Decisions...
Many, if not most, undergraduate economics courses have a dissertation component in the final year. This will be compulsory in many cases - if it is mandatory for you, you should skip this section and move straight on to ‘Choosing a title'.
But some economics courses do not have a compulsory dissertation, but allow their students to replace one exam module in their final year for a dissertation. This section runs through the pros and cons of choosing to do a dissertation over another module. While the decision to do a dissertation or not will vary from person to person, there are a common set of issues that you should consider before you take it on see the Pros and Cons of doing a dissertation.