Objectives

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OBJECTIVES OF THE DEGREE PROGRAMME

  • Provide training in the principles of economics and their application appropriate to the type of
    degree concerned: single, joint and combined studies;
  • Stimulate students intellectually through the study of economics and to lead them to appreciate
    its application to a range of problems and its relevance in a variety of contexts;
  • Provide a firm foundation of knowledge about the workings of an economy and to develop the
    relevant skills for the constructive use of that knowledge in a range of settings;
  • Develop in students the ability to apply the analytical tools, knowledge and skills acquired to
    solution of societies’ economic problems,
  • Equip students with appropriate tools of analyses to tackle issues and problems of economic
    policies;
  • Develop in students, through the study of economics, a range of transferable skills that will be of
    value in employment and self – employment;
  • Provide students with analytical skills and the ability to develop simplified frameworks for
    studying the real world;
  • Provide students with the knowledge and skill base, from which they can proceed to further
    studies in Economics, related areas or in interdisciplinary areas that involve Economics; and
  • Generate in students an appreciation of the economic dimensions of wider social and political
    issues.