Business Economics
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE English Language at Grade C or above and GCSE Maths Grade B or above (Grade 4 and Grade 5 respectively, for those sitting their GCSE from 2017 onwards) or equivalent. Key Skills/Functional Skills Level 2 and the Certificate in Adult Literacy are accepted in place of GCSE Grade C English Language. Key Skills/Functional Skills Level 3 are accepted in place of GCSE Grade B Maths.
UCAS Tariff
A minimum of 72 points from two A levels or equivalent, excluding General Studies.
About this course
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**Be the change that employers seek - learn how social and economic environments affect organisations and how to make positive changes.**
Develop key skills in economics, accounting and management with a strong vocational focus.
As part of this course, you’ll:
- Explore the principles of economics and how they apply to business
- Gain both a theoretical and practical understanding of the economic decisions faced by business managers
- Develop the ability to analyse the economic and social environments in which those decisions are taken
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If you take a paid work placement in your third year you’ll develop and enhance your employability skills. Past students have completed placements with companies including Mercedes Benz, Price Waterhouse Cooper and high street retail banks.
We will encourage you to enhance your entrepreneurial skills through a range of national student competitions such as the IBM University Business Challenge.
Our guest lecture series will help support your development. Past speakers include the CEO of the London Stock Exchange, the Chief Executive of the British Bankers Association and the Chief Economist of Yorkshire Bank. To view and register for any upcoming guest lectures, visit our university events webpage.
**Why study Business Economics at Leeds Beckett University...**
- 100% of BA (Hons) Business Economics graduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation*
- 92% of students on BA (Hons) Business Economics were positive about the way teaching staff explain things**
- Explore the principles of economics and how they apply to business
- Gain a greater understanding of how financial markets work through our Virtual Investment Club
- Meet representatives from organisations such as Deloitte to gain an understanding of how economics work in business
- Utilise the university's local, national and international connections to seek a year's paid work placement
- Take the opportunity to study abroad for a semester in year two at venues around the world
Percentage of respondents from this course, HESA Graduate Outcomes 20-21
*National Student Survey 2023
Modules
Year 1 Core Modules:
- Introductory Microeconomics
- The Institutional Environment
- The UK Economy
- Introduction to Quantitative Methods: Statistics
- Introductory Macroeconomics
- Accounting & Finance for Managers
- Introduction to Economic Thought
- Introduction to Quantitative Methods: Concepts
Year 2 Core Modules:
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Perspectives on Business Economics
- Contemporary Economic Thought
- Economics & Methodology
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Introduction to Econometrics
In addition, choose from a list of Year 2 option modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list.
Year 3 Core Modules:
- Business, Competition & Government
- Transnational Corporations & Global Production
- Current Macroeconomic Issues
- Economics, Management & Finance in the Public Sector
In addition, choose from a list of Year 3 option modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list.
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Top job areas of graduates
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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