MSc Behavioural and Experimental Economics

The MSc Behavioural and Experimental Economics is a year-long full-time postgraduate course offered by the University of Essex. This course uses model-based techniques and experimental methods to analyse how individuals and organisations make decisions, and how this impacts markets, leaders, and policymakers.Course Content: The course provides a comprehensive understanding of advanced areas of economics and experimental methods. It offers critical insights into how people make decisions, including the role of emotions, cognitive skills, personality traits, and social networks. These insights are used to design policies, institutions and products that work better, improving the wellbeing of individuals and societies. Students will also learn to conduct and interpret lab experiments using the newest software.Key Modules: The course includes core modules such as Economics of Behaviour and Decisions, Experimental Economics and Experimental Methods. Other modules on offer explore topics such as Financial Economics, Communication and Behaviour in Organisations, and Marketing Strategy.Future Careers: The course prepares students for a broad variety of career paths. Students can pursue roles in government, consultancy, policy making and application, or in academic research in economics or psychology.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.