The teaching of Economics began in the mid 1960s within the Division of Survey Courses and Social Sciences (later renamed the Division of General Studies and Social Sciences) when the Barbados Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) was situated at the Harbour Site. When the Campus moved to its current location at Cave Hill in September 1967, Economics teaching and research continued within the Division until it was abolished in 1972. On August 1, 1972, the Department of Economics was formed within the Faculty of Arts and General Studies. When the Faculty of Social Sciences was established in 1975 at Cave Hill, the Department became a unit within the Faculty.

The Department of Economics is responsible for the teaching of Economics and Quantitative Methods (Mathematical and Statistical) courses within the Faculty of Social Sciences. Our departmental handbook outlines the programmes and courses offered by the Department and is a supplement to the Faculty Handbook. The Department seeks to provide programmes which meet the needs of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean countries for trained Economists. The teaching of Economics in the undergraduate programmes provides students with a firm foundation in the principles of economic analysis and their application to Caribbean-type economies (i.e. small, developing economies).


Graduate Programmes:

You can view our Graduate Handbook for the year 2008/2009 (PDF). Also you can view a list of all the Graduate programmes offered by The UWI at http://cavehill.uwi.edu/Gradstudies/index.htm.


Undergraduate Programmes:

Visit our Undergraduate Programmes page for a list of programmes offered through the department or download our Undergraduate Handbook for the year 2008/2009 as PDF document.