入学要求：
学术要求： Minimum entry criterion is the equivalent of an upper second class degree primarily in economics from a UK university.
英语要求： IELTS 6.5 (min 6.0 each)
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 International Students: £13,954
课程特征 Course Features：
Aims of the programme
This programme is designed for:
•Those working in the public sector, public administration, government departments, the NHS, international agencies and elsewhere who wish to upgrade their existing skills by more exposure to up-to-date techniques and knowledge relevant to policy analysis in social and economic policy areas, and to public sector administration and financial management.
•Those who want to build on their existing degrees in economics by obtaining further knowledge and expertise in more specialised areas, such as health economics, social policy analysis and public finance, whilst maintaining a broad range of career options in government, the public sector, health or public administration, research and policy centres, and elsewhere.
•Those with a background in disciplines such as government, sociology, mathematics or natural sciences, but without a strong background in economics, who wish to develop their abilities in economics and related areas, with particular reference to the application of these skills in the fields of economic and social policy, administration and management.
Students who do not have a strong background in economics but who have other relevant qualifications or experience can take a Summer Session course in Economics and Quantitative Methods.
课程内容 Course Content：
There is further information on individual modules in the module list section.
The programme has three core components:
1.Applied Microeconomics
2.Social Policy Analysis
3.Econometrics 1 & 2 or Quantitative Analysis or Econometric Methods for Research or Econometrics 1 and Applied Microeconometrics
In addition students choose forty credits of optional units from:
•Applied Microeconometrics
•Cost-Benefit Analysis
•Development Project Appraisal
•Experimental Economics
•Finance and Investment
•Game Theory: Economic Applications
•Health and Development
•Health Care Management
•Industrial Economics (not running 2010/11)
•International Macroeconomics
•Labour Economics
•Political Economy from the General Equilibrium Point of View (not running 2010/11)
•Project
•Public Finance
•Public Sector Economics: Microeconomic Applications
Students may be allowed to take one or more of their optional units from the following modules in environmental economics offered by the Environment Department. Students wishing to do so must first ask their MSc Director and the Environment Department's MSc Director for permission, which is not automatic.
•Environmental Economics
•Environmental Valuation