Finance and Economics (with placement year) BSc (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Bradford
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Bradford
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Duration
4 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
Our sandwich year BSc (Hons) Finance and Economics degree gives you a strong working knowledge of:
accountancy
financial markets
investment appraisal
risk management
With a range of optional modules available alongside the core curriculum, you’ll be able to tailor the programme to your areas of academic interest and your career aspirations.
It includes a year-long paid internship; an invaluable opportunity to develop your skills and insight and boost your graduate employability. You can take an internship as part of the Government Economic Service placement scheme, within organisations such as:
HM Treasury
Department for Work and Pensions
Department of Health
Office for National Statistics
You can also take an internship at a range of private sector companies involved in finance, accountancy or even marketing.
Alternatively, you can choose to study a year abroad at one of our partner institutions across Europe, North America and East Asia.
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About this course
Typical offer: BBB / 120 UCAS points
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Subjects
- Risk
- Appraisal
- Risk Management
- Investment
- Economics
- Marketing
- International
- Finance
- Financial
- Employability
- IT risk
- Accountancy
- Financial Training
- Finance Economics
Course programme
The modules for this course can be found in the latest programme specification.
The BSc (Hons) in Finance and Economics aims to equip students with grounding in accountancy, financial markets, investment appraisal and risk management, along with a thorough background to economics, qualitative and mathematical research methods, always highlighting the link between theoretical aspects and real-world applications.
Year One: (all modules are core)
- Introduction to Accounting (20 credits)
- Principles of Management (20 credits)
- Introduction to Finance (20 credits)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (20 credits)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (20 credits)
- Quantitative Methods for Economists (20 credits)
Year Two: (all modules are core)
- Employability and Enterprise skills (20 credits)
- Financial Management (20 credits)
- Multinational Finance and Investment (20 credits)
- Intermediate Microeconomics (20 credits)
- Intermediate Macroeconomics (20 credits)
- Research Methods for Economists (20 credits)
Year Four:
- Dissertation in Financial Economics (40 Credits) core
- Risk Management and Derivatives (20 credits) core
- Advanced Economics (20 credits) core
- Current Issues in International Business (20 credits) option
- Leading and Managing People (20 credits) option
- Econometrics (20 credits) option
- Product and Corporate Brand Management (20 credits) option
- Business Ethics and Social Responsibility (20 credits) option
- Interactive Services Marketing (20 credits) option
- Contemporary Development in Employee Relations (20 credits) option
- Taxation (20 credits) option
- Contemporary issues in Economics (20 credits) option
- Project Management (20 credits) option
- International Business Strategy (20 credits) option
- Human Resource Management (20 credits) option
- European Business and Management (20 credits) option
- Auditing (20 credits) option
- Strategic Management (20 credits) option
- Organisational Design and Analysis (20 credits) option
- Entrepreneurship Creativity and Innovation (20 credits) option
- Management of Information Systems (20 credits) option
Finance and Economics (with placement year) BSc (Hons)