Economic History involves a study of change over time in the performance and structure of an economy, and the program aims to analyse economic problems in a long run time and institutional framework in a range of economies from underdeveloped countries through to advanced developed countries and for both free market and command systems. Economics strives to provide students with an appreciation of economic systems and an understanding of various economic issues such as unemployment, inflation, resource allocation, economic growth, income distribution and international trade. Economics is the science of rational decision-making about economic choices and behaviour, and the effective use of scarce resources. Finance is concerned with the study of financial markets and instruments and how they relate to decisions made by investors, corporations and governments. A primary focus is how financial decisions are made with regard to maximising profitable returns while managing risk.
Management studies involve a consideration of factors that affect how an organisation performs.
Issues include accounting and reporting, performance and incentives, control systems, organisational behaviour and strategy. Marketing is concerned with the study of the development, promotion and sales of an organisation's goods and services. These are key issues of strategy. The subject includes an understanding of human behaviour, economic markets and modelling. Statistics is concerned with a wide variety of data measurement and inferential problems across the range of natural and social sciences, and the course aims to develop a coherent body of theory and practice applicable to various problem areas.