Economics/Mathematics

About this course

Economics is the science of how individuals, firms, and societies make choices when resources are scarce. It examines how costs, benefits, risks, and effects on others shape decisions from the level of the household and the firm to entire national economies and global markets. Mathematics provides the precise language in which economic theory is expressed and tested, from the calculus that underpins optimization to the statistical methods that allow economists to identify causal relationships in data. The combination of economics and mathematics is one of the most powerful in the social sciences, and it is the foundation of the most rigorous economic analysis. At the University of Glasgow, you will study how individuals and society make choices about the use of scarce resources, and how these choices are modelled mathematically and tested empirically. The economics strand covers microec

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 76% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 8% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 11% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 36% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 6% of graduatescards →

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