This course is concerned with economic change in the past. It uses concepts and theories from across the social sciences to study the development of real economies and understand them in their social, political and cultural contexts. It combines the skills of the economist and the historian, the statistician and the sociologist. Meanwhile, economics tackles a broad range of problems, from barriers to economic development to international financial crises. This programme combines these two complementary fields in a major/minor format, with around 75 per cent of this programme in economic history, and the remaining 25 per cent in economics. You will examine important global issues such as the economic and social effects of wars, the importance of education and human capital in economic change, and the history of economic development in the third world. You will complete a research project in your third year where you undertake an original piece of research on a topic of your choice. The programme will enable you to develop a range of research skills which are highly valued by employers across a variety of careers, including numeracy, the ability to evaluate and analyse data, and to present an argument orally or on paper. Economic history combines the skills of the economist, the statistician and the sociologist, as well as those of the historian, therefore graduates leave with a portfolio of highly transferable skills that can be applied across a wide variety of employment sectors. Our graduates can be found in senior positions throughout many professions, in the City, NGOs, the civil service and government.