BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
(HONOURS) ECONOMICS
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
MAJORING IN ECONOMICS
In FEMA’s Bachelor of Commerce programme, the
first year of study provides students with a wide
overview of various disciplines including Sociology,
Industrial Psychology, Micro and Macro-economics
and Accountancy amongst others.
During the second and third year of the course,
students select two major areas of study. Thus,
students opting for Economics as one of their majors,
choose another major subject area from the list of
programme specialisations namely: Accountancy,
Management, Public Policy, Banking and Finance,
Marketing, and Insurance.
The Economics Major provides an opportunity
for students to understand core areas such as
Public Sector Economics, Monetary Economics,
Econometrics, International Trade, and Applied
Macro and Micro-Economics.
The programme is further enriched by allowing
students to choose elective study-units from a
wide list of other subjects such as Economics of
Environmental Policy, Economics of Innovation,
International Finance, and Economics of Small
Island States.
Applicants must be in possession of a Matriculation
Certificate, including an Intermediate Level pass at
grade E or better in Pure Mathematics. Please visit
University website for further information.
WHY STUDY ECONOMICS?
From poverty, to climate change from health to
financial crises: the world’s most significant social
and environmental problems have an economic
dimension. Economics provides the tools to
analyse the trade-offs that individuals, firms and
governments face because of limited resources.
It considers the choices that are made, the social
context in which they take place and the implications
for human welfare.
The study of Economics is an excellent way to acquire
problem-solving skills and to develop a logical,
ordered way of looking at problems.
Students graduating with an Honours in Economics
may find a range of work opportunities within both
the public and private sectors, including professional
services and financial services.
Students, who successfully complete Part One of the
three-year B. Com. course and are placed in Category
II or better in the classification for the degree, and
obtain a minimum average mark of 65% in the
second and third year study-units in the ‘Economics’
area of specialisation, may opt to proceed to Part
Two of the Course (the fourth year) leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Commerce (Honours).
The programme includes the following elements:
• Study-units which cover essential areas in
Economics such as Game Theory, Economic
Growth, Economic Risk and Uncertainty and
Cost-Benefit Analysis.
• A variety of elective study-units, which allow
students to tailor the programme experience to
individual interests such as Health Economics,
Behavioural Economics, Economics of Aging
and Pensions, Labour Economics, Industrial
Economics, European Monetary Union and
Development Economics.
• A dissertation in which students pursue an
empirical or theoretical study on a topic of their
choice.
ACADEMIC STAFF
Dr Philip von Brockdorff (Head)
Mr Carl Camilleri
Dr Rose Marie Azzopardi
Dr Ian Cassar
Prof. Lino Briguglio
Ms Charmaine Portelli
Ms Marie Briguglio
Ms Stephanie Vella
The Department also utilises the services of part-time lecturers. You may refer to the website www.um.edu.mt/fema/economics/staff/academic for the full list of staff.
The Department of Economics forms part of the
Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy
(FEMA) at the University of Malta. The Department
offers tuition in various fields of Economics, creating
significant inter-disciplinary synergies.
Equipped with a versatile array of professional and
academic expertise, the Department of Economics
provides students with the factual, analytical,
practical and theoretical competences necessary for
contemporary policy design, implementation and
evaluation.
The Department is also proud of having established
three Chairs in Economics (visiting Professors from
top Universities) with the financial support of the
Central Bank of Malta. This further enhances the
level of academic preparation and research activity
in the field of Economics.
CONTACT
You are very welcome to visit the website of the
Department of Economics:
www.um.edu.mt/fema/economics
for more information about staff, dissertations,
activities and news.
Department of Economics
University of Malta
Msida, MSD 2080, Malta
Faculty of Economics,
Management
and Accountancy
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
+356 2340 2734