Description

Our Economics and Finance BSc (Hons) focuses on developing applied skills and knowledge. We look at solving economic and financial problems at local and international levels. The skills you gain on this course are in high demand. They will allow you to work in a diverse range of professions from banking and insurance to analysis, market research and economics.

Economic decisions affect every day of our lives. In this course, we study these decisions. You learn to understand how your economic decisions and the decisions of institutions affect everyone. 

Study in an engaging and supportive environment. Gain the analytical, quantitative and transferable skills required by employers in many sectors. 

Why choose this course:

• Gain an in-depth knowledge of financial markets and economy.
• To enhance your CV, we fund your membership of the Royal Economic Society during your study. Membership enables you to access competitions, grants, conferences, job market and symposiums. It also increases your professional profile as a future economist.
• We invite a range of high profile guest speakers. Our partnerships provide a great opportunity for networking, internships and work related experiences.
• Field trips and real-life economic projects and live experiments embedded in the programme.
• Opportunity to compete in economics competitions both within the University further afield.
• Opportunity to qualify as a Microsoft Office Specialist
• Access to specialist resources including the Financial Information Database (FAME) and Financial Times Interactive.
• Opportunity to take a placement year, giving you chance to gain experience while studying.

Year in Industry

All of our business students have the option of adding in a year in industry and / or a semester of studying abroad with one of our partners to their course. A year in industry gives students fantastic experience and is attractive to potential employers. This normally takes place after the second year of the course and extends the course duration by one year (15% of the standard tuition fee is chargeable). Study Abroad normally takes place for a semester of the second year of the course and doesn’t extend the course duration as credits achieved abroad count towards your degree.

You don’t need to decide whether you would like to take either of these options until after you have started the course with us.