BA Economics with Management

at Durham University Business School

Year 1

Economics with Management expands the core of the Economics degree to include one further compulsory management module and a further optional module which could be from another department, including a foreign language.
 

Year 2

In the second year, you study five compulsory modules investigating the core issues in Economics and Management, and you will be able to choose one further optional module which could include a foreign language or one module from another department.
 

Year 3

In the third year, you submit a Dissertation (a compulsory double module). The Dissertation module allows you to analyse, in great depth, your choice of research question in Economics. In addition you study one compulsory module in Management. You then choose a further two optional Economics modules and one Management option.

A level offer – A*AA including Mathematics.
 

BTEC Level 3 NationalExtended Diploma/OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma – D*DD and Mathematics A level at grade A (or equivalent) is required.
 

IB Diploma score – 38 with 666 in higher level subjects, including Mathematics.
 

In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note:

• For all Single and Joint Honours degrees involving Economics, including Philosophy, Politics and Economics, we require you to obtain a Grade A at A level Mathematics or its equivalent. For students taking the IB we are happy to accept either Higher Level grade 6 or Standard Level grade 7 in Mathematics.

• Applicants are encouraged to avoid studying both Economics and Business Studies A2 levels.

• We do not accept Advanced Higher Statistics as a substitute for AH Mathematics. If you are taking both of these subjects at this level then a further Advanced Higher is necessary.

• If you are studying for the IB Diploma please note that we do not accept Mathematical Studies at standard level instead of standard level Mathematics.

• We welcome applications from those with other qualifications equivalent to our standard entry requirements and from mature students with non-standard qualifications or who may have had a break in their study. Please contact our Admissions Manager.

• You are not required to have A level Economics though for anyone taking this subject this will form part of the offer made to you.

• We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking as part of our offer.
   

Science A levels

Applicants taking Science A levels that include a practical component will be required to take and pass this as a condition of entry. This applies only to applicants sitting A levels with an English examination board.

Full Time Fees

Tuition fees
 

• Home students    £9,250 per year
• EU students    £24,500 per year
• Island students    £9,250 per year
• International students    £24,500 per year

Business School (School of Economics, Finance and Business)
 

Of those students who graduated in 2018:

• 92% are in paid employment or further study 15 months after graduation across all our programmes
   

Of those in employment:

• 87% are in a professional or managerial job

• Average salary of £30,000.