BScManagement Economics (4 Years Including Foundation Year)
| Study location | United Kingdom, Colchester Campus |
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| Type | Bachelor courses, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 4 years |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | BSc |
| Course code | L191 |
| Tuition fee | To be confirmed |
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| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in any language |
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| Language requirements | English IELTS: 5.5 |
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| Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. |
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Overview
Our BSc Management Economics (including foundation year) is open to Home, EU and international students. It will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the three-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your English language and academic skills.
This four-year course includes a foundation year (Year Zero), followed by a further three years of study. During your Year Zero, you study four academic subjects relevant to your chosen course as well as a compulsory English language and academic skills module.
You are an Essex student from day one, a member of our global community based at the most internationally diverse campus university in the UK.
After successful completion of Year Zero in our International Academy, you progress to complete your course with our Department of Economics. You develop your abilities in economics and gain confidence in applying them to organisational management, as well as receiving expert training in quantitative research methods. You gain a thorough understanding of how businesses function and develop your analytical, modelling and research skills through studying topics including:
- Managing people and practices
- Marketing
- Monopoly power and regulation
- Applying economic techniques to managing new technologies
- The impact of business decisions on products, prices, and social welfare
We are rated consistently highly for student satisfaction and are top 5 in the UK for research, with over 90% of our research rated as “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” (REF 2014).
Your education is inspired and informed by this pioneering research, so that you graduate with one of the best undergraduate trainings available in economics.
Programme structure
Year 0
Introduction to Business Management
Introduction to Economics
Mathematics and Statistics
Academic Skills
Year 1
Introduction to Economics
Introduction to Quantitative Economics (optional)
Methods of Economic Analysis (optional)
Introduction to Management and Marketing (optional)
Career Skills in Economics
Year 2
Macroeconomics (Intermediate)
Microeconomics (Intermediate)
Management of New Technology
Economics of Organisational Management
Mathematical Methods in Economics
Introduction to Econometric Methods
Career Skills in Economics
Final year
Theory of Monopoly and Regulation
Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour
Project: Economics
Mathematical Economics (optional)
Econometric Methods (optional)
Microeconomics (Advanced) (optional)
Corporate Finance (optional)
Career opportunities
Our students are in demand from a wide range of employers in a host of occupations, including financial analysis, management, public administration and accountancy.
Our recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies including:
Bank of England
Deloitte
Ernst and Young
Morgan Stanley
Bank of New York
RBB Economic Consulting
Government Economic Service
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.