MA Economics and History
Entry requirements
A level: CCC IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBBC (View source data of all entry requirements for this course.).
About this course
MA (Hons) in Economics and History, combining the study of economic systems with social, cultural, and political history. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Historical Research, Policy Analysis, Financial Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme covers macroeconomic and microeconomic analysis alongside historical periods from the early modern era to the present day. Students engage with primary sources from the outset, analysing written, oral, visual, and material forms of historical evidence.
Modules
- International Business Environment
- Making of the Modern Economy
- Global Economic Perspectives
- Environment, City and Society
- Social and Environmental Challenges in an Unequal World
- Revolutions in World History
- Europe and the World, 1450-1800
- Empires, Nations, and Revolutions, 1800-2000
- Core Mathematics I
- Core Mathematics II
- Applied French 1A (Beginner)
- Applied French 1A (non-beginner)
- Applied French 1B (Beginner)
- Applied French 1B (non-beginner)
- Plato and the Good Life
- Descartes, Thought and Reality
- Politics and Public Policy
- Applied Spanish 1A (Beginner)
- Applied Spanish 1A (non-beginner)
- Applied Spanish 1B (Intensive)
- Applied Spanish 1B (non-beginner)
- Introductory Psychology:1
- Introductory Psychology:2
- Microeconomics
- Skills for Economics and Finance
- Macroeconomics and Applied Policy
- Career Planning Module Online
- Internship
- Economics of an Unequal World
- Business Internship Module
- Earth Systems and Resources
- Earth System Function and Measurement
- Dynamic Human Worlds: Society, Culture, Economy
- Dynamic Physical Worlds: Earth, Water and Ice
- Documenting Dissent: Power, Protest, and Social Justice in the Twentieth Century
- Scotland and the Wider World
- Core Mathematics III
- Core Mathematics IV
- Applied French 2A (beginner)
- Applied French 2A (non-beginner)
- Applied French 2B (beginner)
- Applied French 2B (non-beginner)
- Thinking about life: Existentialism, Life World and Dasein
- Aesthetics
- International Relations
- Comparative Politics
- Applied Spanish 2A (beginner)
- Applied Spanish 2A (non-beginner)
- Applied Spanish 2B (non-beginner)
- Understanding the Mind
- Business Microeconomics
- Business Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Marketing Strategy
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Applied Human Resource Management
- Competition and Market Regulation
- Portfolio, Asset Selection, and Valuations
- Decision Science for Business
- Multinational Strategies for Global Markets
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Generative AI for Data Analytics
- Making History Today: The Past in the Present
- Microeconomic Policy
- Macroeconomic Theory
- Macroeconomic Policy in Practice
- School of Business Dissertation
- Business Strategy
- Principles of Marketing Research
- Options, Futures, and Valuations
- Asset Pricing
- Business and Economics in a Changing World
- International Trade and Investment
- History Dissertation
- Data Mining for Business
- Predictive Analytics