Economics/English Language
Economics and English language is a combination that brings together two disciplines concerned, in very different ways, with the production and transmission of meaning. Economics studies how individuals and society make choices about how scarce resources are used, what products are produced and who gets to consume them, and it develops the analytical tools to evaluate those choices in terms of their costs, benefits, risks and effects on others. English language study examines language itself as a human system, exploring its structure, variation, use in context and the cognitive and social processes involved in how people produce and interpret meaning.
At the University of Glasgow, this part-time programme allows you to develop both disciplinary perspectives alongside other commitments. You will develop the quantitative and analytical skills that economics demands, engaging with microeconomics, macroeconomics and the methods used to analyse economic data, while also exploring linguistics, language acquisition, sociolinguistics and the analysis of how language functions in real communicative situations. A year abroad gives you the opportunity to study in a different country, extending your academic perspective across both disciplines and developing the kind of international awareness that both economics and language study reward.
The combination of economic analytical ability and linguistic understanding is valuable across a wide range of professional contexts. Graduates pursue careers in economic consultancy, financial services, the civil service, policy analysis, journalism, publishing, communications, education, market research and international business. The ability to think rigorously about economic systems while also attending carefully to how language shapes meaning and persuasion is particularly useful in roles that bridge analysis and communication, including policy writing, research communication and strategic communications.
Postgraduate study in economics, linguistics, applied linguistics or a related field offers further pathways for those who wish to specialise.