20262 OR ECON10182 OR ECON20182)

(ECON10061 OR ECON10071 OR ECON20071) and (SOST10062 or ECON10072 or ECON20072) and (ECON10262 or ECON20262 or ECON10182)

The course unit aims to:

To provide an introduction to key topics of economic development and growth from a macroeconomic perspective.

By the end of the course students are expected to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of measuring the level of economic development and accounting for its key determinants
2. Understand the concept of modelling macroeconomic development.
3. Understand why structural transformation is one of key features of the development process.
4. Understand the role of agriculture in economic development.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of the major issues in economic development

In terms of employability skills, students will learn:

• to provide a detailed and qualified economic perspective on economic development.
• the ability to provide critical analysis of policies that affect economic development and cross-country income differences.
• to use models to interpret economic data.

Provisional

This module consider issues of fundamental topics in macroeconomics of development including:

• Overview of the cross-country facts of economic development: key data, and statistics.
• Factors determining the level of development: methods and findings of development accounting.
• Facts of development and structural transformation. A multi-sector model: the workhorse model of structural transformation.
• Why poor countries have unproductive agriculture? Its implications for development
• Topics in macro development: human capital, internal migration, gender and development.

Synchronous activities (such as Lectures or Review and Q&A sessions, and tutorials), and guided self-study. Tutorials will be used to review key points in the lectures, develop technical skills needed to understand the key models and empirical evidence covered in the course, and develop communication skills (oral and written).

Mid-term exam (25%)

Exam (end of term, 75%)

Formative feedback opportunities:

• Class feedback
• Office hours
• Tutorials
• Discussion boards
• Feedback on mid-term exam

No single textbook provides the necessary material for this course. The course itself will be taught using a set of elementary journal articles. A full reading list with the readings for each topic will be made available at the beginning of the course and through a Library Reading List .

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2027 will be £10,050 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £33,100 per annum.

For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

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As an international student you may be eligible for our Global Futures Scholarships . This is open to students starting their studies in September 2026