BSc Economics (4 Years Including Foundation Year)

University of Essex

Bachelor's degree

In Colchester

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    4 Years

About the course
Our BSc Economics (including foundation year) is open to Home, EU and international students

It will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the three-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your English language and academic skills


This four-year course includes a foundation year (Year Zero), followed by a further three years of study

During your Year Zero, you study four academic subjects relevant to your chosen course as well as a compulsory English language and academic skills module


You are an Essex student from day one, a member of our global community based at the most internationally diverse campus university in the UK


After successful completion of Year Zero in our International Academy, you progress to complete your course with our Department of Economics

Our course gives you a thorough introduction to all aspects of economics, including micro and macroeconomics, and qualitative and mathematical research methods

Our BA Economics offers you a large degree of flexibility, giving you freedom to focus on a broad range of areas which inspire you

You’ll study all the major mainstream fields, but we have particular strengths in these areas:
Game theory and strategic interactions
Theoretical and applied econometrics
Labour economics
We are rated consistently highly for student satisfaction and are top 5 in the UK for research, with over 90% of our research rated as “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” (REF 2014)

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Macroeconomics
  • English Language
  • Management
  • Teaching
  • English
  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • International
  • IT Management
  • Management Economics
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Example structure
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 0
Mathematics and Statistics
Introduction to Business Management
Introduction to Economics
Academic Skills
Year 1
Introduction to Economics
Career Skills in Economics
Introduction to Quantitative Economics (optional)
Methods of Economic Analysis (optional)
Applied Economics and Policy (optional)
Year 2
Macroeconomics (Intermediate)
Microeconomics (Intermediate)
Mathematical Methods in Economics
Introduction to Econometric Methods
Career Skills in Economics
The World Economy in Historical Perspective (optional)
Final year
Project: Economics
Econometric Methods (optional)
Mathematical Economics (optional)
Microeconomics (Advanced) (optional)
Macroeconomics (Advanced) (optional)
Economic Analysis of Asset Prices (optional)
Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour (optional)
Teaching
Your teaching mainly takes the form of lectures and classes, the latter involving about 20 students
Any language classes involve language laboratory sessions
Our classes are run in small groups, so you receive a lot of individual attention
Teaching is arranged to allow freedom in how you organise your learning experiences
Optional support classes in Economics
Assessment
Your assessed coursework will generally consist of essays, reports, in-class tests, individual or group oral presentations, and small scale research projects
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Your education is inspired and informed by this pioneering research, so that you graduate with a strong training in economics Our expert staff Our staff all have strong subject backgrounds, and are highly skilled in their areas both as academics and practitioners Within our Department of Economics, you are taught by the most prominent economists Our researchers are at the forefront of their field and have even received MBEs, with students coming from across the globe to study, research or work with us Our Department of Economics is a richly diverse home to staff and students from all over the world who have a strong sense of belonging and want to think, learn and change the world together Many of our researchers also provide consultancy services to businesses in London and other major financial centres, helping us to develop research for today's society as well as informing our teaching for the future Specialist facilities By studying within our International Academy for your foundation year, you will have access to all of the facilities that the University of Essex has to offer, as well as those provided by our Academy to support you: We provide computer labs for internet research; classrooms with access to PowerPoint facilities for student presentations; AV facilities for teaching and access to web-based learning materials Our new Student Services Hub will support you and provide information for all your needs as a student Our social space is stocked with hot magazines and newspapers, and provides an informal setting to meet with your lecturers, tutors and friends Our Department of Economics also offers excellent on-campus facilities: Extensive software for quantitative analysis is available in all computer labs across the university Access a variety of economics databases and multiple copies of textbooks and e-books in the Albert Sloman Library Your future Many employers want economists with critical thinking skills who can tackle large...

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