Programme summary for BA (Hons) Business Economics
This broad-based degree shares common core modules with other Business Studies programmes, but with strong focus on the analytical techniques used in economics. The highly transferable skills you develop add value to your CV and broaden career opportunities.
The Business School has a long history of teaching economics programmes and receives consistently high rankings among peer-group universities.
About the programme
Why Business Economics?
The programme teaches a systematic understanding of the principles of economics, and how they are applied to business, government and society. You cover the way markets operate and the role of government and regulation. You also develop analytical reasoning abilities and gain a thorough grounding in principles and practices of economics. An economics degree opens up opportunities within government and not-for-profit sectors as well as industry and graduates often move quickly into high-paid jobs or ‘fast track’ career paths.
Programme structure
This programme shares a common set of modules with Business Studies in year one, providing a solid foundation in business principles and theories. In the succeeding two years, the focus switches to core economics modules. The programme includes a supervised final-year project and some taught modules also contain project-like elements.
Added Value
- Under the EU Socrates programme Business Economics students have the opportunity to study for a year in Italy, Spain or France.
- The programme includes assessment based on group and individual work, giving opportunities to both fine-tune team skills and develop independent ideas.
- Business Economics develops competencies such as abstract thinking, critical analysis, problem solving and investigation and evaluation – all adding to your employability.
- You develop sophisticated ICT and presentation skills.
A programme for students who enjoy…
- Acquiring problem-solving and strategic skills
- Understanding theories that shape society and applying them to real-world issues
- Analysing current economic and social affairs, both local and global
- Debate, discussion and formulation/presentation of ideas
Career opportunities
These include corporate finance, banking, civil service and government, research and analysis. You may also choose to progress onto an MBA or Masters degree. Some Business Economics graduates move on to teaching.
For more information see Business Economics BA (Hons) Programme Specification.
Support
- personal tutor system
- residential/student finance advice
- careers advice
- study skills development
- IT training
Admission
- 240 UCAS tariff points or equivalent
- Pass in a recognised Access Course or International Foundation Programme
In addition to the above, we require GCSE Maths grade C and English grade C or equivalents, unless competency is part of the qualification gained.
We also welcome mature student applicants and those with relevant professional and vocational qualifications, and these will be dealt with on an individual basis and may require an interview.
Students that apply to enter Year 2 or 3 of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes, or through an approved articulation agreement. Therefore such applicants must be able to demonstrate and evidence that they have the required learning outcomes as listed in the modules for which they are seeking exemption.
In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education undergraduate programmes.
