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BSc Economics and Business Management

University of Southampton

Institution
University of Southampton
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Economics and Business Management
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
L112
Typical offer
A-level AAB, IB 34

Entry requirements

A level: AAB including Mathematics IB: Pass, with 34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level, including 5 points from Higher Level Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation)

About this course

Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Management, an economics and business management degree focusing on the intersection of economic systems and commercial administration. Core topics include Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, Project Management, Accounting, Legal Analysis, and Policy Analysis. Students use dedicated facilities including a behavioural economics laboratory and a financial trading room environment. The first year establishes fundamentals through modules such as Introduction to Accounting and Finance, Introduction to Management, Principles of Macroeconomics, and Statistics for Economics. The second year advances core knowledge with Intermediate Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, and Critical Perspectives on Organisation and Management, alongside preliminary dissertation preparation. Optional modules across the degree span topics like commercial law, human resource management, game theory, and econometrics. Students can also pursue independent research through an applied research project or a final-year dissertation.

Modules

  • Economics Skills and Employability 1
  • Introduction to Accounting and Finance
  • Introduction to Management
  • Management Accounting 1
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Statistics for Economics
  • Business in Society
  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Accounting 1
  • Foundations of Microeconomics
  • Introduction to Mathematics for Economics
  • Mathematics for Economics
  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Critical Perspectives on Organisation and Management
  • ECON Dissertation: Prelim Info
  • Economics Skills and Employability 2
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Development Economics
  • Games
  • Human Resource Management
  • Industrial Economics
  • Introduction to Econometrics
  • Making Successful Decisions
  • Management Accounting 2
  • Management Ethics
  • Operations Management
  • Prescriptive Analytics II: Simulation Business
  • Economics Skills and Employability 3
  • Analytics Implementation III: Knowledge Management, Methods and Ethics
  • Applied Economics
  • Applied Research Project
  • Behavioural Economics
  • Choice and Decision
  • Dissertation: Literature Review
  • Dissertation: Research Project
  • Dissertation: Research Topics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Information, Organisation and Accountability from a Historical Perspective
  • International Macroeconomics
  • International Trade
  • Labour Economics
  • Management Accounting 3
  • Principles of Finance
  • Project Management
  • Public Economics
  • Risk Management
  • Strategic Operations Management