入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：a first class honours degree with two semesters of college-level calculus or equivalent, all applicants must submit a GRE score. GRE scores must be no more than five years old
英语要求：IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 100
学费 Tuition Fee：2012/2013 two year (preliminary year only) £16,512
课程特征 Course Features：
The preliminary year of the two year route is designed to give students with a sound quantitative background the opportunity to acquire the foundation in economic theory and techniques that would make them eligible for progression to the MSc in Economics.
The preliminary year will give students the opportunity to:
•acquire a solid foundation in economics and quantitative techniques
•earn the Diploma in Economics
•progress to the final year of the MSc in Economics, or to other related MSc programmes, subject to performance and programme prerequisites.
•prepare for a career as an economist.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Compulsory courses
(* half unit)
•Microeconomic Principles I or Microeconomic Principles II
•Macroeconomic Principles
•Mathematical Methods or Further Mathematical Methods (Calculus)* and Further Mathematical Methods (Linear Algebra)*
•Introduction to Econometrics or Principles of Econometrics
Students progressing to the final year of the MSc Economics must attend the Introductory Course in Mathematics and Statistics in September 2013.