Not sure which subjects to pick for final year?

lopppy

I wasn't sure if i should put this in the education forum or here so apologies if i'm wrong..

I just started my third and final year in NUIG Commerce and i'm specialising in economics, we have about 50 subjects choices and i'm not sure which would be the most competitive for entry into economics schools in London..

So far i've decided on Economics Of Financial Markets, Econometrics and Money And Banking because i'm also considering a masters in finance or direct entry into some finance firm if that makes any sense, mainly because from reading threads on this the best economics jobs involve a lot of maths, not that i'm terrible at maths i just don't particularily enjoy it, and lecturing isn't something that appeals to me.

I think what i'm most interested in is the financial markets/ sharetrading etc!

Currently my average is 71, i'm involved in a lot of societies also but I presume this is still not good enough for somewhere like LSE?

I know I haven't really asked many direct questions i'm just looking for opinions really!

ixus

You would be better of asking this in the Economics Forum.
I'll move it there for you.

Économiste Monétaire

Econometrics would be a good choice. You'll study econometrics in both economics and finance masters programmes. Do you have any mathematical/quantitative economics classes available? You may not like maths, but it's better to hit the maths sooner, rather than later, in my opinion. Can you provide a link with the list of classes available?

Slippers 2

From here (for last year): www.nuigalway.ie/commerce/downloads/calendar09_10.pdf

THIRD YEAR

Students must pass modules to a total of 60 ECTS credits.
The 60 ECTS credits must be derived in the following way:

(a) 15 ECTS obligatory for all students:

Code Title ECTS Semester

EC** Comparative European Economy 5 Semester I
MG*** Strategic Management 5 Semester II
FA*** Innovation, Creativity & Enterprise 5 Semester II

(b) Students must select one of the streams listed below and pass modules to a total of 25 ECTS in that stream (including modules indicated as obligatory for that stream):

Accounting
Economics
Marketing
Management of Human Resources
Management Information Systems

(c) Make up the remaining 20 ECTS credits either from options from the additional modules listed
from the same stream or from the list of elective modules.

SUBJECT STREAMS (FINAL YEAR)

ECONOMICS

The obligatory modules for this stream are:

Code Title ECTS Semester

EC349 Economic Theory 5 Semester I
And
EC350 Research Project 5 Semester II
Or
EC363 Econometrics 5 Semester II

Additional Economics modules in this stream may be taken from the following list of options on offer:

EC325 History of Economic Thought 5 Semester I
EC345 Health Economics 5 Semester I
EC369 Money & Banking 5 Semester I
EC381 Game Theory & Industrial Organization 5 Semester I
EC382 International Economics 5 Semester I
EC393 Methodology of Economics 5 Semester I
EC357 Development Economics 5 Semester II
EC362 Economics of Financial Markets 5 Semester II
EC378 Economics of Technological Change 5 Semester II
EC385 Advanced Economic Theory 5 Semester II
EC386 Public Economics 5 Semester II
EC388 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics 5 Semester II

Prerequisites: Students wishing to pursue postgraduate studies in Economics are advised to take EC363 (Econometrics).
All of these options may not be available each year.

ELECTIVES AVAILABLE IN SEMESTER I

Code Course Title ECTS Prerequisites

AY305 Financial Accounting II 5
AY321 Management Accounting II 5 Mgmt. Acc. I
EC349 Economic Theory 5
EC369 Money & Banking 5
EC345 Health Economics 5
EC382 International Economics 5
MS402 Management Decision Systems 5
MS321 Web and Interactive Media Design 5
MG328 Human Resource Management 5
MG307 New Enterprise Development 5
MK311 The Marketing of Services 5
MK314 Media & Marketing Communications 5
IE309 Operations Research 5
LW222 European Community Law I 5
LW333 Comparative Competition Law 5
LW356 Industrial & Intellectual Property Law 5
LW364 International Trade Law 5
LW372 Insurance Law 5
LW377 Company Law I 5
LW382 International Business Law 5
LW423 Advanced Business Law 5 Business Law

ELECTIVES AVAILABLE IN SEMESTER II

Code Course Title ECTS Prerequisites

AY 314 Business Finance II 5
EC362 Economics of Financial Markets 5
EC363 Econometrics 5
EC378 Economics of Technological Change 5
EC386 Public Economics 5
MS319 Enterprise Systems 5
MS2** E-Business 5
MG332 Work and Organisations 5
MG*** Cross Cultural Management 5
MG312 Enterprise Planning Project 5
MG323 International Business 5
MK303 Global Marketing 5
MK341 Brand Management 5
IE319 Operations Strategy 5
IE345 Logistics and Transportation 5
LW223 European Community Law II 5
LW374 Banking Law 5
LW378 Company Law II 5
LW401 EC Competition Law 5

lopppy

Thanks for that slippers.. This year its the same but econometrics is mandatory, would have chosen it anyway. Do you think it would be best if i pick all economics classes or would having, say and accounting subject, put me at a disadvantage?


Also i'm not sure if many of the above classes involve a lot of maths as you recommended?

Économiste Monétaire

I can't see any maths classes on that list. You have 15 credits as mandatory modules, yes?

• EC349 Economic Theory 5 Semester I
• EC350 Research Project 5 Semester II
• EC363 Econometrics 5 Semester II

At a guess, these modules would be good choices:

• Advanced Economic Theory
• Money & Banking
• Game Theory & Industrial Organization
• International Economics
• Economics of Financial Markets

Any of the classes on Slippers' list can be quantitative based, depending on the lecturer and the topics they've picked. See if there's a time series class given by the statistics/maths department.

lopppy

Ok great, thanks for your help