The last two years of your Economics degree offer opportunity for deeper study of essential themes learned in the first two years. View the programme specifications of our Economics degreesYear threeIn your third year, you will study:Topics in MicroeconomicsEssentials of EconometricsTopics in MacroeconomicsApplications of EconometricsTwo Honours option coursesYear fourIn your final year, you will study the equivalent of four Honours option semester-length courses and complete your 10,000 word dissertation. I came to Edinburgh straight after my baccalaureate in France and I’m glad I made that decision! An undergraduate degree in Scotland has the advantage of allowing you to study three different academic subjects in the first two years… One of the options I chose was Development Economics and I enjoyed the course enough to have completed a PhD in that field!Tom Flochel, PhD EconomicsDegree nameLike other Scottish universities, many of our undergraduate degrees are named 'masters'. This is unlike elsewhere in the UK, where first degrees are generally 'bachelor' degrees.Economics degrees at the University of Edinburgh are awarded as MA (Hons). This is a conventional undergraduate degree, not equivalent to a postgraduate masters. To find out more about the University's degree names and structure, please refer to the Undergraduate Entry website. This article was published on 2024-10-01