BA (Hons) Economics at Keele University

Economics is a dynamic discipline that explores the motives and behaviours of market participants, including individuals, businesses, governments, and international organisations. Our BA Economics programme equips you with the skills to analyse these interactions and develop policies that improve economic outcomes. You’ll develop your understanding of economic methods and techniques and gain practical experience, opening up a wide range of exciting career paths across a variety of fields.

Faculty: Faculty of Business, Law, Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Department: Keele Business School  |  Duration: 3 years or 4 years with international, placement or entrepreneurship year  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: 2027 entry  |  Location: Keele, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 compulsory modules: Introductory Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Principles, Quantitative Methods for Economics and Finance, Sustainability and the Global Economy, Professional and Academic Development 1. Year 2 compulsory modules: Intermediate Economic Principles, International Money, Banking and Digital Currencies, Professional Academic Development 2. Year 3 compulsory modules: Strategic and Behavioural Economics, Advanced Economic Principles, Professional and Academic Development 3.

Career pathways

The professional capabilities you’ll gain on this programme are highly valued by employers. You will have developed a solid grounding in the fundamentals of economics and established a portfolio of additional skills including enhanced critical thinking, cutting edge empirical skills, an entrepreneurial mindset and improved communication capabilities.

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