Economics
This Department was established in
1920 and has a long tradition of research in macroeconomics, structural
economic issues, and economic policy formulation, implementation and
assessment in the context of a developing country.
The Department offers a full-time,
taught Honours programme in Economics in which candidates choose one of
two broad options. Those who take the General Economics option gain a
specialised knowledge of economics and economic analysis. The Financial
Economics option is career-oriented, preparing students for jobs in the
financial sector of the economy. The Department also offers an Honours
programme in Economics and Mathematical Statistics. Covering a
specialised study not only of economics, but also of statistical
inference, this programme equips students to analyse relationships in
the economy.
Building on from an honours degree, or
its equivalent, students may choose between a research-based Master's
programme, requiring a thesis that is the result of independent
research, or a taught Master's programme. The latter is a full-time
programme that aims to produce competent professional economists who
can be employed in the public and private sector. Students can opt for
General Economics, or specialise in Economics of Education or in Trade
Policy.
The Master's programme in Economic
Policy is a part-time, taught programme. Students attend lectures at
the Stellenbosch Campus twice a year for two weeks at a time. It equips
people who have not undergone specialised training in economics, but
who find themselves in careers that require an intimate knowledge of
economic policy in all its applied fields, with the appropriate skills
in the design, implementation and assessment of economic policy.
The highest qualification offered by the Department is a Doctorate in Economics by way of a dissertation.
Exchange agreements exist with, among others, the Vrije University, and the Universities of Erasmus and of Maastricht.
For more information
Tel: +27 (0)21 808 2247
Fax: +27 (0)21 808 4637
E-mail: econ@sun.ac.za
Web site: www.sun.ac.za/econ/
Brochures available
*Medium of tuition is English and all programmes are suitable for international students
