BSc Economics at SOAS University of London will provide you with training in microeconomics, macroeconomics and quantitative methods that will enable you to pursue a successful career in an economics-related profession or to go on to postgraduate work.<br>The programme combines a multitude of different assessment types, core modules that include training in the programming language R and the option to take a professional placement module. Coupled with our renowned expertise in real-world and regional economics and an emphasis to a pluralist approach to teaching economic theory and policy, the degree will help you become a well-rounded, rigorous economist of today.<br>The Department of Economics is one of the country's leading departments specialising in political economy and heterodox approaches to economics as well as in the economics of development. Research and teaching are pursued on a variety of topics and are unique in their depth and range of regional and specialised coverage including topics from contemporary banking and finance the economics of the environment, gender economics, global economic policy, as well as the economic development of a variety of regions from Japan to the Middle East.