Business and Management (Economics), BA (Hons), with industry placement

See how the world of business and management is changing through the lens of economics in this hands-on and socially-focused degree.

• Apply your economic thinking to business and prepare for a career in a wide variety of sectors.

• Get real-world experience on a ten-month or ten-week work placement and to apply what you’ve learned.

• Tackle contemporary issues in business using data to see the world as it really is.

Our BA (Hons) Business and Management (Economics) degree offers a diverse programme that will equip you with the business skills to work in a range of sectors. Your chosen pathway in Economics will provide a good foundation for you to build a career in business and management.Economics is about choice and the impact of our choices on each other. When you study economics you gain a toolkit of skills, approaches and ways of thinking that you can apply to a wide range of problems.The Economics pathway of this Business and Management degree will enable you to address global challenges and local opportunities by applying economics to policy problems - focusing on issues such as climate change, sustainability, wellbeing and obesity, inequality and unemployment.More about the Professional Placement YearA Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in up to 3 placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team.