| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-01 | - |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Overview
Gain the skills and knowledge to analyse real economic problems and understand how the world works.
This course will allow you to combine discipline-specific skills with an in-depth knowledge of the economic issues facing modern society so that you graduate equipped with the qualities that employers seek.
Our experienced team has created an engaging course that captures the diversity of the economics discipline. You will be taught by academics who are in constant dialogue with industry experts discussing their emergent practice to meet their needs of current and future graduates.
Why study Economics?
You’ll develop your knowledge in crucial aspects of the subject, such as microeconomics, macroeconomics, quantitative methods, and the application of theoretical and empirical economic analysis to major issues of economic policy.
Our Economics course is designed to be taken in combination with another course as part of our selection of combined honours degrees. These offer you the flexibility to study complementary subjects, expanding your knowledge in different areas and widening your potential career possibilities.
You will also have the opportunity to undertake a Professional Placement or a year abroad as an optional part of your degree. A Professional Placement contributes to your development by giving you real-world business experience and increasing your career prospects as you prepare for life after your degree.
Program Outline
Module information
Core/optional modules
*Modules subject to validation
How you’ll learn
Our teaching team will share with you their expert knowledge, experience and research insights during stimulating lectures, seminars and practical workshops.
Teaching is structured to allow for flexibility, and blended learning is widely used to support both teaching, learning and student support. Your actual contact hours will depend on the optional modules you select. However, typically you will have around 12 hours of structured contact time per week. This may be in lectures, where the module leader delivers key material to you in a large group, or seminars where you'll discuss and develop, in smaller groups, your understanding of topics covered in lectures. You may also experience workshops, which combine lectures and seminars when the class size is smaller. You'll also be supported by your personal academic tutor.
Between years 2 and 3 you'll have the opportunity to gain work experience on a year-long placement with an external organisation. You’ll also have the opportunity to apply to study for a year in one of our partner institutions in North America as part of your degree.
You can opt to undertake a final year project that will be based on a live brief from a relevant industry.
All courses are informed by the University’s Learning and Teaching Strategy 2015-2022.
When not attending lectures, seminars, workshops or other timetabled sessions, you'll continue learning through self-study. Typically, this involves reading journal articles and books, undertaking research in the library, working on projects, and preparing for coursework assignments/examinations, workshops and seminars.
Your lecturers will indicate specific readings and/or activities to complete before class. We will also provide reading lists for further study. Seminars are enriched when students have completed their independent reading, allowing everyone to interact with this learning and benefiting the whole group.
The Individual Study or Dissertation in your final year is a significant piece of independent research, where you may select a topic of special interest. You will be guided by a supervisor, but the main direction of the work will be decided by you.
Teaching is structured to allow for flexibility. Your actual contact hours will depend on the optional modules you select. However, typically you will have about 12 hours of structured contact time per week. For every hour of contact, you'll be expected to complete three hours of independent study.
You will be taught by academics at all stages of their careers, from postdoctoral researchers to professors, including others with extensive industry experience. Postgraduate students sometimes assist in teaching and assessing some modules. However, experienced academics teach the vast majority of lectures and seminars.
Every member of our teaching team is committed to innovative and engaging approaches to teaching, and members hold excellent teaching qualifications (Higher Education Academy accredited) and academic qualifications (PhDs in Economics, Finance or other related disciplines).
We are also research active, publishing our research in academic journals and books, engaging in work with academic and professional bodies.
I love economics and I love teaching economics. For me economics a very misunderstood discipline and I enjoy explaining this to anyone I meet. Put simply, economics is the study of trade-offs, of seeking to maximise happiness or satisfaction whilst recognising the limited resources we have in order to achieve this.
Dr Mamunur RashidCourse Director
Your future career
In a competitive job market, it is crucial that, as a graduate, you possess all the right skills that employers are looking for. Our Economics degree emphasises transferable skills at each level of study, with a strong focus on career development.
You can also expect to develop skills that will appeal to employers, including the ability to think critically, communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely, work independently and as part of a team, plan and manage your time effectively.
This degree also provides an ideal basis for continued study at Masters level in various disciplines.