Objectives | Curriculum | Registration | Graduation Requirement
OBJECTIVES OF THE DEGREE PROGRAMME
- Provide training in the principles of economics and their application appropriate to the type of
degree concerned: single, joint and combined studies; - Stimulate students intellectually through the study of economics and to lead them to appreciate
its application to a range of problems and its relevance in a variety of contexts; - Provide a firm foundation of knowledge about the workings of an economy and to develop the
relevant skills for the constructive use of that knowledge in a range of settings; - Develop in students the ability to apply the analytical tools, knowledge and skills acquired to
solution of societies’ economic problems, - Equip students with appropriate tools of analyses to tackle issues and problems of economic
policies; - Develop in students, through the study of economics, a range of transferable skills that will be of
value in employment and self – employment; - Provide students with analytical skills and the ability to develop simplified frameworks for
studying the real world; - Provide students with the knowledge and skill base, from which they can proceed to further
studies in Economics, related areas or in interdisciplinary areas that involve Economics; and - Generate in students an appreciation of the economic dimensions of wider social and political
issues.