Bachelor's degree

In Aberystwyth

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Aberystwyth (Wales)

  • Duration

    3 Years

Facilities

Location

Start date

Aberystwyth (Ceredigion)
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Aberystwyth University, Cledwyn Building, SY23 3DD

Start date

On request

About this course

GCSE * (min grade C)
Mathematics

UCAS Tariff
260 points

International Baccalaureate
29

European Baccalaureate
75%

* All schemes require grade C in GCSE English or Welsh or an acceptable equivalent.

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Course programme

In 2008, the world's financial systems crashed into crisis. Countries that had looked prosperous a few short months before, came to the verge of bankruptcy; countries that were going to be the economic tigers of the 21st century could no longer find markets into which to sell their goods; countries desperate for economic development found themselves at the back of an ever-growing queue for resources.

What are the forces that can so rapidly change the world? Do we really understand them? Can we quantify them? Have we any chance of predicting or controlling them? This is Economics.

Here at Aberystwyth, you will study your Economics degree in a Department, which:

  • makes world-leading contributions to research and practice;
  • combines traditional academic teaching with up-to-date training in the skills you will need for business;
  • works with you as an individual to optimise your career opportunities;
  • enables you to combine Economics with a fantastic range of other disciplines, from Accountancy to International Politics;
  • is part of a University which, year after year, has one of the highest student satisfaction ratings in the UK country.

Economics Degree Year 1

No prior knowledge is assumed, so Year 1 of your Economics degree lays the grounding for your studies, equipping you with the fundamental techniques you need: but it also whets your appetite for the discipline by introducing the hottest up-to-date topics in the field. You'll also do a module called Introduction to Financial Management: a topic which most first year students could usefully study, whatever their discipline!

The core modules in the first year are:

  • Economic Principles and Skills;
  • Mathematics and Statistics for Economics;
  • Introduction to Financial Management;
  • Hot Topics in Economics.

Economics Degree Years 2+3

In Years 2+3 you apply the skills you have learned to measuring the performance of Economic systems large and small. You will also start to be introduced to the intricacies of probability and prediction, and the problems of uncertainty.

The cores modules in Years 2+3 are:

  • Microeconomics: Consumers and Producers;
  • Macroeconomics: Behaviour and Systems;
  • Econometrics;
  • Oligopoly and Game Theory;
  • Uncertainty and Asymmetric Information.

In years 2+3, as you progress and get more experience, you can add more topics of your own choice to these core subjects, from a range including Economics in relation to the Developing World, or in relation to the Use and Exploitation of Labour.

Additional information

Contact person: Information Office

Economics

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