2. Choosing Economics By The Department of Economics University College Cork

3. Typical Questions What is Economics? Why study Economics? What programmes teach Economics? What are the entry requirements? What are the career opportunities?

4. What is Economics? When you turn on the television news what do you see? - An item on EMU or interest rates When you meet friends what do you talk about? - The price of clothes or whether you an afford to go out.

5. The Fact is Economics Affects Our Daily Lives Economics studies how people choose to use their limited resources to produce, consume and exchange goods and services.

6. A Challenging and Diverse Discipline Addresses interesting issues such as: Does Government spending create employment? What strategies can firms use to be successful?

7. Why Study Economics? Economics develops: - analytical skills - quantitative skills - research skills Computer training Preparation of professional reports

8. In what programmes is Economics taught? Arts Commerce Accounting Finance Business Information Systems Computer Science Social Science Nursing Studies Food Business

9. BA Degree in Economics Applied Public Policy –Decision Analysis –Economic Growth –Public Expenditure and Finance –Health Economics

10. Applied Business Economics - Corporate Strategy - Human Resource Economics - Economics of industry - Financial Markets and Institutions Quantitative Methods - Econometrics - Economic Survey Methods BA Degree in Economics

11. BSC COMPUTER STUDIES (Joint Honours with Economics) First Year - Principles of Economics Second Year - Microeconomics - Data Collection and Analysis - Economics of Industry

12. Third Year - Business Economics - Quantitative Techniques - Capital Markets Fourth Year - Economics of Corporate Strategy - Econometrics - Mathematical Economics - Law and Economics of Competition BSC COMPUTER STUDIES (Joint Honours with Economics)

13. What are the entry requirements? Achieve points You are not required to have taken Economics or Honours Maths for the Leaving Certificate. First Year Economics is taught on the assumption that students have not studied the subject before.

14. Many Economic graduates do not work under the job title “Economist”

15. Positive Career Outcomes Careers for a Lifetime in a Changing Job Market. An Interesting Career Path. Access to a World of Careers.

16. What are the career opportunities? Education, Research & Economic Consultancy –ESRI –Goodbody’s Economic Consultancy –Information Technology Colleges –Universities –Teasgasc –Department of Finance

17. Banking, Accounting and Finance –Price Waterhouse or Ernest & Young –AIB Capital Markets –Lyolds or Natwest –Irish Life Firms & Business Organisations –Business Economists or Strategists – Managers – IBEC –Competition Authority