Economics BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Brighton

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    3 Years

Poverty, development, trade, migration, climate change, and education and health – you focus on the practice of economics and policy-making to understand and address these issues.
You learn from experts who directly influence economic policy and gain the practical skills needed for your future career.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

Recent graduates have found jobs as:
assistant economist, HMRC
data preparation and visualisation officer, CDO Partners
corporate analyst, JP Morgan.

You will need GCSE (or equivalent) Mathematics, with at least grade 6 (or grade B).
You should also have a broad range of GCSEs grade 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.

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Subjects

  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • Climate Change
  • Economic issues
  • Contemporary
  • Finance and Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Economics Topics

Course programme

Year 1 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Contemporary Economic Issues
  • Introduction to Economics
  • Introduction to Mathematics for Finance and Economics
Spring teaching
  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Macroeconomics 1
  • Microeconomics 1
Customise your course

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.

Year 2 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Introduction to Econometrics (level 5)
  • Macroeconomics 2
  • Microeconomics 2
Spring teaching
  • Advanced Macroeconomics
  • Advanced Microeconomics
  • Applied Economics Topics
Customise your course

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.

Study abroad or Placement

Study abroad (optional)

Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.

Professional placement (optional)

You can apply to take a paid professional placement in the third year of your degree. Recent students have gone on placements at:

  • First Equity Partners
  • PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
  • Ernst & Young.

All students receive dedicated support throughout their placement – from finding an employer to preparing for an interview.

Year 3 at sussex

Options

Autumn teaching
  • Economics of European Integration
  • Environmental Economics
  • Experimental Economics
  • Financial Econometrics
  • International Trade
  • Labour Economics
  • Monetary Theory and Policy
  • Understanding Global Markets
Autumn and spring teaching
  • Applied Economics Dissertation
Spring teaching
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Behavioural Economics
  • Big Data and Economics
  • Climate Change Economics
  • Economics of Crime
  • Economics of Education
  • Financial Economics
  • The Economics of Development

Additional information

International students Fee :  £16,750 per year

Economics BA (Hons)

£ 9,250 VAT inc.