The two-subject degree combines economics with another discipline or language, including the following: Other disciplines - African Studies, Development Studies, Geography (taught at King's College London), History, Law, Linguistics, Politics, Social Anthropology, South Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, Study of Religions; Languages - Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Georgian, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Persian, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese. It should be noted that BA Development Studies and Economics and BSc Development Economics are different and distinct courses. A BA in Development Studies and Economics is a two-subject degree, in which approximately half the courses taken would be outside economics. However, students following a BSc course in Development Economics will take the majority of their courses within the Department of Economics, and only open option course units can be taken in another department. Two-subject degrees take three or four years depending on the subject involved. Some two-subject courses in Economics and a language (like Japanese, Chinese or Arabic) take four years, and include one or two years of language alone and an extended visit to the country concerned. Others, like Economics and History, Politics or Urdu take only three years. As with the single-subject degree, students taking a two-subject three-year degree must take four course units each academic year, making a total of twelve units. Of these a minimum of five course units must normally be taken in each subject. A maximum of seven course units can be taken in either subject. For some two-subject degrees it is not possible to study economics in the second year of the degree course (e.g. Economics and Chinese). In such cases, the headings Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 below do not apply strictly and should be interpreted as a guide to progression.

Graduates in Economics from SOAS will have developed skills in analytical thinking, have acquired statistical and computing skills, and will have a familiarity with economic principles and their application to concrete situations. SOAS graduates with a BA in Economics have gone on to apply the knowledge and skills they gained from their degree in careers such as finance, politics, consulting and international development, as well as continuing their studies in Masters programmes. Studying a combined honours degree gives students to blend a solid grounding in another discipline or subject area which enables them to place the knowledge they gain as part of their degree within a specific regional, cultural or disciplinary context. Graduates pursue a range of careers, often as economists, in international organisations, banking, accountancy, industry, management consultancy and journalism. Many graduates also go on to postgraduate studies in Economics and Development Economics. Graduates have gone on to work for a range of organisations including: Barclays Capital British Council Columbia University Middle East Research Center European Parliment Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Guardian HSBC Insurance Brokers InStyle Magazine International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) Jefferies International Karnaphuli Limited Medipeace NGO SAFETY PROGRAMME One Planet Picturese PricewaterhouseCoopers SunGard Teach First Yale University Types of roles that graduates have gone on to do include: Consultant Business Development Representative Analyst Researcher Political Assistant Social Scientist Editorial Intern Director - Resource Mobilisation Senior Vice President Emerging Markets Group Managing Director Trade & Investment Adviser Associate Case Manager Communications Fellow Communications & Branding Consultant Student Engagement Manager