MA in Comparative Economics and Policy

Our MA in Comparative Economics and Policy is a new applied, policy oriented programme reflecting SSEES's leading edge expertise in Comparative Economics. The programme is centred around the Economics and Economic Policy of Emerging Markets, viewed through the prism of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, but relevant to the emerging economies and societies of South and South-east Asia, the Middle East and North Africa as well as Latin America.

The MA opens up a range of opportunities and we expect that graduates from this programme will go on to work in think-tanks, political parties, national, European and international private and public sector organisations and in media and non-governmental organisations as economic and political analysts. Similarly, we hope others will go on to doctoral studies.

Entry Requirements

The programme has the following entry requirements:

At least an Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent.
At least one full year BA course in introduction to economics or equivalent.
Non-native English speakers to achieve scores of at least 7.0 in each element of the ELTS test and 7.0 overall.

Please note that this programme is very popular and therefore completed applications will be considered in the order they arrive until the programme is full.

To make an application to this programme, please download application form.

Contact:
Admissions queries or questions can be emailed to: maadmissions@ssees.ucl.ac.uk

Curriculum

Students must take 180 credits in total, 120 of which are taught courses. The taught courses comprise a total of 30 credits of compulsory methods courses, a 30 credit module in Development Economics and Policy, at least 15 from a list of core policy papers and 45 credits from a list of available electives. In addition all students must undertake a free-standing dissertation worth 60 credits.

Compulsory courses

Students undertaking the programme are required to take the following courses (120 credits):

SEESGS15 Quantitative Methods (15 credits)
SEESGS46 Advanced Quantitative Methods (15 credits)
SEESGS03 Development Economics and Policy(30 credits)
SEESGS40 Dissertation Preparation Programme (0 credits)
SEESGX99 Dissertation (60 credits)

Students must also select one of the following courses (15 credits):

SEESGS51 Financial Development (15 credits)
SEESGS38 Economics of Health and Population (15 credits)
SEESGS23 Trade and FDI Policy with reference to Eastern Europe (15 credits)

A further 45 credits chosen from the options below where not already taken:

SEESGS51 Financial Development (15 credits)
SEESGS38 Economics of Health and Population (15 credits)
SEESGS23 Trade and FDI Policy with reference to Eastern Europe (15 credits)
SEESGS02 Corporate Governance (15 credits)
SEESGS50 Corporate Finance and Investment in Emerging Markets (15 credits)
SEESGS39 Informal Practices in Post-Communist Societies (15 credits)
SEESGS11 Political Economy of International Business (30 credits)
SEESGS45 Advanced Qualitative Methods (15 credits)
SEESGS09 Causes, Consequences and Control: Corruption and Governance (30 credits)
SEESGS65 Energy, Technology and Innovation (15 credits)

On approval of the Programme Co-ordinator up to 15 MA credits may be selected from another SSEES course (see below SSEES Course Outline Guide for details of other modules) or other UCL Departments.
In particular the course ECONG052 Ethics in Welfare Economics can be taken on approval of the Programme Co-ordinator.
On approval of the Programme Co-ordinator, students may also select one language course (30 credits) from the SSEES suite of MA courses

UCL SSEES is committed to providing our students with stimulating, high quality, research-led courses, however please be aware that we are not always able to guarantee that all courses will be available every year.

If you have queries about the programme or its courses please contact the Programmes Administrator for further information.

SSEES MA Course Outline Guide 2012-13

Scheme of Award for Students commencing the MA in Comparative Economics and Policy Programme in September 2012

This page last modified Wednesday 7 November 2012.