Courses-Under Graduate Level

From its inception in 1982, the University has identified Economics as one of the basic subjects at Under Graduation level. The University started offering Economics in its Bachelor’s programme at 26 study centres initially and presently it is extended to 218 study centres. The BA Programme (BA I, II & III years, CBCS) is offered in Telugu and English mediums. The courses offered in this discipline focus on core subject areas that are expected to provide students with a solid grounding in the study of Economics.

Courses-Post Graduation LevelThe department has introduced Post Graduation Programme (MA Economics) in the Academic Year 1996-97. The programme is spread over to 19 Study Centres at district level with an average state wide enrolment of 180 students in every Academic Year.

The MA programme comprising altogether 10 courses in two years, were structured programs providing to students with an understanding of various economic methods, theories, and models, principles that serve as a framework for understanding economic behaviour and to help them. The MA I year program comprises of 5 courses: Course-01: Micro Economics; Course-02: Macro Economics; Course-03: Public Economics; Course-04: Quantitative Methods; Course-05: Indian Economic Policies. The MA II year courses include: Course-06: Economics of Planning and Development; Course-07: International Economics; Course-08: Industrial Economics; Course-09: Agricultural Economics; Course-10: Environmental Economics.

M.Phil. / Ph.D : The Research Programmes leading to the award of M.Phil. & Ph.D. was introduced from the year 2008. In the first batch (2008-09), Ten students were admitted into M.Phil. and Seven students into Ph.D programme. In the second batch (2009-10), Nine students were admitted into M.Phil. and Four students into Ph.D. programme. In the third batch (2018-19), Two students were admitted into M.Phil. and Two students into Ph.D. programme. The topics selected for research are varied and of current importance. Some of the broad subject fields on which research is been conducted include – Agriculture, Banking, Development Economics, Micro Finance.