BA Education Studies and Economics
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 112 A level: BBC T Level: Merit BTEC: DMM GCSE: GCSE Maths and English Grade 4/Grade C (or above) or equivalent qualification Access to HE: Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum of Distinction: 15, Merit: 24, Pass: 6 English language: IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)
About this course
BA (Hons) in Education Studies and Economics, combining educational theory with economic analysis. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, and Policy Analysis. The programme offers an optional year-long Economics placement between the second and third year, alongside education placements of 12 days in professional educational settings. A final-year Applied Economics Project requires students to undertake a small-scale research project applying statistics, data collection and analysis.
Modules
- Placement Learning and Professional Development
- Introductory Microeconomics
- Introduction to Macroeconomic Concepts and Data
- Another Brick in the Wall: An Introduction to the Sociology of Education
- Teaching, Thinking and Reasoning
- Economic Policy Analysis
- Education Through the Ages
- Data Analysis
- Applied Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Public and Third Sector Economics
- Applied Intermediate Microeconomics
- Current Debates in Applied Economic Theory
- Lessons from History of Education
- Motivation and Achievement
- Research Methods in Education
- Is it all just words? Language, Society and Education
- Educational Alternatives
- Education in Context: a reflection
- Applied Economics Project
- International Business Economics
- Financial Risk Management
- Economics of Sustainable Business Growth
- Investing and Financial Market Behaviour
- International Banking
- The Future of Education
- Left Behind and Left out: Social Exclusion and Education
- The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching
- ‘Entrepreneurial’ Education
- Educational Independent Study