Mathematics with Economics

About this course

Mathematics with economics is a degree that applies the rigorous quantitative methods of mathematics to the understanding of economic systems and decision-making. Mathematics provides the tools, including calculus, linear algebra, probability theory, optimisation, and statistics, that allow economic models to be developed with precision and tested against data. Economics provides the conceptual frameworks and real-world problems that give those tools purpose, from the behaviour of individual consumers and firms to the macroeconomic dynamics of entire economies. The combination is widely regarded as one of the most analytically demanding and professionally valuable in the social sciences. At the University of Sussex, this three-year full-time programme applies mathematics to solve real-world economic issues, helping you understand the relationship between mathematics and economics at a g

Where its graduates go

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