BSc Econ Business Economics
Cardiff, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 22,700 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for overseas | for home year two and three: £9,250 / year one: £9,000
Introduction
Professionals with the analytical ability to connect the dots between economic trends and business trajectories are central to the success of contemporary organisations. So you’ll be in high demand for roles in the public, private and third sectors with competitive salaries and excellent prospects for career progression.
Our BScEcon Business Economics is designed to equip you with practical skills and professional confidence for a successful career in the Government Economic Service, think tanks and consultancy firms or in preparation for postgraduate study and research.
You’ll develop quantitative and empirical expertise from our team of international researchers and professional economists. They’ll introduce you to real-world challenges affecting the global economy and international business while encouraging you to consider the social, economic and ethical implications of your professional behaviour.
Opportunities to specialise in industrial, labour or international economics means your learning experience is wide-ranging and varied helping you to prepare for a career where you can make a difference.
Why Study this Course
Learn from the Best
Benefit from the expertise and support of research-active staff in a school with the highest possible score for the research environment.
Tailored to Your Interests
Specialise in industrial economics, economic history, labour economics or international economics.
State-of-the-Art Trading Room
Prepare yourself for trading and risk management in a controlled environment equipped with Investor Simulations, TRETS and Bloomberg.
Placement Opportunities
Develop the skills, confidence and connections to accelerate your career.
Marked for Excellence
Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Loans and Grants
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Bursaries
We wish to ensure that financial circumstances are not a barrier to your undergraduate study opportunities.
Scholarships
We wish to recruit the very best students and to help us achieve this, we offer a number of scholarships.
Part-time Undergraduate Funding
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Financial Support for Asylum Seekers
Information for asylum seekers about the financial support we offer undergraduates and options for funding from outside the University.
Curriculum
The Economics course is a 3 year full-time course of study, involving both compulsory and optional modules. Students normally attain 120 credits each year and 360 in total.
A significant proportion of the modules included in the programme are taught by the School’s Economics Section while certain modules, notably in year one, are taught by other sections of the School.
Year One
Get to grips with the fundamentals of accounting, statistics and mathematics and jump straight into economic analysis with modules in micro-and macro-economics.
You can discover how these analytical tools intersect with accounting, marketing and strategy, and historical and contemporary economic issues.
Core Modules for Year One
- Applied Stats and Maths in Econ and Business
- Economic History
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
Optional Modules for Year One
- Introduction to Accounting
- Legal Studies
- Introduction to Management and Organisation
- Contemporary Economic Issues
- Principles of Marketing and Strategy
Year Two
Combine theory and practice as your understanding of the basics grow.
You’ll start to appreciate the theory underpinning economic analysis and practise empirical techniques used by economists to tackle contemporary economic and management challenges.
Choose modules in purchasing, multiculturalism, financial performance and investment to complement your growing analytical skillset.
Core Modules for Year Two
- Macroeconomic Theory
- Microeconomic Theory
- Managerial Economics
- Introductory Econometrics
Optional Modules for Year Two
- Challenges in Managing and Leading Organizations
- Law of Commerce, Banking and Investment
- Performance and Financial Management
- Managing Multicultural Organisations
- Employment Relations
- Buyer Behaviour
- Marketing and Strategy
- Managing People
- British Economy
- Money Banking and Finance
- Economics of the EU
- State, Business and the British Economy in the Twentieth Century
Year Three
Apply your economic, statistical and mathematical skillset to analyse outcomes of real-world business and policy dilemmas. You’ll hone your decision-making capabilities with the aid of computerised models to identify logical solutions to macroeconomic problems.
Tailor your degree to your career ambitions with optional modules in labour economics, social welfare, trade, business design and entrepreneurship.
Core Modules for Year Three
- Business Applications
- Modern Business Enterprise
- Applied Macroeconomics and Finance
Optional Modules for Year Three
- Entrepreneurship and Business Start-Ups
- Strategic Management
- Econometrics
- International Economic History
- Labour Economics
- International Trade
- Industrial Economics
- Economic Statistics in Theory and Practice
- European Business Environment
- Development Economics
- Ethics and Morality of Business
- Cultural Marketing
- Business Design
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How Will I Be Assessed?
Assessment methods vary from module to module but, across your degree scheme as a whole, you can expect a mixture of exams, coursework, essays, practical work, presentations, and individual and group projects.
Program Outcome
What Skills Will I Practise and Develop?
As a result of engaging fully with this course, you will acquire and develop a range of valuable skills, both those which are discipline-specific and more generic ‘employability skills’. These will allow you to:
- Grasp complex issues with confidence
- Ask the right questions about complex texts
- Have an imaginative appreciation of different views and options and analyse these critically
- Identify and apply relevant data
- Develop practical research skills
- Propose imaginative solutions of your own that are rooted in evidence
- Communicate clearly, concisely and persuasively in writing and speech
- Sourcing, interpreting and presenting relevant numerical information – to support the composition of project reports and business cases
- Work to deadlines and priorities, managing a range of tasks at the same time
- Work as part of a team, developing a collaborative approach to problem-solving
- Use IT programmes and standard software packages, where appropriate
- Take responsibility for your own learning programme and professional development
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
We are committed to helping you achieve your professional ambitions, and providing you with the skills, curiosity and confidence to make your mark in a competitive job market. Whether you have a clear idea of what you’d like to do after university or no idea at all, we have the tools and support to guide you.
Our graduates go on to a range of industries and professions including banking and finance management, logistics and supply chain management, UK Government and Civil Service, and data analysis.
Within the Business School, we have a dedicated Careers Centre offering bespoke business-specific support, including industry placements, internships, work experience and insights.
You’ll benefit from career consultations, interview and CV writing workshops, industry-specific events specialist psychometric assessment and broad skills training.
Graduate Careers
- Accountant
- Business Analyst
- Economist
- HR Manager
- Lecturer
- Marketing Executive
- Production Manager
- Stockbroker