Economics and Management

Our degrees have a modular structure. This means that compulsory modules provide you with the core knowledge and skills that you need, while optional and discovery modules allow you to shape your course to suit your personal interests and career aspirations.

Year 1 equips you with the mathematical and statistical knowledge you’ll need to study both subjects, and a basic understanding of accounting practices. You’ll also explore economic theory and history, and study organisational behaviour as the basis for your management modules.

From this foundation, you’ll develop your knowledge in both subjects over the course of Year 2. You’ll study microeconomics and macroeconomics, as well choosing from a range of optional modules on topics as diverse as labour economics, econometrics and transport economics. On the management side, you’ll explore important business functions like marketing, operations and supply chain management, the use of information in organisations and how the principles of organisational behaviour work in practice.

By your final year, you’ll have strong research and analytical skills to apply to your dissertation – an independently researched project on a topic of your choice. Another compulsory module will examine the challenges of strategic management. In addition, you’ll select optional modules from both subjects focusing on the topics that suit your interests and career plans, from management decision-making to public enterprise and regulation.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

• Academic and Professional Development for Studies in Economics 10 credits
• Accounting for Managers 10 credits
• Mathematical Economics 10 credits
• Economics and Global History 10 credits
• Organisational Behaviour 20 credits
• Starting Your Own Business 10 credits
• Economic Theory and Applications 1 20 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

• Anthropology for Business 10 credits
• Intermediate Microeconomics 10 credits
• Economics Research Methods 10 credits
• Intermediate Macroeconomics 10 credits
• Marketing 20 credits

Year 3

Compulsory modules

• Strategic Management 20 credits

For more information on typical modules, read Economics and Management BSc in the course catalogue

Broadening your academic horizons

At Leeds we want you to benefit from the depth and breadth of the University's expertise, to prepare you for success in an ever-changing and challenging world. This course gives you the opportunity to broaden your learning by studying discovery modules. Find out more on the Broadening webpages.

Learning and teaching

You’ll be taught using a range of methods including lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops. The rest of your time will be spent in independent learning, which allows you to develop your skills in research and analysis. Our Virtual Learning Environment will help to support your studies: it’s a central place where you can find all the information and resources for the School, your programme and modules.

You’ll also benefit from dedicated academic counselling from your Head of Year, a lecturer in your subject area who will meet you individually during the year and act as a personal tutor.

Assessment

We use a variety of assessment methods to help you develop a range of transferable skills that you’ll need in professional life. These are likely to include coursework, exams, oral presentations, group reports and dissertations.