(Hons) Economics and its Pathways Westminster International University in Tashkent

Overview

The (Hons) Economics and its Pathways course from Westminster International University in Tashkent enables students to understand the interactions between the economy and the financial system, providing an understanding of theories, tools, and techniques, fitting them to pursue a career in economics, finance, data science and other related areas. The combination of economics (major) with finance (minor) and data science (minor) provides an excellent platform for WIUT graduates to become successful in competitive job markets.

The course aims to:

• Produce graduates who understand the implications of the rapidly changing economic, financial, and digital developments.

• Develop the knowledge, skills and capabilities required to respond proactively to contemporary issues and the challenges of the economic and financial environment.

• Encourage students to reflect on the knowledge and assumptions that underpin their understanding of economics, finance, and data science and its policy implications.

• Provide students with the opportunity to specialize in a range of areas for example international and development economics, labour and monetary economics, environmental and energy economics, behavioural economics, banking andfinance, data science and machine learning.

• Promote the practical skills in quantitative analysis to collect, analyse and visualize the data, design surveys, detect trends, develop forecasts and relationships, and communicate the results to use in economic policy analysis, tackling financial and economic problems, evaluating investment projects, making recommendations to improve efficiency.

• Introduce, explain, and apply the fundamental concepts in microeconomics and macroeconomics, international trade, and industrial organization along with more applied modules such as contemporary issues in global economics, applied policy analysis, behavioural economics, economics of financial crises and investment and risk management.

Careers

Students are encouraged to reflect on the theoretical and practical knowledge they gain while studying. They are also offered opportunities to specialise in a wide range of areas of economics and finance, hence promoting practical skills needed in career building.

There is strong demand for highly qualified economists and financial experts both in local and global labour markets, including the public and private sectors, multinational organisations, NGOs and others.