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I studied economics at SOAS, so hope that I can give you an idea.The SOAS courses are essentially text-based. You read a lot of articles, and hopefully develop your critical perspective and understanding of economic theory and practice. Evaluation at SOAS essentially consists of essays on topics in development economics, and you can get an excellent mark without any use of maths. Whatever maths based teaching there is (essentially only econometrics) does not go beyond what is normally considered undergraduate level. This is due to the political economy orientation of the economics department at SOAS, but also to the fact that students are accepted at Master's level with little previous preparation in economics. Moreover, most of the optional courses are joint with the M.Sc. in political economy, which requires no previous preparation in maths or economics at all.
I would say that if you plan to become an academic economist, then Tilburg probably provides maths-based skills that you will need for PhD studies and which are not provided at SOAS. On the other hand, if you think that you will be doing little maths based work as a professional economist, and rather wish to focus your studies on becoming familiar with the literature in development economics, then this is what SOAS provides. Essentially the economics Master's at SOAS is a degree in political economy rather than a degree in economics as defined by the use of maths-based methods.
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08-20-2008, 04:03 PM
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