Programme aims

The Agricultural Economics programme offered byÊSOAS University of LondonÊwill facilitate the development of:

• an extended knowledge of contemporary economic theory

• the skills to analyse problems concerning choice and resource allocation on national and international markets

• the ability to access and synthesise the relevant economic literature to undertake further research or study in the field of agricultural economics

• the skills to communicate the results of economic analysis to interested parties.

Career progression

Graduates of this programme will typically find work as environmental economists in the following fields:

• government ministries undertaking work in agricultural policy analysis

• public and private sector companies involved in upstream and downstream agricultural industries

• international and non-governmental organisations concerned with the economic analysis of agricultural sector issues

• applied research and teaching in institutions of research and higher education