MORSE vs. Economics at Warwick

Yes there will be MUCH more maths on Warwick's MORSE than on LSE's maths+econ course, no doubt about that. With a four year MORSE degree you are effectively prepared to do research in a number of areas in mathematics, statistics, economics and finance. LSE's maths+econ can only really prepare you for further study in economics/quantitative economics.

Operational research is an interdisciplinary branch of applied mathematics and formal science that uses methods such as mathematical modeling, statistics, and algorithms to arrive at optimal or near optimal solutions to complex problems.

MORSE and Economics are both very strong courses at Warwick and entail good job prospects. Choosing one over the other based on "prestige" is not a good idea at all, you need to know which degree you are likely to be more interested in (and hence which degree you are likely to get better grades in).

oh please tell me your conclusion..i'm having the same problem here...thanks..xxxx

Oh, and if it helps I should be going to uni in October to study Economics if I meet my offer

wow...cool...it's just that my dad said that maths became hedious when going to uni, especially for girls, thus his beloved and slightly daft daughter..me.
i think i want to do economics, and i'm probably ok with coping with normal amount of maths involved courses. so..finally i decide i'll apply for MORSE as one of my options, and if i were eventually to do this course...i'll just cry myself to sleep. i mean i really like it but...and also someone told me that combined courses aren't well received is that true?? thx for telling me the stuff.xxx

lol you sound just like me. I like my maths but I don't want to go overboard with learning it and would much prefer Economics

The thing about MORSE is that it's not like any other combined course. Warwick is the only institution that offers it and the grad. prospects are pretty good for it too. Warwick's maths' and stat's departments are amongst the best in the country so no one in their right mind would ever look down at someone who has done MORSE. But, Economics ftw!

Looking back, I might have gone for Economics as I still feel MORSE would have been a bit too math-heavy for my liking but that doesn't mean to say I would not take up the MORSE offer had I been forced to.

I'm a first year MORSE student and this year I only did 3 Maths modules ( roughly 40% of the year) but I have chosen options which mean I don't have to do any more Maths modules for the rest of the course. It doesn't have to be too maths heavy if you don't want it to be. You get a lot more freedom with regards to module choices then most degree's.