Department of Economics and Related Studies
Graduates - Summer Session in Microeconomics and Quantitative Methods
Overview of the Summer Session
A special feature of the York graduate programme is the availability of a Summer Session for students who, in the opinion of the Graduate School, have the ability to successfully complete the one-year MSc in Project Analysis, Finance and Investment , or in Economic and Social Policy Analysis or in Health Economics , or in Economics and Finance but whose background is not a first degree in economics. Instead it may be a relevant professional qualification, a degree in another social science, or a science or engineering degree with a high quantitative and analytical content. Students interested in pursuing this option are invited to write to the Director of Graduate Admissions in the Department of Economics and Related Studies, as each case is treated on its merits.
The Summer Session lasts for 5 weeks, beginning in late August. Students who satisfactorily complete the sessional examination at the end of the course can then be considered for admission to one of the three MSc programmes cited above. At the end of September before the start of term in October, there is also a two-week Mathematics and Statistics Review course available, which provides the student with additional relevant statistical and mathematical grounding for the MSc courses, building on the quantitative methods component of the Summer Session.
There are two main components to the Summer Session. The first is that of introductory and intermediate microeconomics. This introduces the student to the fundamental principles of microeconomics and its applications to numerous policy and business problems. The second component is the quantitative methods course that introduces the student to the main quantitative techniques and basic mathematical tools of analysis relevant to quantitative models for business and economic policy analysis.
The Summer session is also available as a free-standing course of instruction for any graduate interested in acquiring greater knowledge of economics and quantitative techniques.