Whats the difference between an MA in Economics and a B.Sc. in Economics?
Single honours degrees in Economics (as well as Financial Economics and Applied Economics) are offered from within both the Arts Faculty (as an M.A.) and the Science Faculty (as a B.Sc.). The content of the MA and the B.Sc. are exactly the same during the honours years. A B.Sc. in economics and an MA in economics are equivalent degrees. However, each Faculty has different entry requirements and different regulations. Probably the most significant difference is that students in the Science Faculty usually take different subjects from students in the Faculty of Arts during their first two years of study in St. Andrews. Students in the Faculty of Science are required to take 40 credits from the so-called ‘hard sciences’ (such as maths, physics, chemistry, geo-sciences, biology, statistics, psychology, computer science, astronomy, etc.) during their first two years of study (in fact they are strongly recommended to do this during their first year of study), whereas students in the Faculty
