Development Economics

Overview

The Department of Economics is one of the country's leading departments specialising in the economics of growth and development as well as in political economy and heterodox approaches to Economics. Research and teaching is pursued on a variety of topics and is unique in its depth and range of regional and specialising coverage, including topics from contemporary banking and finance, the economics of the environment, gender economics, global economic theory, as well as the economic development of a variety of regions from Japan to the Middle East. 

Why study BSc Development Economics at SOAS University of London  

• 8th in UK for student satisfaction with teaching (Guardian League Tables 2022)
• we offer a broad portfolio of modules on economics and political economy
• our unrivalled focus in the study of developing and emerging economies provides you with a more critical approach to economic theory
• our academic staff are specialists within an unparalleled range of emerging and developing economies, and a broad spectrum of theory and policy debates
• theoretical concepts and debates are expertly applied to real issues within the countries of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as well as in the global economy and interdependencies therein
• you will gain professional experience by pursuing our professional placement module
• you will be able to flexibly structure your programme using our Open Option modules to take advantage of the expertise of our other departments, including the opportunity to learn a language
• learn how to use the programming language R, which is embedded in some of our main modules
• we are specialists in the delivery of languages. Your command of a language from SOAS will set you apart from graduates of other universities