BA (Hons) Economics with Sandwich placement

Module: 4EC004

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module will explore the development of economic thinking from the emergence of economics as a distinct discipline, out of theology, moral philosophy and law through to the end of the nineteenth century. This will cover the period of the industrial revolution in the UK and elsewhere and explore the thinking of the classical school of economic thought and the emergence of the marginalist revolution and neoclassical economics.

Module: 4EC002

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

Macroeconomics considers the economy as a whole, both at the national and international level. It focuses on national income and inter-country comparisons, together with unemployment, inflation, growth and international trade. The module considers the main goals of government and their ability to achieve these and the conflicts therein. In doing so, the module considers fiscal and monetary policy together with issues of supply side economics and cooperative international relations.

Module: 4EC001

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module provides an introduction to the theory and practice of contemporary microeconomics and aims at developing students understanding of economic thinking through rigorous and analytical assessment of Microeconomic key concepts. The content includes supply and demand analysis, theories of the firm and individual behavior, competition among firms and market failures. Furthermore, particular emphasis is placed on how economic analysis may be used to explain a wide variety of contemporary policy issues.

Module: 4FC001

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to provide students with an introduction to the data handling techniques and methods of statistical analysis using the appropriate software for data collection and analysis. It will enable students to select and apply key quantitative tools to investigating issues in finance area.

Module: 4EC005

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module has two main strands: The first is the development of basic numeracy so that students are proficient at the mathematical operations that essential for the study of economics. The second focuses upon the development of study skills and the creation of a personal development plan by the student. This will involving developing an appreciation of how we learn and benefits of reflection by the student. The strand will also help the student to develop transferable skills and increase their employability.

Module: 4AC013

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of how financial control is exerted over an organisation's activities. Both strategic and operational issues will be considered, along with the selection of financing methods to fund activities.

Module: 4PO002

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The aim of this module is to introduce you to the main issues in international relations (IR) at the current time and to provide an intellectual framework to enable you to better understand our contemporary world and analyse and interpret international developments. The first part of the module deals with the scope and main concepts and theories of IR, the second part with the main actors in international relations and the third part looks at some of the main issues on the contemporary global agenda. This module is designed for ‘beginners’ and no prior study of IR is needed.

Module: 5EC001

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The methodology of economic analysis employs quantitative and qualitative tools to model and analyze markets,national economies, and other situations where firms and people make choices. Understanding of many economic issues can be enhanced by careful application of quantitative and qualitative methods. This course reviews concepts and techniques most relevant to economic analysis and applies these concepts and techniques to model economic behavior and outcomes.

Module: 5EC004

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module will build on the level 4, History of Economic Thought I module by considering the development of economic thinking through the twentieth century and into the twenty first. This saw the birth of macroeconomics as a separate discipline from microeconomics through the emergence of Keynes's book, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. The module will explore the debates between different macroeconomic schools of thought including the Keynesian, Monetarist, New Classical and Rational Expectations schools. In addition, new areas of microeconomics have developed though the last century. These include developments in industrial economics, financial economics (efficient market theory), international trade, growth and development theory, public choice theory and behavioural economics. The major thinkers in these fields will be explored throughout the module to help students appreciate the development of economics since the beginning of the twentieth century and understand the key differences in various economics schools of thought.

Module: 5EC005

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

International economics considers how economies and global economy have become more inter-connected. It focusses on International trade theory, both in its historic context and in imperfect markets, before moving on to consider international trade policy, including trade barriers (both tariffs and non-tariffs) the role of global regional and bilateral integration, trading bodies and the role MNEs play in this process. The module then focusses on the balance of payments and exchange rates, before considering open economy macroeconomics and the international monetary system.

Module: 5EC003

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

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