Page 31 of 116 The programme is conceived of both as a terminal degree with substantial
intellectual content, and as an enabling degree for higher studies. The structure and contents of the programme make it an integrated and interdisciplinary programme with academic flexibility and choice. The programme provides the student a demanding but worthwhile and enjoyable experience in the form of a liberal education.
Page 32 of 116 BA. (HONOURS) ECONOMICS BA. (Honours) degree in Economics from the University of Delhi is one of the finest undergraduate courses in the discipline available in India. The coverage and levels of academic sophistication are at par with undergraduate Economics taught anywhere in the world. It is important, therefore, for the prospective applicant to have a realistic idea of what the subject is. It is technically demanding and requires strong mathematical and quantitative skills. It is not a simple extension of the Economics that a student
may have studied in school, and it is not primarily descriptive in character. In many respects it has more in common with the physical sciences in its reliance on model-building as a guide to the real world. The empirical testing of models (theories) requires sophisticated statistical tools. Students who want to apply to Economics Honours should have been very comfortable with Class XII mathematics. There is no compelling need to have done Economics at Class XII level since the Honours programme is entirely self-contained, provided the student has the basic mathematical skills and the ability to reason logically.
A significant proportion of the graduating class pursues higher studies in Economics in India or abroad. There is a very distinguished list of former students of Economics in the College who have gone onto hold senior positions
as economists in Government, in the World Bank or Asian Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund and soon many are in teaching positions at Universities in India (the
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