Economics (including Year Abroad)

Description

How do individuals and organisations produce, consume and sell goods and services? How can a country or individual make better use of the resources it has? Economics is not only about stocks and shares and financial markets, it relates to every aspect of our lives where there is a demand to produce and supply goods and services.

BA Economics (including Year Abroad) our most flexible undergraduate course with the greatest choice of modules. If you do not want to take advanced mathematics, then this course is for you. Whether you have already studied aspects of economics, this course gives a thorough introduction to all aspects of economics and mathematics, including micro and macroeconomics, and introduces you to quantitative research methods (this is common across all our courses). You also have the opportunity to take optional modules from across our Department or our University. You spend your third year abroad.

During your second year, you build on these skills, maintaining the flexibility and choice of modules, and in your final year you specialise in areas that you find most interesting. You are required to complete a project in your final year (applicable to all our courses) and this is an excellent way to evidence the skills you have learnt to future employers or prepare for postgraduate study.

Whether you continue studying or go into work, you will graduate secure in the knowledge you have received one of the best undergraduate training available in economics, from one of the top-rated research departments in the UK.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 11950 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

The special characteristics of our courses are flexibility and choice. In your first year, you have three compulsory modules and one optional module within social science. There is a great deal of choice for this optional module from our Faculty of Social Science, as most of our first-year modules do not assume any specialist knowledge.
With a small number of exceptions, if you successfully complete the first year of your BA, then you are qualified to enter the second year of that course and a range of other courses: for example, if you take economics, politics, philosophy and sociology, then you have a choice of at least nine possible single or joint honours courses at the end of your first year. This means you can change your course, providing you have taken the appropriate pre-requisites and places are available.
During your second year you will have more flexibility with 60 credits of compulsory modules and 60 credits optional modules, meaning you can take four optional 15 credit half-year modules or two 30 credit full-year modules. You spend your third year abroad. In your final year you will have an even greater deal of flexibility; you will have 90 credits of optional modules and a 30 credit research project, an individual piece of research on a topic that interests you, which is compulsory.
We operate a credit framework for our awards, which is based on principles widely used across the UK university sector. Each module has a credit rating attached and our four-year course consists of 420 credits (120 credits in your first year, 60 credits in your third year abroad, and 240 credits across your second and final years).

Year 1

Introduction to Economics;
Introduction to Quantitative Economics;
Methods of Economic Analysis; and
one social science option

Year 2

Macroeconomics;
Microeconomics;
Mathematical Methods in Economics (optional for BA);
Introduction to Econometric Methods (optional for BA); and
two half-year modules

Year 3

Year abroad

Year 4

Economics Research Project; and
six half-year modules

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

• A-levels: AAB-ABB
• GCSE Mathematics: B (if not taken at A-level)
• GCSE English: C
• IB: 33-32 points, including Standard Mathematics grade 5, if not taken Higher Level (we consider IB certificates at the Higher Level on a case-by-case basis)
• Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 12 level three credits at distinction and the remainder at merit (or above) or achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 6 level three credits at distinction and the remainder at merit (or above).

English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each component (or equivalent). Different requirements apply for second year entry.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Want to improve your English level for admission?
Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• Flexible study schedule
• Experienced teachers
• Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Essex.

Funding

For up-to-date information on funding opportunities at Essex, please visit: www.essex.ac.uk/studentfinance.