Economics

This degree weaves academic learning into the economics and business context internationally and includes the option to take a valuable paid placement year where you'll be exposed to applying economics into action. You can choose to do short term internships in choice public, private and voluntary organisations such as government departments, banks, risk and insurance sectors, investment and broking firms, retail and manufacturing firms, start-ups and charities among many others.

This degree will equip you with key skills in economics, including data analysis, group presentation and discussion, writing and report preparation. It's been designed for students who are interested in starting up their own businesses, involved in running and managing businesses or becoming financial and economic analysts.

You'll gain a working knowledge of both theoretical and empirical methods that can be applied to the industry and world context. The topics you'll study include:

- Individual and firm behaviour under uncertainty
- Price determinism and discrimination
- Game theory and oligopolistic pricing using game theory
- World financial markets
- Regulators and financial instruments
- Securities analysis and investment
- Econometrics and sampling techniques
- Risk and probability distributions