Program Overview

Bachelor's in Economics and Management

The Bachelor's in Economics and Management is a three-year degree, offering an inter-disciplinary and all-round education with the possibility to specialise further in management or applied economics and finance in Year 3.

Curriculum Overview

Our curriculum is similar to the Bachelor's in Organisational Sciences. Especially designed for students with an international profile, our degree in London is taught entirely in English and includes the study of at least one foreign language. We offer the best of the British and French university systems: a high number of contact hours, an interdisciplinary curriculum, language proficiency, small-group tuition, and personalised guidance.

In Year 1 and Year 2, the curriculum is designed to equip students with the fundamentals of five subject areas:

• Economics: Microeconomy, Macroeconomy, Economic aspects of globalisation
• Management: Introduction to General Management, Financial and Management Accounting, History of Management
• Quantitative disciplines: Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Sciences
• Social Sciences and Law: Political Sciences, Sociology, Global Contemporary Issues and Law (Public Law, Contract Law, etc.)
• Language and Communication

We put a real emphasis on language proficiency, and all our students must study at least one foreign language during their time with us. Language and professional communication training (English and Communication modules + a mandatory foreign language) is reinforced through optional study skills workshops provided to the students. Extra support is available with regular office hours offered by the English and Communication lecturers.

Foreign language classes are held at UCL:

• At the UCL's Center of Languages & International Education (CLIE), 9 languages are on offer at 7 different levels of proficiency, and teaching includes on-campus classes at UCL, language labs, and online self-evaluation exercises.

BEM students spend 17 to 22 hours per week in class, almost twice the number of contact hours offered at most UK universities. This allows our students to spend more time benefiting from the experience of our lecturers. The academic year is divided into two semesters, each comprising 12 weeks of classes, one reading week, and one exam week. Classes are typically 90 minutes-long; students are assessed through continuous assessments and final exams.

Semester 1 (Year 1)

Modules offered:

• Sociology: Birth of the Social Question | 36h | 4
• Macroeconomics Data | 9h | 1
• Microeconomics - Consumer behaviour theory | 18h | 3
• Introduction to Management | 18h | 2
• Financial Accounting | 18h | 3
• Computer Science: Excel/VBA | 18h | 2
• Introduction to EU Law and European legal systems | 24h | 3
• Economics: An introduction | 12h | 1
• Mathematical Tools | 36h | 4
• Global Ethical and Political Issues | 18h | 2
• English and Communication | 21h | 3
• Soft Skills and Employability | 3 |
• Electives: Foreign Language at UCL | 24h | 2

Semester 2 (Year 1)

Modules offered:

• Political science: State and Democracy | 36h | 4
• Introduction to Macroeconomics | 36h | 4
• Microeconomics - Producer behaviour theory | 18h | 3
• Introduction to Management | 18h | 2
• Financial Accounting | 18h | 2
• Optimisation in Mathematics | 36h | 4
• English Law and Legal Reasoning | 24h | 3
• Ecological Challenges: Planetary Boundaries | 18h | 2
• English and Communication | 21h | 3
• Soft Skills and Employability | 4.5h | 1
• Electives: Foreign Language at UCL | 24h | 2

Semester 3 (Year 2)

Modules offered:

• Social sciences and methods: Political Science | 18h | 2
• Macroeconomics | 36h | 4
• Microeconomics | 18h | 3
• Global Contemporary Issues | 18h | 2
• Management Accounting | 18h | 3
• History of Management of the Firm | 36h | 4
• Statistics | 36h | 5
• Contract Law | 18h | 2
• English and Communication | 20h | 3
• Soft Skills and Employability | 3.5 |
• Electives: Foreign Language | 18-30h | 2

Semester 4 (Year 2)

Modules offered:

• Social sciences and methods: Sociology | 18h | 2
• Macroeconomics | 36h | 4
• Microeconomics | 18h | 3
• Global Contemporary Issues | 18h | 2
• Management Accounting | 18h | 3
• Linear Algebra | 36h | 4
• Digital Sciences | 32h | 4
• Contract Law | 18h | 2
• English and Communication | 20h | 2
• Professional Experience | 140h | 0
• Soft Skills and Employability | 3.5h | 2
• Electives: Foreign Language | 18-30h | 2

International Advantage

The Bachelor's in Economics and Management is a three-year programme with competitive international mobility opportunities.

Our degree programme offers students great flexibility and the opportunity to specialise in their third year, along with the added benefit of studying a semester abroad.

At the end of the second year, students will choose their major and specialise in either the Management, Economics, or Social Sciences pathway. The London campus offers the Management and Applied Economics & Finance majors, and students will be able to spend the third year with us and continue to benefit from the international outlook of our degree and location. Alternatively, students can transfer to our parent university in Paris, selecting any of the majors offered, or choose from one of our 315 partner universities worldwide.