Economics and Politics

About this course

Economics and Politics together address some of the most important questions in contemporary life: how do societies allocate resources, make collective decisions, and organise the institutions of power and governance? Neither discipline is fully comprehensible without the other. Economic policy is always political, and political outcomes are shaped by economic forces, so studying them in combination gives you a richer and more honest account of how the world actually works than either subject can offer alone. At the University of Dundee, this four-year full-time programme develops your understanding of economic theory and political analysis in parallel. You will study the core principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics, examining how individuals, firms and governments make decisions and what happens when markets fail or public policy intervenes. Alongside this, you will engage with

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 80% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 35% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →

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