Find courses
Online courses > short courses > Economics
Globalization (Online)
The credit crunch of 2008-9 brought the effects of the global economy to everyone's attention. From international trade and global inequalities to the impact on our carbon footprints, this course analyses the global economy – what ‘globalization’ means in practice, and why it takes the form it does.
Find out more about this course and
Macroeconomics: an introduction (Online)
The course provides a detailed introduction to Macroeconomics and encompasses the fundamentals of Macroeconomics. On completion of the course students will have the ability to critically assess real world macroeconomic developments at the 1st year undergraduate level. Moreover, students will be able to better understand the material in other online economics courses such as the ‘New Economic Powers’ and ‘Globalisation’.
Find out more about this course and
Microeconomics: an introduction (Online)
Students on this course will develop their understanding of the technical aspects of Microeconomics such as opportunity cost, supply and demand, consumer and firm optimisation, market power and market failure.
Find out more about this course and
New Economic Powers (Online)
In the global economy of the 21st century, Brazil, Russia, India,
and China (BRIC) are suddenly emerging as major players, shaking
up the existing order, and generating waves of uncertainty around
the world. Will the U.S., Japan, and Europe be surpassed by these
new economic powers? How did these countries achieve their
success? Will that success last? What lessons can be learned from
their strategies? And how will the world be reshaped by their
emergence?
To get a taster of the discussion around the current economic
climate, listen to this debate:
How did this crisis develop and what happens next?. Dr Linda
Yueh, author of the New Economic Powers course, and Professor
Jonathan Michie, Director of the Department for Continuing
Education and a leading economist, debate the issue: "Is
laissez-faire capitalism dead?"