BSc Economics and Mathematics(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)

Learning outcomes

1. Formulate a question that can be the subject of mathematical inquiry.

2. Demonstrate facility with a wide range of techniques to solve mathematical and statistical problems relevant to economic practice and more generally.

3. Evaluate the significance of mathematical facts to a particular context.

4. Communicate both substantive results and the nature of the uncertainty inherent in them, to expert or lay audiences.

5. Critically evaluate a mathematical and statistical/probabilistic argument.

6. Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate a range of economic concepts, theories, ideas and analytical tools and the social and historical contexts of their development.

7. Demonstrate the ability to apply and use understanding of economics to solve emerging theoretical and empirical problems

8. Understand, recall, translate and verify mathematical concepts in a range of contexts.

9. Select an appropriate formalism to handle a mathematical concept.

10. Under guidance, develop and present, orally and in writing, a substantial piece of work in mathematics and/or economics.

11. Articulate responsibilities associated with specialist, technical knowledge.

12. Identify different potential approaches to solving a mathematical problem.

13. Understand the contribution of economics and mathematics to broader social discourse.

Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Make a plan to reach a goal.

2. Select appropriate tools for pieces of mathematical work.

3. Communicate both substantive results and the nature of the uncertainty inherent in them, to expert or lay audiences.

4. Acknowledge and reference appropriate research sources.

5. Deploy decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations.

Assessment

The majority of modules will be assessed through a combination of in-person exams and coursework assignments. The form of the coursework will vary from module to module but typically would involve solving sets of problems which may or may not require the use of computer packages or computer programming. Project based modules will be assessed through written submissions and presentations.