Good evening,

I'm finalising my module choice and was hoping to hear from a few PGs. Currently in my final year reading a BA Financial Economics at a mid-ranking UK University. I'm not sure if I would go directly into a Masters just yet - however my module choice is getting me to consider my module options.

I have 45 credits or 3 x 15 credit worth of optional modules this year - surprisingly Micro (Advanced), and Macro (Advanced) module are not core this year (?!), they each are worth 15 credits. I was considering to drop them - instead do 30 credits outside the Econ dept, e.g. accounting module, and only 15 credit of a easier Econ module; the motive of outside module are somewhat extrinsic, that I'd be more confident of getting high marks. However I'm conscious that my degree is already BA (instead of BSc) - if I do not do the Micro and Macro at advanced level - would my chance of getting into a decent finance related MA/MSc reduce quite a bit? e.g. would an BA/BSc Econ degree without (at least one) advanced Micro / Macro look weak?

Thanks,
Andrew

I can't answer from a Economics perspective specifically, but in my Biology BSc I took 'easier' modules which enabled me to get a First, and I think this has served me better on paper than a 2.1 with more relevant modules.

This was also because I didn't know what was going to be relevant because I didn't know what I would need in the future, but it's a difficult one, because throughout my PhD I wished I had taken those other modules because it would have aided my understanding of my topic, but maybe I wouldn't have got my PhD if I had a 2.1 with those modules - so I feel your dilemma!

On your CV, you are probably not going to write which modules you took each year, so you can already write micro and macro economics and that is probably enough? I wrote 'cell biology' for example, and that could have been in first year or third year and there was no way for them to know.