BAEcon Economics
Entry requirements
A level: AAA including at least one of the following A-Level subjects (preference will be given to applicants studying two of these subjects): Accounting; Economics; Finance; Business Studies; Development Studies; Government and Politics; Economic and Social History; Mathematics; Anthropology; Sociology; Philosophy; Religious Studies; English Language; English Literature; Geography; Psychology; Classical Civilisation; History; Archaeology; Communication Studies; Environmental Studies; World Development; Biology; Chemistry; Physics; Modern Languages
About this course
BAEcon in Economics, combining economic theory with perspectives from the social sciences. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Financial Analysis, Accounting, and Policy Analysis. The curriculum forms part of a flexible degree structure featuring eight specialisation options.
Modules
- Microeconomics 2
- Macroeconomics 2
- Microeconomics 1
- Power and Value: Perspectives from Social Sciences
- Fundamentals of Finance
- Fundamentals of Financial Reporting B
- An Introduction to Development Studies
- Introductory Mathematics
- Advanced Mathematics
- Advanced Statistics
- Computing for Social Scientists
- Introduction to Mathematical Economics
- Economic History
- Introduction to Ethics
- Critical Thinking
- Introduction to Metaphysics and Epistemology
- Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Making Sense of Politics
- British Politics: Power and the State
- Politics of the Global Economy
- Introduction to International Politics
- Introduction to Political Theory
- Power and Culture: Inequality in Everyday Life
- Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective
- Introduction to Business Anthropology: Consumers, Companies and Culture
- Digital Sociology
- Environment and Society
- Inequalities in Contemporary British Society
- Contested Foundations of Social Thought
- Contemporary Social Thought
- Researching Culture and Society
- Global Social Challenges
- Getting Personal: Intimacy and Connectedness in Everyday Life
- Understanding Social Media
- Measuring Inequalities (Unequal Societies)
- Principles of Data Science
- Data in the Social Sciences
- Introductory Statistics for Economists
- Applied Statistics for Social Scientists
- Microeconomics 3
- Microeconomics 4
- Macroeconomics 3
- Macroeconomics 4
- Fundamentals of Finance
- Fundamentals of Financial Reporting B
- Fundamentals of Management Accounting
- Investment Analysis
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Financial Reporting and Accountability
- Intermediate Management Accounting
- Foundations of Finance A
- Business Law 1: Common Law and Common Business Liabilities
- An Introduction to Development Studies
- Computing for Social Scientists
- Managerial Economics I
- Advanced Mathematics
- Advanced Statistics
- Environmental Economics
- Econometrics
- Mathematical Economics I
- Introduction to Mathematical Economics
- Quantitative Methods
- Development Economics: Growth, Capital Accumulation and Structural Change
- Development Economics: Understanding The Causes of Underdevelopment
- Economics for Public Policy
- History of Economic Thought
- Energy Economics and Policy
- Islamic Philosophy
- Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy of Race
- Formal Logic
- Ethics
- 20th Century Analytical Philosophy
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
- Introduction to Political Theory
- Politics by Numbers
- Security Studies
- Questions About International Politics
- Politics & Society in Britain Since 1940: From Blitz to Brexit
- Arguing About Politics: Political Theory in the World
- The Politics of Globalisation
- The Politics of Development
- Gender and Politics in Comparative Perspective
- The Politics of Policy Making
- Ideals of Social Justice
- Injustice and Resistance
- Environmental Politics
- Comparative West European Politics
- Asia-Pacific Security
- Anthropology of Kinship, Gender and Sex
- Anthropology of Religion
- Political and Economic Anthropology
- Materiality and Representation
- The Human and the Digital
- Social Network Analysis
- Qualitative Research Design & Methods
- Sustainability, Consumption & Global Responsibilities
- Global Migration
- Social Change in China
- Decolonising Sociology
- Social Class and Inequality in Britain
- Families, Relationships and Everyday Life
- Gender, Sexuality and Culture
- Racism and Ethnicity in the UK
- Essentials of survey design and analysis
- Answering Social Research Questions with Statistical Models
- Applied Statistics for Social Scientists
- Introduction to Population Development & Social Change
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Foundations of Finance A
- Business Law 2: Control, Compliance & the Corporate Conscience
- Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting and Regulation
- International Finance
- Share Prices and Accounting Information
- Financial Derivatives
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Accountability and Auditing
- Corporate Governance in Context
- Financial Engineering
- Corporate Contracting and Managerial Behaviour
- Advanced Management Accounting
- Econometrics
- Mathematical Economics I
- Quantitative Methods
- Advanced Microeconomics
- Advanced Macroeconomics
- Topics in Inequality & Poverty
- Lessons from Behavioural Science
- Economics for Professional Economists
- The Chinese Economy
- Micro Econometrics
- Mathematical Finance
- Financial Economics
- Topics in Development Economics
- Topics in Economic History
- Money, Banking & Financial Markets
- Managerial Economics II
- Advanced Econometrics
- Topics in Health Financing
- Climate Change Economics and Policy
- Public Economics
- Behavioural Economics
- International Trade and Policy
- Health Economics
- Applied Economics Dissertation A (Semester 1)
- Applied Economics Dissertation B (Semester 2)
- Topics in Labour Economics
- Econometrics and Data Science
- Macroeconomics of Development
- Topics in Applied Macroeconometrics
- Topics in Education Economics
- Matching Markets
- Topics in Advanced Economic Theory and Mathematical Economics
- Philosophy of Language
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Psychology
- Environmental Philosophy
- Philosophy of Action
- Phenomenology
- Advanced Topics in Aesthetics
- Language & Oppression
- The Politics of the European Union
- Russian Politics
- Morality and Markets
- Elections and Voters in Britain
- Liberalism and Empire
- Dimensions of Peace and Conflict: Disciplinary and Regional Approaches
- Political Morality and Dirty Hands
- Chinese Politics
- Public Policy Problems
- Gender, War & Militarism
- Africa & Global Politics
- War Memories and Reconciliation in East Asia
- Intimate Geopolitics of Global China
- Understanding Political Choice in Britain
- The Politics of Climate Change
- Knowledge Production in Peace-building: Practices and Processes
- Global Capitalism, Crisis and Revolt
- Contemporary Parliamentary Studies and the British Political Tradition
- Postcolonial Politics
- The International Political Economy of Trade
- Sex, Bodies and Money: Feminist, Queer and Intersectional Political Economy
- United States Foreign Policy: Dominance and Decline in a Complex World
- Race, Ethnicity, Migration
- Ukraine Rises: Democracy, Protest, Identity and War in Comparative Perspective
- Capitalism and Sexuality
- Decolonising Human Rights
- Global Politics of LGBTQ+ Rights
- Development, Conflict, and Democracy in Latin America
- Can Democracy Work?
- Chinese Political Economy in the Reform Era
- The Anthropology of Health and Wellbeing
- The Good Life: An Anthropology of Ethics
- Migrants, Borders and Im/mobilities
- Screening Culture
- Anthropology of Vision, Senses and Memory
- Food and Eating: The Cultural Body
- Extra-Terrestrial Anthropology
- Climate Anthropology
- Sociology of Life and Death
- Sociology of Human Animal Relations
- Cities and Urban Life
- Racism and Resistance in Education
- A Sense of Inequality
- Connections matter: Sociological Applications of Social Networks
- Power and Protest
- Social Thought from the Global South
- Art and Society
- Theory & Method in Demography
- Network Analysis
- Answering Social Research Questions with Statistical Models
- Data Science Modelling
- Quantitative Text Analysis in the Social Sciences
- Causal Inference for Policies, Interventions and Experiments