ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL POLICY WITH FOUNDATION YEAR (BSC): 6-YEAR, PART-TIME

The BSc Economics and Social Policy with Foundation Year allows you to study a wide range of economic, social, political and geographical theories while learning how to apply them to contemporary policy issues.

The programme will help you to address important issues such as:

What explains the massive differences in prosperity across the globe, both between countries and between individuals within countries?
How do different economic systems affect these outcomes?
What is the role of government and other power structures in affecting economic and social outcomes?
How do political systems differ across the world?
What role do gender and race play in economic, political and social systems?
The programme provides rigorous training in economics and a broad understanding of social policy and politics. As the programme proceeds, you can choose greater specialisation in economics or other disciplines as you wish.

Our part-time Foundation Year degrees allow you to spread out your Foundation Year studies over two years. As the 'Foundation Year' is made up of 120 credits, as a part-time student you can take 60 credits in each of your first and second years before starting the main four-year BSc Economics and Social Policy or one of our other Economics programmes listed below. This means that you can take six years to complete the part-time degree with Foundation Year.