BSc (Econ) (Hons) Economics

Economics is about more than maths. When you study economics, you get a set of tools that allows you to understand how the world works. And when you understand how something works, you can change it.

You'll learn all the core economic theories you need to be an economist using real, topical data from organisations such as HSBC, Barclays, the Bank of England and the UK Government's annual budget. You'll also learn skills that you can use in roles beyond finance.

You'll learn:

• how to use data to communicate a variety of challenging financial, ethical and social issues
• how to present an argument
• how economics influences decision-making in a wide range of scenarios, from people's behaviour to environmental sustainability, to investments and government policy making

After your second year, you can apply this knowledge on an optional paid placement. Previous students have worked at the Office for National Statistics, Amazon, or the Department for Energy and Climate Change.

Course highlights

• Benefit from expert teaching informed by our academics' close relationships with organisations such as the Bank of England and the Office for National Statistics.
• Gain a Bloomberg Certificate (a trading platform that's used by 250,000 financial service professionals) in our dedicated Bloomberg Suite.
• Be employment-ready by using the same software (EViews and STATA) and the same financial databases (Eikon and S&P Global IQ) as professional economists.
• Understand how economics affects society through our research expertise in behavioural economics and environmental resource economics.
• See economics from a different angle by spending a year abroad at a partner university in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe or the Far East.
• Get support to set up your own business from our Entrepreneurs in Residence Programme.
• Learn a foreign language as part of your degree.

Accreditation

This course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). This means that you won't have to take some of the CIMA exams if you want to be CIMA certified after you graduate. You'll have completed part of your professional qualification by doing this degree. Find out more about these exceptions on the CIMA website.

We’re proud to be a breath of fresh air in the academic world – a place where everyone gets the support they need to achieve their best. We’re always discovering. We don’t fit the mould, we break it. Just as the world keeps moving, so do we.

We’re closely involved with our local community, and we take our ideas into the global marketplace. We partner with businesses, industry, and government to set the course for a better future. And we educate and transform the lives of our students to help them achieve their potential. We stand out, not just in the UK but in the world. We excel in research areas from cosmology and astrophysics to cybersecurity, forensics, and sport science. Since the first day we opened our doors, we've looked towards the future. And we're here to help you shape it.