Mathematics with Economics
Entry requirements
A level
ABB including grade A in Maths: Standard offer BBB including grade B in Maths: If the student is also presenting either Core Maths or Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) grade B BBC including grade B in Maths: Contextual offer (more details https://www2.aston.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/contextual-offer)
Access to HE Diploma
including at least 15 credits at Level 3 in Mathematics at Distinction
GCSE/National 4/National 5
English Language or Literature Grade C/4 and Mathematics C/4
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
achieving 6, 5, 5 at Higher Level subjects including Mathematics grade 6 at Higher Level and English grade 5 at Standard Level.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Plus an additional A-Level Mathematics at grade A. For other BTEC combinations please see Aston's web pages.
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About this course
Our four year BSc Mathematics with Economics course, with an integrated placement year, is designed to also give you a range of transferable and practical skills to succeed within your chosen career.
This course provides a balanced blend of basic mathematical techniques, a rigorous examination of their validity, the development of underlying structures common to a number of concepts and the application of mathematics to solve complex problems that arise in the real world. We reflect the awareness of the excitingly complex patterns and systems that can arise from simple mathematical ideas. Additionally, you will gain a solid grounding in economics, providing a theoretical and conceptual outlook in the world of business.
Completion of the course prepares you for many careers in both the public and private sector and has been specifically designed to meet the huge demand for skilled mathematicians who also have a strong economic insight. Our graduates obtain employment in financial institutions, industry and teaching. Recent graduates have secured roles such as Graduate Forensic Accountant, Actuarial Analyst, Asset & Liabilities Management Analyst and Route Analyst.
Key course benefits:
- Our placement year offers you the opportunity to gain valuable experience and set your studies in the context of a working environment, to boost your future employment prospects
- Our Business School is in the 1% of business schools globally with triple accreditation
- Graduate Prospects for Economics at Aston is ranked 9th in the UK (Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2021)
- Accredited by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
Modules
Year 1:
In the first year of the course, students study fundamental Mathematics and Economics modules.
• Fundamental Mathematics
• Vector Algebra and Geometry
• Probability and Statistics
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Probability Distributions
• Ordinary Differential Equations
• Numerical Algorithms and Programming
• Principles of Macroeconomics
Year 2:
The second year of Mathematics with Economics combines intermediate-level mathematics with intermediate-level economics and transferable skills modules. The core modules are:
• Vector Calculus
• Intermediate Microeconomics
• Econometrics 1
• Intermediate Macroeconomics
• Mathematical Methods
At this stage, the students start specialising in different areas of Mathematics and Economics.
You will choose one module from each section:
Section A:
• Linear Mathematics
• Professional Practice
• Introduction to Numerical Analysis
Section B:
• Numerical Analysis
• Machine Learning
Section C:
• Econometrics 2
• Markets, Games and Strategy
Year 3: Placement year
Year 4:
At this stage, you will have two core modules:
• Further Topics in Microeconomics
• Further Topics in Macroeconomics
You will also choose 6 modules from the following options (and possibly year 2 options that had not been selected previously):
• Approximation Theory
• Mathematics Report
• Mathematics Project
• Chaos and Dynamical Systems
• Stochastic Processes
• Financial Mathematics and Portfolio Theory
• Option Theory
• Time Series
• Network Science
• Game Theory
• Partial Differential Equations
• Probabilistic Modelling
• Quantum Computing
• Microeconometrics
• Macroeconometrics (Time Series)
Please Note: All modules are based on the current academic year. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review.
Assessment methods
You will learn through a range of teaching methods and learning styles including lectures, seminars, small group discussions, lab exercises, practical classes, individual and group projects.
Assessment will be a combination of written exams, projects, reports, essays and coursework.
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Aston University, Birmingham
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Want to feel needed? This is one of the most flexible degrees of all and with so much of modern work being based on data, there are options everywhere for maths graduates. With all that training in handling figures, it's hardly surprising that a lot of maths graduates go into well-paid jobs in the IT or finance industries, and last year, a maths graduate in London could expect a very respectable average starting salary of £27k. And we're always short of teachers in maths, so that is an excellent option for anyone wanting to help the next generation. And if you want a research job, you'll want a doctorate — and a really good maths doctorate will get you all sorts of interest from academia and finance — and might secure some of the highest salaries going for new leavers from university.
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This is a degree in demand, as business increasingly needs workers who can examine and explain complex data. And yet the number of economics graduates fell by nearly 10% last year, which means demand is even greater. As so many economic grads go into banking and finance, it's not surprising that over half of all 2015's economics graduates who did go into work were working in London. And don't think it's just the finance industry that's interested in these graduates - there's a significant number who enter the IT industry to work with data as analysts and consultants. It's quite common for economics graduates to go into jobs such as accountancy and management consultancy which may require you to take more training and gain professional qualifications - so don’t assume you won’t have to take any more exams once you leave uni. And the incentive to take them, of course, is better pay, which will be on top of an already healthy average starting salary of over £30,000 for graduates working in the capital.
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