BA Business Management and Economics
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB IB: 34; 33, with A in a social-science based extended essay
About this course
BA in Business Management and Economics, an economics and business management degree focusing on corporate strategy, economic theory, and organisational practices. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, Research Methods, Accounting, Marketing, Policy Analysis, Environmental Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The curriculum pairs foundational business studies with rigorous economic analysis and policy evaluation. In the first year, students cover foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Why Organisations Matter, What Managers Do, Why Money Matters, Microeconomic Analysis and Policy, and Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy, alongside quantitative training like Mathematical Methods for Economics 1. The second year progresses to advanced methods and commercial strategy with compulsory modules including Marketing: Creating Customer Value, Operations and Supply Chains, Strategic Choices, and Statistics and Econometrics, while offering optional modules such as Public Economics, Macroeconomic Policy, and Economics of Financial Institutions. The final year consolidates learning through compulsory study including Business Futures and Scenarios, The Sheffield Innovation Project, and Economic Policy and Practice. Optional modules in the final year allow specialisation in areas like Education Economics, Political Economy, Environmental Economics, Behavioural Economics, and The Economics of Innovation.
Modules
- Why Organisations Matter
- What Managers Do
- Why Money Matters
- Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
- Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
- Mathematical Methods for Economics 1
- Mathematical Methods for Economics 2
- Marketing: Creating Customer Value
- Operations and Supply Chains
- Strategic Choices
- Statistics and Econometrics
- Public Economics
- Macroeconomic Policy
- Economics of Financial Institutions
- Economic Decision-making
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- * Students can only take one of Intermediate Microeconomics or Intermediate Macroeconomics *
- Business Management core modules: - Business Futures and Scenarios - The Sheffield Innovation Project
- Economic Policy and Practice
- Education Economics
- Political Economy
- Environmental Economics
- Behavioural Economics
- The Economics of Innovation