Students from a country where English is not the first language, must obtain a minimum English Language competency level.
IELTS: 6.0 (no band less than 5.5)
TOEFL iBT: 80 overall (min 19 in Writing)
PTE Academic: 50 Overall (min 42 in communicative skills)
Cambridge English: 170
Specialise in Economics for your Bachelor of Arts at Massey
Get skills for your personal and professional development
There's much more to economics than you might think. With a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) at Massey, you will look at:
how businesses decide what to produce and how many people to employ
investigating how people decide what to consume
big-picture world economics.
Economics is concerned with how to allocate scarce resources with competing outcomes. You’ll get a good understanding of the implications of the choices made.
A BA (Economics) degree from Massey will help you in your own decision-making. It will also help you better understand developments in the economy and society in general. It offers ways of thinking about the world that enable you to make the best of what you have and improve on it.
Take a flexible approach to your degree
Massey's Bachelor of Arts (Economics) gives you flexibility in the subjects you study. You will gain a strong grounding in the core elements of micro and macro-economics. You will build on this by choosing from a selection of other subjects (electives), including:
quantitative methods
international economics
international trade in agri-food products
natural resource and environmental economics
land economics
development economics.
Be sought-after by employers
Massey's economics qualifications have been acknowledged by employers for its quality and content. When you complete your degree, you can join our graduates with jobs in prestigious organisations in New Zealand and around the world. Our graduates are sought-after by major public and private sector employers.
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Planning information
If you study full time, in the first year you’ll take eight 15-credit courses, making a total of 120 credits.
If you wish to study over two semesters, you should aim for 60 credits per semester. You may be able to take some courses at summer school if you wish. Make sure you include courses that are prerequisites for the next level of courses you wish to study.
You need to pass five courses at 300-level for your BA. One of these (230310) is in the compulsory core and three are required for your major. If you are not taking a double major or a minor, you will need to take one 300-level elective course to meet this requirement.
About this major
An Economics major consists of 120 credits (eight courses).
Minor
Completing a minor is optional. Minors increase the breadth of your degree. They give you extra knowledge, attributes and capabilities.
A minor must be in a different subject from your major.
A Bachelor of Arts (Economics) with a minor
You may choose a minor from the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Science. If the minor is from another degree the regulations of that programme will apply.
All BA majors can be taken as minors and there are also some additional minor-only subjects.
An economics minor (for students who are studying a different degree)
If you are not studying towards a BA (Economics) and wish to complete a minor in economics see the BA regulations for requirements.
The skills and knowledge of trained economists are highly sought-after by the public and private sector, large and small firms, large international agencies, schools and universities, economic policy-makers and social organisations.
You might work as any of the following:
Agricultural economist
Business analyst
Economic consultant
Energy research officer
Environmental economist
Health economist
International economist
Microeconomics analyst
Treasury, the Reserve Bank and the World Bank all recruit economics graduates. But your BA (Economics) can also be the gateway to employment in many other areas, such as management, planning, politics, education, finance and banking, journalism or the media. You can design your economics major to meet your own interests and career objectives.
Insurance/year: 810 NZD
