BA INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (BAIE)
CAO CODE: MH416
2023 CAO POINTS: 425
DURATION: 4 Years
Please contact Dermot Leahy ([email protected]) with any questions related to this programme.
Course Description
The BA International Economics provides a deep understanding of the workings of the global economy: how goods and assets flow between countries; how monetary relations operate on an international scale; and how financial crises spread.
This programme is ideal for internationally minded students with a keen interest in economic, financial, and socioeconomic questions. In the first year, in addition to economics and mathematics, you will take a language (French, German, Spanish or Chinese) or study computer science.
You will either work or study abroad in 3rd year (or work in an internationally orientated company in Ireland – subject to availability). You may study abroad in the 1st semester, and work in the 2nd.
Why choose the BA International Economics?
You will have a sound understanding of real-world socioeconomic & economic issues. You will learn to use analytical tools – including mathematics, deductive logic and applied statistics – to examine problems and devise logical solutions. You will be well prepared both intellectually and in terms of technical skills for employment in the public sector and in the highly competitive international job market in the private sector.
What you will learn:
- How to effectively evaluate alternatives and make good choices.
- Critical thinking and quantitative skills to support good decisions.
- An analytically sound understanding of real-world socioeconomic & political issues.
- How markets work, how rules affect outcomes and how economic forces drive social systems.
- How to apply economic analysis to issues like environmental protection, the Irish public health system, cryptocurrencies, fighting inflation, investing savings for retirement, advertising, and product pricing.