Program Highlights

The principles courses include introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics, statistical techniques for economics, and mathematical techniques for economics. The second year would comprise intermediate microeconomics and macroeconomics, introductory econometrics, Indian Economy, public economics, and development economics. In third year, students will have options to pursue electives apart from intensive focus on Applied Econometrics and Financial Economics. Students will have 6 month internship in the last semester with major financial institutions and Government organisations

Program Objectives

On completion of this intensive undergraduate program in Economics, students will get familiarity with historical and contemporary developments in the discipline of Economics and some program outcomes will be:

• Students will be able to use graphical models, logical argument, economics and written communication to explain basic market outcomes and to analyze real-world policy alternatives.
• Students will be familiar with competing economic paradigms and the historical development of the discipline.
• Identify compile, interpret, and analyze quantitative economic data by expressing relationships between concepts through graphs, statistical or econometric analysis.
• Collect and integrate information from a variety of sources and assessing its meaning, accuracy and timeliness.
• Discuss the bias and variance of possible measurement and estimation procedures.’
• Use microeconomic tools and concepts to address public policy issues such as competition, environmental protection, financial regulation, innovation and intellectual property.
• Attain the competency to understand regional, national and global issues from the economic perspective.