Course details

Summary

Open up a world of employment options

With Massey’s Master of Arts (Economics) you’ll build on your undergraduate interests and develop your analysis and research skills.

What is it Like?

With a Master of Arts in Economics at Massey you’ll investigate how businesses decide what to produce and how many people to employ, explore how people decide what to consume, and learn about big-picture world economics.

This programme will help you in your own decision-making, and in better understanding developments in the economy and society in general. It offers ways of thinking about the world that let you make the best of what you have, and improve on it.

Investigate your interests further

Massey’s MA (Economics) gives you flexibility in the subjects you study. You could explore topics such as international trade in agri-food products, or natural resource and environmental economics, for example.

You’ll build on your undergraduate degree and further investigate topics in economics that have taken your interest.

Be sought-after by employers

Massey's economics programme has been acknowledged by employers for its quality and content. Our graduates are sought-after by major public and private sector employers. When you complete your master’s degree, you could join our graduates working in prestigious organisations in New Zealand and around the world.

Complete your MA in three semesters

Massey’s Master of Arts is 180 credits. This means you can complete an MA in three semesters of full-time study.

Careers

The skills and knowledge of trained economists are highly valued by the public and private sector, large and small firms, large international agencies, schools and universities, economic policy-makers and social organisations.

You might work as any of the following:

• Agricultural economist
• Business analyst
• Economic consultant
• Energy research officer
• Environmental economist
• Health economist
• International economist
• Microeconomics analyst

Treasury, the Reserve Bank and the World Bank all recruit economics graduates. But your degree can also be the gateway to employment in many other areas, such as management, planning, politics, education, finance and banking, journalism or the media.

Master of Arts (Economics) structure

Courses to the value of 180 credits consisting of 120 credits of taught courses and a 60 credit research report (Coursework Pathway) or 60 credits of taught courses and a 120 credit-Thesis (Research Pathway)

At least a B grade average is required in the first 60 credits of courses completed in Part One for progression to Part Two - Coursework Pathway.

At least a B+ grade average is required in the first 60 credits of courses completed in Part One for progression to Part Two - Research Pathway.

Entry criteria

Admission to this programme is open to students who have:

• A completed BA degree with a major in Economics; or
• A completed Bachelor’s degree with a minor in Economics followed by a Graduate Certificate in Arts endorsed in Economics; or
• A completed Bachelor’s degree followed by a Graduate Diploma in Arts in Economics;

Students must achieve at least a B average in their 200 and 300-level Economics courses

Students who have completed a Bachelor of Arts(Honours) or a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, endorsed in Economics may be eligible for direct entry to part two of the Master of Arts.

• At least a B+ grade average is required for entry to the Research Pathway. A B grade average across the 700 level courses is required for entry to the Coursework Pathway.

English language requirements:

• IELTS score of 6.5 (no band less than 6.0)
• TOEFL iBT score of 90 overall (min 20 in Writing)
• PTE Academic score of 58 Overall (min 50 in communicative skills)
• Cambridge English score of 180