Economics and Africa and Black Diaspora including a year abroad
BA · School of Oriental and African Studies · 4 years
About this course
Economics and Africa and Black Diaspora studies is a combination that addresses a gap at the heart of mainstream economic education: the tendency to treat the economies and economic histories of Africa and the Black diaspora as peripheral rather than central to how the modern world economy was formed and continues to operate. Africa is home to more than a billion people and to some of the world's fastest-growing economies, and the economic histories of Africa and the Black diaspora, encompassing the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, and the continuing dynamics of global inequality, are essential context for understanding contemporary economic structures and development challenges. At the School of Oriental and African Studies, which has unparalleled depth of expertise in the study of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, this four-year full-time programme includes a foundation year a
Where its graduates go
The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 50% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.
- 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
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