Online courses in economics and politics
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Online courses in economics and politics include online courses with live-time sessions, flexible online courses, and day and weekend schools.
Credit earned from some of these courses is transferable towards our Certificate of Higher Education – a part-time undergraduate programme in which you study a main subject discipline, but also undertake study in other academic subjects.
View all online courses in economics and politics.
Upcoming courses
Online - flexible • Short courses
This course provides a detailed introduction to microeconomics. On completion of the course, students will have the ability to understand and apply the principles of microeconomics at first-year undergraduate level.
- Mon 08 Sep 2025 – 21 Nov 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
All of us are affected by government policies, and governments place particular emphasis on economic policies. This course will equip you to evaluate the economic arguments made about public policy choices.
- Wed 10 Sep 2025 – 21 Nov 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
Students on this course will gain knowledge about social entrepreneurs, and how to develop creative solutions to address social problems utilising Gandhi's model of 'be the change you wish to see in the world' to make a difference in the lives of others.
- Wed 10 Sep 2025 – 21 Nov 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
Everybody is talking about 'globalisation' - but what does it really mean? What factors drive globalisation and what are the consequences for all of us? How can and should we govern processes of globalisation?
- Mon 15 Sep 2025 – 28 Nov 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
Political philosophy contains some of the greatest writings in the Western intellectual tradition. This online course introduces you to the central questions concerning the state, by means of classical and contemporary texts.
- Wed 17 Sep 2025 – 28 Nov 2025
Online - live • Short courses
Propaganda shaped history throughout the world in the twentieth century. We will explore its roots in mass politics, literacy and media, its consequences for democratic and totalitarian politics and culture, and its challenge to the very idea of truth.
- Wed 17 Sep 2025 – 26 Nov 2025
- 10 meetings
- 2:00 – 3:00pm
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