Universities United Kingdom University of Kent Courses Economics BSc Hons

Economics BSc Hons
at University of Kent

Kent, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 19,300
Country Rank-
Duration36 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 87

Program Overview

Examine some of today's profound issues, from poverty to environmental protection, financial and monetary crises. Develop the skills to analyse and discuss these crucial areas in an era of Big Data, new technologies and artificial intelligence, discovering the solutions to shape our World.

Immerse yourself in this exciting topic, joining our international community of staff and students. Learn from lecturers who advise UK and International organisations, expanding your global perspective and providing you with the tools to make a difference.

Shape your degree outside the classroom with our thriving student led societies. Kent Invest focusses on financial markets holding an annual trading competition. The Economics Society explores issues of the moment through the lens of the discipline, culminating in an annual networking conference.

Course Content
Program structure

Stage 1

Learn how economists think and become familiar with the tools they use for analysing real economic problems. You can also study modules in professional economics, as well as strategy and games.

You take all compulsory modules and then either Mode A or Mode B from the list of optional modules depending on your existing level in Mathematics.

Compulsory modules currently include
- ECON3040 - Principles of Economics (30 credits)
- ECON3090 - Statistics for Economics (15 credits)
- ECON3140 - Data Analysis for Economists (15 credits)
- ECON3160 - Economic Skills and Employability for Stage 1 Programmes (3 credits)
Optional modules may include
- ECON3050 - Mathematics for Economics Mode A (15 credits)
- ECON3060 - Mathematics for Economics Mode B (15 credits)
- ECON3110 - The Economic Development of Europe: An Introduction (15 credits)
- ECON3120 - Strategy and Games (15 credits)
- ECON3150 - Professional Economics (15 credits)
Stage 2

Deepen your understanding by studying macroeconomics, microeconomics and quantitative economics. Optional modules cover areas such as international finance, industrial and monetary economics, and the economics of money and banking.

Compulsory modules currently include
- ECON5000 - Microeconomics (30 credits)
- ECON5020 - Macroeconomics (30 credits)
- ECON5800 - Introduction to Econometrics (15 credits)
- ECON5810 - Introduction to Time-Series Econometrics (15 credits)
- ECON5840 - Economic Skills and Employability for Stage 2 Programmes (3 credits)
Optional modules may include
- ECON5008 - Modelling and Computation for Economists (15 credits)
- ECON5310 - Policy Analysis (15 credits)
- ECON5340 - The Economics of Money and Banking (15 credits)
- ECON5380 - Economic Controversies (15 credits)
- ECON5830 - Political Economy (15 credits)
- ECON5850 - Mathematical Economics (15 credits)
- ECON6310 - Applied Environmental Economics (15 credits)
Stage 3

Choose either a dissertation or a long essay. Our wide range of modules means you can tailor your degree to support your particular career ambitions; for example, you can choose modules that prepare you for life as a professional economist.

Compulsory modules currently include
- ECON6040 - Economic Skills and Employability for Stage 3 Programmes (3 credits)
Optional modules may include
- ANTB5560 - Human and Social Sciences in the Classroom (15 credits)
- ECON5008 - Modelling and Computation for Economists (15 credits)
- ECON5310 - Policy Analysis (15 credits)
- ECON5340 - The Economics of Money and Banking (15 credits)
- ECON5380 - Economic Controversies (15 credits)
- ECON5400 - Development Economics (15 credits)
- ECON5410 - Economics Dissertation (30 credits)
- ECON5420 - Econometrics I: Cross-sectional and Panel Data Approaches (15 credits)
- ECON5430 - Econometrics 2: Topics in Time Series (15 credits)
- ECON5450 - Economics of the Labour Market (15 credits)
- ECON5460 - Games for Economics and Business (15 credits)
- ECON5470 - Industrial Economics (15 credits)
- ECON5480 - International Finance (15 credits)
- ECON5490 - International Trade (15 credits)
- ECON5500 - Monetary Economics (15 credits)
- ECON5530 - Public Economics (15 credits)
- ECON5620 - Financial Economics: Financial Markets and Instruments (15 credits)
- ECON5630 - Financial Economics and Asset Pricing (15 credits)
- ECON5650 - Extended Economics Essay (15 credits)
- ECON5690 - Economic Growth (15 credits)
- ECON5830 - Political Economy (15 credits)
- ECON5850 - Mathematical Economics (15 credits)
- ECON6030 - Financial Crises (15 credits)
- ECON6310 - Applied Environmental Economics (15 credits)
Entry Requirement
The University considers students for undergraduate study who have completed Standard XII Higher Secondary School Certificates (Indian School Certificate/Intermediate Examination Certificate/Higher Secondary School Certificate /All India Senior School Certificate).
We typically require students to achieve a minimum of between 65% and 75% overall in their Standard XII examinations, depending on the examination board and the intended programme of study. Some courses may state specific subjects and grade requirements.

Fees & Scholarships

International Tuition Fees:

£19300 per year

Career Prospect

Graduate destinations

Our Economics graduates have developed careers in accountancy, banking and finance, journalism, management consultancy and business. Recent graduates have gone on to work for:

Deloitte
Government Economic Service
HMRC
Citibank
KPMG
PwC
Bank of America
Schroders
Goldman Sachs
Barclays.

Cost Of Studying At University of Kent

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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Economics BSc Hons at University of Kent