Teaching & modules
Modules
Required Modules
You are required to take the following modules:
- Advanced Microeconomics (15 credits)
- Advanced Econometrics (15 credits)
- Advanced Macroeconomics (15 credits)
- Evaluating Public Policy (15 credits)
- Dissertation (60 credits)
If you are taking the part-time course, you will usually take Advanced Microeconomics, Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Econometrics and Evaluating Public Policy together with 2 optional modules worth 15 credits each during the first year of your programme and the remaining 2 required optional modules in the second year of your programme together with the dissertation.
Part-time students can, however, ultimately decide how to distribute their 60 credits of optional modules over the two years of the programme, as long as they ensure that by the end of the programme they have completed the required number of credits. Please note that part-time students should feel free to discuss this decision with the Programme Director, should they wish to do so.
Optional Modules
You will take an additional 60 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:
- Causal Inference (15 credits)
- Ethics and Public Policy (15 credits)
- Business and Politics (15 credits)
- Game Theory and Political Economy (15 credits)
- The Political Economy of Organised Crime (15 credits)
- Economic History (15 credits)
- Political Economy of Discrimination (15 credits)
- Experimental Economics (15 credits)
- Climate Change Economics and Policy (15 credits)
- Climate policy and global energy transitions (15 credits)
- Using Economics in Government
- Identity Economics (15 credits)
- Development Economics
- Topics in Applied Microeconomics (15 credits)
- The Law and Politics of Economic Regulation (15 credits)
- Internship module
- The Political Economy of Corruption (15 credits)
- The Political Economy of Gender: Democracies and Elections (15 credits)
- Managing the UK economy: Fiscal and monetary policy since 1945 (15 credits)
- Political Economy of Violence (15 credits)
- Policymaking in Non-Democracies (15 credits)
- The Political Effects of Climate Change (15 credits)
If you are taking the part-time course, the Department will allow you some flexibility in choosing how many optional modules you wish to take during Year 1 and during Year 2.
Optional modules outside of the programme’s pre-approved list can only be taken with explicit permission of the programme director.
Teaching methods - what to expect
We use lectures, seminars, and group tutorials to deliver most of the modules on the course. You will also be expected to undertake a significant amount of independent study.
At King’s, all students on a taught programme are allocated a personal tutor who will play a key role in helping you to get the most out of your studies, providing support and encouragement for your time at university.
Personal tutors provide you with the opportunity to periodically take stock of your learning, academic progress, and general wellbeing as you progress through your studies, offering guidance on how to seek further support if you need it, and how to access the range of opportunities available to you as a King’s student.
Note that students are expected to have the necessary background (or aptitude to pick up relatively complicated concepts quickly) in quantitative methods- e.g. statistics or econometrics, causal inference, microeconomics and mathematical methods in economics. We offer some pre-sessional training for 1 week before the term begins to update students’ knowledge.
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Module |
Lectures, seminars and feedback |
Self-study |
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Per 15-credit taught module |
The total contact time for each 15-credit taught module is 20 hours. |
Each 15-credit taught module has 130 hours of self-guided learning time. |
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Dissertation module |
A set of dissertation workshops plus one-to-one dissertation consultations. |
592 hours self-study and project work. |
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
Assessment
- Coursework
- Written/Practical Examinations
- Assessed Essays
- Presentations
Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework and written/practical examinations. Forms of assessment may typically include written examinations, coursework, assessed essays and presentations. You may also benefit from some informal assessment during individual modules to help steer your studies and enhance your learning.
Application closing date guidance
Key Information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time / Part time
Duration:
1 year FT/2 years PT
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026