BSc Economics and Politics

at Birmingham Business School

First year
 

Core modules

• Principles of Economics

• Introduction to Political Theory

• Professional and Academic Skills Development for Economists A and B

• Deabates in World Politics 1 and 2

• Introduction to Political Economy
   

You must also take one of the following: (dependent on whether you have A level Mathematics)

• Introduction to Mathematics for Economics

• Mathematics for Economics
   

Second year
 

Core modules

• Macroeconomics

• Microeconomics

• Comparative Politics
   

Optional modules
 

One module from the following list:

• Behavioural and Experimental Economics

• Financial Markets and Institutions

• Development Economics

• Environmental Economics

• China and the World Economy

• Contemporary Issues in the UK Economy

• Mathematical Methods for Economics
   

Plus two optional modules from POLSIS. 
 

Final year
 

Core modules

You must take one of the following:

• Politics Dissertation (40 credits)

• Economics Extended Essay (20 credits)
   

You will also take at least one of either Advanced Macroeconomics and/or Advanced Microeconomics 
 

Optional modules
 

Optional modules from Economics include:

• Advanced Behavioural and Experimental Economics

• Advanced Financial Markets and Institutions

• Industrial Organisation

• History of Economic Thought

• International Trade Theory and Policy

• Monetary Policy and Dynamic Macroeconomics

• Decision Theory and Games

• Public Economics

• Health Economics

• Economics of the European Union

• The Political Economy of Russia

• Professional Development
   

You will also take a number of optional modules from POLSIS. 

Holders of the Indian Standard XII will be considered for entry to the first year of our undergraduate degree programmes. 

• A*AA = 90% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra or 85% West Bengal or 95% Other State boards

• AAA = 85% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra or 80% West Bengal or 90% Other State boards

• AAB = 80% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra or 75% West Bengal or 85% Other State boards

• ABB/BBB = 75% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra and West Bengal or 80% Other State boards
   

Where a programme requires a specific A'level subject grade please refer to the guidance below for Indian Standard XII equivalent.

• A* = 90% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra or 85% West Bengal or 95% Other State boards

• A = 85% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra or 80% West Bengal or 90% Other State boards

• B = 80% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra and 75% West Bengal or 85% Other State boards
   

TOEFL

80 overall with no less than 19 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 19 in Writing.

IELTS*

6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any band.

Pearson Test of English (PTE)

PTE 64 with no less than 59 in all four skills.
 

Cambridge English(exams taken from 2015)***

Cambridge English: Advanced Minimum overall score of 169, with no less than 162in any component.
 

Language Cert ESOL SELT (UKVI)   

B2 ‘Communicator’ with no less than 25 in each skill
 

Trinity ISE II   

Distinction all skills
 

Trinity ISE III    

Pass in each Skill

 

Fees   BSc Economics and Politics
 

• £9,250 (UK students)
• £22,320 (International

As a graduate of Birmingham Business School and a Russell Group University, you are an attractive prospect to employers, of which there is an impressive pool within Birmingham itself: for example, ONS, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Bank of England, KPMG, Ernst and Young, etc.

Economics also gives you a wealth of transferrable skills that will be desirable if you decide to go on to work in a different field: from strategic, logical thinking to clear communication.