This degree is for you if you wish to pursue a career as an economist in academia, industry, finance or government. This programme is designed to provide a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of economics, sociology and human geography subjects whose literature demonstrates key links with the process of development.

Course schedule (.DOC)

Year 1:

• English
• Principles of Economics (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics AP)
• Mathematics
• Intellectual History of Europe
• Intellectual History of Central Asia
• Statistics I
• Kazakh/Russian
• IT

Year 2:

• Introduction to Economics
• Introduction to Business And Management
• Principles of Sociology
• Statistics II
• Mathematics II
• Introduction to Philosophy of Social Sciences
• Jurisprudence

Summer semester:

• Educational Practice (2 Weeks)
• Marketing
• Entrepreneurship

Year 3:

• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• Principles of Accounting
• Elements of Econometrics and Economic Statistics
• Social Psychology
• Political Science
• History of Economic Thought
• History of Economics

Summer semester:

• Professional Placement (4 Weeks)
• LSE Summer School Course (3 Weeks) for the 2 Best Students – No Credits

Year 4:

• Organisation Theory
• Corporate Finance
• Industrial Organisation
• Environmental Economics (includes the course Ecology)
• Public Economics
• Diploma Work