B.A. /BSc (Hons) Economics

You will study four, 30-credit units:

• Foundations of Quantitative Analysis in Economics and Finance
• Introduction to Macroeconomic Principles
• Introduction to Microeconomic Principles
• The Business and Financial Environment

You will study four, 30-credit units.

Core units:

• Intermediate Microeconomics
• Intermediate Macroeconomics

BA Students:

Plus two optional units*

BSc Students:

• Quantitative Analysis in Economics
• Optional Unit*

*The optional units are:

• Current Issues in Macroeconomics
• Economics of Corporate Finance
• Economics of Money and Banking
• Firms’ Behaviour, Markets and Environments
• Schools of Political Economy
• Managing Across Cultures

If you are on the placement route, you will undertake a minimum of 36 weeks' work experience between Year 2 and Year 3 of your studies.

If you are on the full-time route, you will progress directly into Year 3.

In Year 3 of the BA you study four 30-credit units (two core and two elective). Your core units depend on the focus of your studies. In addition, students choose from a range of elective units within their specialism.

Economics Focus:

• Advanced Economic Theory
• Economics of Growth and Development

Political Economics Focus:

• Contemporary Political Economy
• Economic Applications and Practice

Policy Focus:

• Economics of the European and Monetary Union
• Economic Applications and Practise

Business Focus:

• International Business and Global Change
• International Economics

In Year 3 of the BSc you study four 30-credit units (two core and two elective). The core units are:

• Econometrics Analysis and Forecasting
• Advanced Economic Theory

Plus two options from:

• Business and Global Change
• International Economics
• Economics and Crime
• Economics Application and Practice
• Corporate Finance and Investment
• Dissertation
• Environmental Economics
• Economics of Growth and Development