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Introduction
Why choose this course?
Key features
The Data Modelling and Analytics module will help you develop real-life data science and visualisation skills for future employability, while exploring a wide range of tools in MS Excel.
Our award-winning Careers Team will help you gain employment experience and put your skills and knowledge into practice. Students have gone on to do placements with global companies such as PwC and Caterpillar.
Benefit from doing your own research and developing ideas under the supervision of our expert academic community.
Learn to understand and evaluate the policies of various organisations and how these shape the wider business environment through modules such as Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy and Microeconomics: Ethics, Policy and Practice.
Learn through a variety of assessment methods including reports, portfolios, presentations, data visualisations, tests, reflective work and exams.
Our Trading Room will provide you with access to financial information software that is widely used in the industry to make decisions in areas of macro-economic policy-making.
Benefit from Education 2030, where a simplified ‘block learning’ timetable means you will study one subject at a time and have more time to engage with your learning, receive faster feedback and enjoy a better study-life balance.
Overview
Economics explains the problem of scarcity and human behaviour that shapes the world we live in, and that businesses operate in. From standards of living to the causes of market crashes, the impact of economics plays a critical role in all our lives.
In this course, you will develop proficiency in a variety of quantitative techniques as well as learn how to apply economic reasoning and tools to analyse real-world problems and policy. You will also gain analytical and critical evaluation skills to recognise how national and global issues affect the performance of a business.
You will have an opportunity to build real skills for future employability. This includes state-of-the-art knowledge of digital software and applications, as well as core skills in writing, presenting and teamwork.
You will study a range of modules, including Macroeconomics for Business, Data Modelling and Analytics and International Economics, Sustainability and Emerging Markets which are all taught by leading experts in their fields.
Your study will be supported by our modern facilities including our Trading Room, which will give you a simulated experience on the same information platform used by leading decision-makers in finance, business and government.
Modules
Year 1
Block 1: Contemporary Issues in Microeconomics
This module will introduce you to the fundamentals of the economic approach to problem-solving and analysis. Economic issues of scarcity, exchange and trade-offs will be used to explore a variety of contemporary issues in the modern economy relating to choices by individual consumers, firms and government policy-makers.
Block 2: Quantitative Methods for Business Economics
This module is designed to avail students with the key mathematical and statistical techniques that will enable them to understand the models and arguments used within business and economics, both in theory and in application.
Block 3: Macroeconomics for Business
This module introduces students to mainstream macroeconomics and its core principles. The module facilitates an understanding of how economists’ approach and analyse societal problems at the national and regional levels.
Block 4: The History of Business and Economics
This module aims to develop an understanding of how and why economies and the individual businesses within them change and how economic thought develops and is influenced by its historical context. A wide variety of thinkers and ideas will be discussed and compared, and students will have a sense of the richness of debates and how they relate to contemporary issues.
Year 2
Block 1: Macroeconomics Analysis and Policy
The module will emphasise the analytical skills developed by examining economic and business theory in an applied context. It will equip participants to think conceptually and holistically about how to approach macroeconomic policy making at an institutional level.
Block 2: Microeconomics: Ethics, Policy and Practice
This module develops the understanding of microeconomics established in the first-year module. Students will be introduced to the programming of economic problems and develop communication skills, both written and oral.
Block 3: Data Modelling and Analytics
This module offers a deep insight into the realm of data science and visualisation, exploring a wide range of tools in MS Excel. A career in Economics or the private sector requires technical experience in using spreadsheets, economic and business models.
Block 4: Contemporary Issues in Global Business
The module will examine how firms understand the external environment they operate in and the internal competitive pressures within their respective markets.
Year 3
Block 1: Advanced Business Economics
This module will provide students with the critical knowledge of relevant economics and business theories that are essential for the optimal decision making of individuals and firms within the context of a business environment. It will also explore the interdependence between them and the implications of their actions on each other.
Block 2: International Economics, Sustainability and Emerging Markets
This module examines important themes and concepts in development economics, development studies and international trade. It has been designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge of various development, resource and governance issues.
Block 3: Behavioural Economics
The purpose of the module is to examine behavioural concepts and their application to both theoretical and empirical challenges which are difficult to explain with a traditional economics approach.
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Block 3: Economics Institutions and Policy
This module has been designed to provide students with the knowledge of economic institutions and the importance of public policy on social, economic and political outcomes. It will draw upon the effectiveness of economics institutions and the different theories and approaches to the concept of policymaking including the interlinks between the two.
Block 4: Applied Business Project
This module provides students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge of business and economics and the skills developed in their degree to develop their own business project. Students will be able to communicate their ideas visually, verbally and in written format.
The project can take different forms; from case-study analysis to business simulation and evaluation, or a consultancy-type project. Initial thinking about topics and methods for this project will be done at level 5 in the modules ‘Data Modelling and Analytics’ and ‘Contemporary Issues in Global Business.
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Block 4: Economics Dissertation
The module provides an opportunity for students to undertake independent research study in an area of special interest within selected subject areas of business and economics. Students will be able to communicate their ideas visually, verbally and in written format.
The research work should use appropriate research methods in the solution of business and economic problems or in answering research questions of interest in business and economics. Initial thinking about topics and methods for this project will be done at level 5 in the module ‘Data Modelling and Analytics’.
Entry Criteria
ENTRY REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Home Office Share Code
For EU students only.
IF no Qualification
Please provide CV with at least 2 years of work experience, and employee reference letter.
Entry criteria
GCSEs
Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English and Maths
Plus one of the following:
A levels
A typical offer is 112 UCAS points. You need to study at least two subjects at A Level or equivalent (e.g. BTEC)
T Levels
Merit
BTEC
BTEC National Diploma - Distinction/Distinction/Merit
BTEC Extended Diploma - Distinction/Distinction/Merit
Alternative qualifications include:
Pass in the QAA accredited Access to HE overall 112 UCAS tariff with at least 30 L3 credits at Merit.
English and Maths GCSE required as separate qualification. Equivalency not accepted within the Access qualification. We will normally require students to have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.
International Baccalaureate: 26+ points.
Mature students
We welcome applications from mature students with non-standard qualifications and recognise all other equivalent and international qualifications.
English language
If English is not your first language, an IELTS core of 6.0 (including a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent is normally required.
Contextual offer
To make sure you get fair and equal access to higher education, when looking at your application, we consider more than just your grades. So if you are eligible, you may receive a contextual offer. Find our more about contextual offers.
Assessment
ASSESSMENT METHODS
1. INTERNAL ENGLISH TEST if you don't have an English accredited certificate
2. Academic Interview
Teaching and assessment
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, workshops, lab sessions, online activities, group work and self-directed study. Assessment is through coursework (presentations, essays and reports), exams and tests.
Teaching contact hours
This is a full-time course and in total you should be prepared to devote approximately 38 hours a week to your studies. You will typically have up to 10 contact hours of teaching. Teaching is through a mix of lectures, tutorials, seminars, online activities and lab sessions and the breakdown of these activity types is shown in each module description.
Other: In addition, each module provides a two-hour surgery each week for individual consultation with the academic leading the course. You will also have timetabled meetings with your personal tutor and careers and/or subject meetings scheduled throughout the year.
Self-directed study: In order to prepare for, and assimilate, the work in lectures and seminars you will be expected to use our on-line resources, participate in flipped or virtual classroom discussions on our virtual learning environment (VLE) and engage in personal study and revision for approximately 28 hours per week.
All years follow a similar pattern, however, the contact time will vary depending on your subject mix and options chosen, and the teaching methods appropriate to the module. Further details are contained in each module description.
Career Opportunities
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