Economics with Management, BSc (Hons)

This course integrates economics and management to build expertise in key business concepts, including organizational strategies, customer competition, and economic principles for achieving objectives. Students explore complementary areas such as finance, accounting, and management, allowing customization to support careers in economics, consultancy, or business roles. Emphasizing real-world applications, the curriculum features expert lectures and case studies to enhance analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills. The program begins with foundational modules in economic principles and management, progressing to advanced topics like macroeconomics, microeconomics, innovation, and data analysis. Flexible options include a three-year track, placement year, or study abroad.Assessment involves exams, written assignments, reports, projects, and presentations, evaluating knowledge, critical thinking, and communication skills. A 12,000-word dissertation comprises one-third of final-year marks.

Year 1 Core modules: Principles of Economics provides a sound foundation for modules in micro- and macroeconomics. You will cover areas including methodology of economics, supply and demand, consumer spending choices, competition and growth theories. Economic Methods familiarises you with the use of mathematical and statistical tools in solving economic problems. You will look at equations, matrix algebra, calculus, statistics, distribution, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Managing Behaviour and Organisations focuses on managing people and organisations in contemporary society. You will learn about some of the concepts that can lead individuals and groups to behave in a particular way and apply these concepts to a range of issues including examples from your own experiences. Introduction to Leadership introduces basic leadership theories and practices in an organisational context. It examines the roles of personality, power, emotion, gender and culture in the field and addresses some of the practices that might result in leadership failure. In recent years, optional modules have included: The Economics of Sustainability Introduction to the History of Economic Thought The World Economy Mastering Data and Computation.