- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 2 Years
Course details
MA Economics programme is structured to provide an international quality education in Economics and Econometrics for students with an interest in, and aptitude for, Economics but no necessary prior background. The programme is designed to help the student become a problem solver and therefore enhance their flexibility in the job market. It is a stimulating and challenging degree that aims to provide the student with a wide range of skills demanded by prospective employers. Successful graduates attain economic, quantitative and communication skills that are highly sought by employers in the public and private sectors.
An honours primary degree in any discipline. Students without any knowledge of economics are strongly advised to have a good background in Statistics and Quantitative Methods and/or to be prepared to undertake substantial independent study to equip themselves with the expected level of Economics. Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- DERIVATIVES 1: FORWARDS, FUTURES & SWAPS
- FINANCIAL CRISES AND REGULATION
- FIXED INCOME MARKETS (INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS & INSTITUTIONS).
- COMPETITION & REGULATION
- LAW & GOVERNANCE
- FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTANTS
- INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
- MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTANTS
- MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTANTS
- DERIVATIVES 2: AN ANALYSIS OF OPTIONS AND CREDIT DERIVATIVES
- ECONOMETRICS
- IRISH ECONOMY
- ADVANCED MICROECONOMICS
- INTERMEDIATE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
- MONEY & BANKING
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- ECONOMICS OF WORK AND LIFE DECISIONS
- ECONOMICS OF SPORT
- ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Year 2
- MICROECONOMICS 2
- MICROECONOMICS I
- RISK & UNCERTAINTY
- ECONOMETRICS 1
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- THESIS
- MACROECONOMICS I
- FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMETRICS
- LABOUR ECONOMICS
- MARKET MICROSTRUCTURE
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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