Business Economics

Students learn how economic forces shape firms, markets and the wider economy, and how that knowledge can be used in business settings. Core areas include industrial organisation, economic theory and quantitative methods, which are applied to questions about trade, finance and policy. Practical development comes through classroom economics games, specialist training in econometrics and access to a dedicated economics laboratory with research support. The course aims to build the analytical and critical thinking that employers look for. It is suited to people who enjoy numbers and argument and want a career in consultancy, finance, public policy or commerce, or who intend to continue to postgraduate study in economics. Communication of findings is practised too, so graduates can explain technical results to people without an economics background.