BA Economics (Study Abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in Economics (Study Abroad), an economics degree centred on quantitative and policy-driven approaches to economic theory. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, Policy Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The third year is spent studying abroad at an exchange partner institution. The first year covers the foundations through Foundations of Macroeconomics, Foundations of Microeconomics, Global Challenges in World Politics, and Quantitative Methods for Economics. The second year progresses with Foundations of Econometrics with Professional Development, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, and optional modules such as Communicating using Economic Data, Economic Inequality, Environmental Economics, and Games and Strategic Behaviour. The third year involves studying abroad. The final year includes core study in Current Issues in Economics alongside optional modules covering Behavioural Economics, Econometrics and Data Science in Economics, Growth and Development, and Global Macroeconomics and Policy.
Modules
- Foundations of Macroeconomics
- Foundations of Microeconomics
- Global Challenges in World Politics
- Political Theory for a Troubled World
- Professional Development for Economics
- Quantitative Methods for Economics
- Foundations of Econometrics with Professional Development
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Communicating using Economic Data
- Economic Inequality
- Environmental Economics
- Games and Strategic Behaviour
- Global Business Knowledge and Mindset
- Global Capitalism and its Discontent
- Global Superpowers
- Politics of the Global South
- Who Governs Britain? Policy, Politics and Political Change
- Study Abroad
- Current Issues in Economics
- Behavioural Economics
- Econometrics and Data Science in Economics
- Growth and Development
- Global Macroeconomics and Policy
- International Trade and Business
- Labour and Health Economics
- Industrial Organisation
- Public Policy Analysis
- The Politics of Borders and Migration
- Environment and Development