B.A. (Honours) Economics

Arts

Quantitative training inside a humanities degree — the combination most in demand for analyst and policy roles.

Economics honours sits between the arts and the sciences, and that is precisely its advantage. You read about institutions, policy and history like a humanities student, and you handle data, models and statistics like a science student. Employers hiring analysts look for exactly that overlap.

The programme carries a compulsory data-handling component: every student learns spreadsheet modelling in the second year and basic statistical work in R in the third. Our graduates have used that skill to enter banking, market research, government statistical services and postgraduate programmes at Delhi and Panjab University.

Who Can Apply

Pass in 10+2 with 50% aggregate. Mathematics at 10+2 level is strongly preferred and is required to opt for the econometrics electives.

Admission is granted strictly on the merit of the qualifying examination, following the reservation policy of the Government of Haryana. There is no capitation or donation charge of any kind.

Programme Highlights

What Makes This Course Different

Data Skills Built In

Excel modelling in year two and statistical analysis in R in year three, taught in the computer centre rather than on a blackboard.

Applied Indian Economy

Case work on Haryana's agricultural markets, MSP, GST revenue and district-level development indicators.

Mathematical Rigour

Mathematical methods and statistics run alongside theory so that econometrics in the final year is approachable.

Analyst-Track Placements

Banking, market research and financial-services recruiters interview specifically from this cohort.

Syllabus

Year-by-Year Curriculum

The structure below follows the Kurukshetra University syllabus under the NEP 2020 framework. Papers are revised by the university periodically — the department publishes the current detailed syllabus at the start of each session.

Under the four-year framework you may exit with a certificate after year one, a diploma after year two, or a degree after year three.

Introductory Microeconomics
Introductory Macroeconomics
Mathematical Methods for Economics I
Ability Enhancement: Communication
Multidisciplinary elective

Intermediate Microeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Statistical Methods for Economics
Indian Economy: Policy and Performance
Skill Enhancement: Data Handling in Excel

Introductory Econometrics
Development Economics
Public Finance and Taxation
International Economics
Applied statistics laboratory in R

Advanced Econometrics
Research Methodology
Money and Financial Markets
Dissertation with primary or secondary data analysis

After You Graduate

Career Paths & Higher Study

Where our graduates from this programme actually go — based on alumni records, not projections.

Banking and financial services

IBPS, RBI Grade B and private-sector analyst roles.

Data and market research

Research associate roles where Excel and basic statistics are the entry requirement.

Indian Economic Service

Through UPSC, after a postgraduate degree in economics.

Postgraduate study

M.A. Economics at Delhi School of Economics, Panjab University or Kurukshetra University.

Policy research

Think tanks, state planning departments and development NGOs.

Chartered accountancy

A common parallel track — the CA foundation overlaps heavily with year-one economics.

Questions

Frequently Asked About This Course

You can, and the department runs a bridge module in the first semester covering the algebra and calculus you will need. Be aware that the econometrics papers in year three are genuinely mathematical, and students without a maths background have to work considerably harder there.

Roughly a third of the credits. Mathematical methods and statistics are compulsory, and econometrics in the final year uses regression analysis. It is far less mathematics than a B.Sc., and far more than a general B.A.

Microsoft Excel to an advanced level — pivot tables, lookup functions, regression add-in and dashboards — and basic R for statistical work. Both are taught in the computer centre with a system per student.

They lead to the same examinations. Economics gives you stronger analytical and reasoning preparation; B.Com. gives you stronger accounting and practical finance. If you enjoy reasoning-based questions, choose economics.

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