Program Overview
This Economics degree program explores critical global issues and equips students with the principles, theories, and data analysis skills to understand and address them. The program includes specialized modules such as Econometrics and Financial Markets, and develops transferable skills in empirical analysis and economic communication. Graduates are highly sought after in fields such as business, finance, and government.
Program Outline
Your studies of this economics degree will also be supported by modules that provide students with an understanding of how to deal with and organise data in a comprehensive way, including modules in Financial Decision Making, New Directions in Economics, Econometrics, Financial Markets and Institutions and Behavioural Economics. Through this course you’ll develop transferable skills that are valued by professionals and industry experts, including well-evidenced empirical analysis and the ability to communicate economic ideas in reports and public audits. The DMU Trading Room will give you a simulated experience on the same information platform used by leading decision-makers in finance, business and government.
Careers:
This course has a high employability demand according to Our Economics degree helps to open up a wide range of career opportunities for graduates in areas such business, finance and the civil service.
Other:
Economics has been at the centre stage of policy analysis in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, with sound economic and data analysis skills and competencies being sought-after in many areas.
