该专业转换课程-提供定量经济学途径-填补了经济学研究生培训市场的关键空白。如果您拥有另一个学科的本科学位，但希望转读经济学，那么本课程将帮助您实现这一目标-无需注册完整的本科学位。您不需要任何有关该主题的培训。该课程将为您提供现代经济学基本思想和方法的全面基础，并且您将学习将经济推理应用于实际问题。至关重要的是，您还将开发必要的数学和统计工具包，以研究经济学。这种严格而深入的培训长达一到两年，使您能够与拥有经济学学士学位的学生平等竞争。
This Graduate Diploma in Economics is a specialist conversion course that is ideal if you have an undergraduate degree in another subject area but wish to switch to economics. You do not need any prior training in the subject, including in mathematics, as it equips you with a thorough grounding in the fundamental ideas and methods of modern economics. Why choose this course This rigorous and intensive training will enable you to compete on equal terms with students graduating with undergraduate degrees in economics. It is an ideal conversion course if you have a degree in another subject and need the skills of an economics graduate to make progress in your career, or wish to study economics further at Master's level. All lectures are recorded and all course materials are made available online for this course, so you can access them when you need to. What you will learn First you will build the necessary mathematical and statistical toolkit you need to study economics. Then you will gain foundational knowledge in the principal ideas and methods of modern economics. You will then have the opportunity to conduct a research project of your own, learning to apply economic reasoning to practical problems. How you will learn You can study this Graduate Diploma in Economics either full- or part-time and either through attending lectures on campus or via live online streaming. The course has an evening timetable with classes taking place in the evening. Lectures will introduce you to core material which is supported by weekly problem-solving classes. Assessment includes take-home assignments as well as written examinations, which you will take either at Birkbeck if you are studying on campus, or by arrangement at a wide range of sites throughout the world if you are studying the course online. If you require a Student visa to study in the UK, you will only be able to apply for the on-campus study option for this course. The online option will not be available to you because it may affect the conditions of your visa.