BSc (Hons) Economics

The economics curriculum covers three key elements of economics: economic theory (microeconomics and macroeconomics), quantitative study (mathematics, statistics, econometrics), and specialist contextual study (for example, economic history, finance, and political economy). 

This degree programme combines this rigorous economics syllabus with a personalised elective pathway. Students can choose to deepen their focus on economics through their elective courses, or they can further contextualise and broaden their studies with courses that match other interests and goals.

Economics students develop a wide range of skills. They become disciplined thinkers and problem-solvers, competent in both quantitative and qualitative analysis, and highly equipped in the inquiry of how societies might develop and progress their material and psychological well-being, as well as being analysers of human behaviour. Students develop vital credentials to manage data and analyse it, and to communicate their results in ways that are suitable for diverse audiences. 

These valuable and transferable skills open up a wide array of career possibilities upon graduation.

Focus on one subject or study multiple subjects. Flexible Elective Pathway courses will enable students to choose to either:

• Deepen focus in their degree subject
  or
• Combine their studies with courses in a particular second subject
  or
• Explore a broad range of subjects, developing agile thinking across disciplinary boundaries

Discipline Pathways

• Art & Design
• Business
• Computer Science
• Creative Writing
• Data Science
• Economics
• English
• History
• Law
• Philosophy
• Politics & International Relations
• Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE)

Thematic Pathways

• Sustainability
• Technology & Ethics

Our academic staff selects the most appropriate pedagogy and contact hours for each individual course in order to support students to develop and succeed in their studies. This means that within your undergraduate Economics degree you are likely to experience a combination of scheduled lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials. The exact balance of these types of learning and number of contact hours will depend on the specific electives and optional courses you choose.

Most lectures and seminars will have a maximum of 40 student participants, while tutorials will typically have five or fewer students, and may sometimes be one-to-one. This personalised approach to teaching allows everyone to participate and thrive. 

By the time you graduate, you will have taken courses fulfilling the following three competencies:

1. Writing Across Audiences and Genres
2. Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience
3. Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Final Project (can be dissertation)

You will also have taken courses inculcating a minimum of four of these additional competencies, depending on your learning pathways:

• Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
• Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
• Interpreting Culture
• Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
• Understanding Societies and Institutions
• Analysing and Using Data
• Engaging Differences and Diversity
• Employing Ethical Reasoning