Explore economic policy, theory and practice in state-of-the-art facilities, developing critical thinking and analytical skills to prepare you for the world of professional economic analysis.

Gain a solid foundation in economics and evaluate the impact of economic policies.
Learn to analyse social issues such as inequality and environmental sustainability.
Develop analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills you can apply to the economy.
Enhance your professional communication and teamwork skills.
Gain work-ready experience with real-life projects and placements.

Studying marketing and economic theories, you’ll build your decision-making skills by using real-time analysis of global market data. You’ll apply the most current economic theories to real-world challenges – using quantitative data, statistical tools and advanced econometric software. You’ll graduate with a comprehensive understanding of economics, finance, financial markets, and the far-reaching impacts of public policy.

Work placements

You will have the opportunity to arrange a year-long work placement in between your second and third years. This gives you a real-world experience to prepare you for your future career.

Your academic and professional advisor helps you in your second year, and a placement officer supports you while you are on placement. You can also apply for a 6-12 week summer vacation placement scheme with the Government Economic Service that could help you secure a job in the civil service.

Live projects

In your final year you get a chance to apply your specialist knowledge and develop your research, analysis and communication skills in the consultancy module. You work in groups to investigate and propose solutions to a specific economics related issue for a client company or local authority body.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

Our lectures and seminars are informative and engaging, and you are encouraged to be an active participant via our electronic voting system or by using free apps, such as Socrative, on your smart devices.

Lectures give you a broad overview of the main topics central to the module, while seminars address an in-depth exploration of issues covered in lectures, where you have the chance to ask detailed questions, improve and develop self-confidence, teamwork and interpersonal communication skills.

You learn through a mix of

• lectures and seminars
• IT sessions
• workshops
• self-directed study and group work
• empirical project work
• consultancy work
• guest speakers
• work placement (optional)

Jobs directly related to your degree include

• economist
• economic analyst
• economics researcher
• business/data analyst
• business developer
• project manager
• market researcher and analyst
• policy developer

Previous economics graduates have gone on to work for

• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Bank of England
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Barclays Capital
• HSBC
• Oxford Economics
• Price Waterhouse Coopers
• Bloomberg
• Capita
• Ernst & Young
• KPMG
• Deloitte

 

UCAS points

• 112-120

This must include at least 64 points from 2 A Levels or equivalent BTEC qualifications. For example:

• BBC at A Level
• DMM in BTEC Extended Diploma.
• A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels, EPQ and general studies

GCSE

• English language or literature at grade C or 4
• Maths at grade D or 3

You can find information on making sense of UCAS tariff points here and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points.

• Access - an Access to HE Diploma with at least 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2. At least 15 level 3 credits must be at merit grade or above, from a QAA-recognised Access to HE course, or an equivalent Access to HE certificate.

If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or equivalent.

If you do not have any of the qualifications above but have relevant experience you are welcome to discuss potential opportunities with the admissions tutor.

Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 or over at the point of enrolment.

Important notice:

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.

 

Year 1 Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Data Analysis For Economics And Business	40	Coursework
Finance For Economics	20	Coursework
Maths For Economics	20	Coursework
Principles Of Micro And Macro Economics	40	Coursework

 

 

Year 2 Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Economic Analysis And Policy	40	Coursework Exam
Economics Of Risk And Return	40	Coursework Exam
Introduction To Econometrics	20	Coursework

 

Elective modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Alternative Perspectives In Economics	20	Coursework
Banking And Fintech	20	Coursework
Fraud Analytics	20	Coursework

 

Year 3 Optional modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Placement Year

 

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Advanced Issues In Economics	40	Coursework Exam
Applied Econometrics	20	Coursework
Behavioural Economics	20	Coursework
Consultancy Project	40	Coursework