Economics and Management - BA (Hons)

at University of Kent

Program structure

Stage 1

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

• BUSN3120 - Introduction to Management (15 credits)

• BUSN3430 - Global Business Environment (15 credits)

• BUSN3640 - Business Analysis Tools (15 credits)

• BUSN3690 - Financial Accounting, Reporting and Analysis (15 credits)

• ECON3040 - Principles of Economics (30 credits)

• ECON3090 - Statistics for Economics (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)

Stage 2

Compulsory modules currently include

• BUSN6760 - Strategy Analysis and Tools (15 credits)

• BUSN7860 - Operations Management (15 credits)

• ECON5000 - Microeconomics (30 credits)

• ECON5020 - Macroeconomics (30 credits)

• ECON5840 - Economic Skills and Employability for Stage 2 Programmes (3 credits)

• Optional modules may include

• BUSN5013 - Human Resource Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7330 - Business Ethics and Sustainable Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7500 - Project Management (15 credits)

• ECON5310 - Policy Analysis (15 credits)

• ECON5340 - The Economics of Money and Banking (15 credits)

• ECON5380 - Economic Controversies (15 credits)

• ECON5800 - Introduction to Econometrics (15 credits)

• ECON5830 - Political Economy (15 credits)

• ECON5850 - Mathematical Economics (15 credits)

Stage 3

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)

• BUSN5013 - Human Resource Management (15 credits)

• BUSN5016 - Business and Employment Law (15 credits)

• BUSN5200 - Service Management (15 credits)

• BUSN5460 - Marketing Communications (15 credits)

• BUSN6003 - Leadership and Management Development (15 credits)

• BUSN6005 - International Business: Theoretical Insights (15 credits)

• BUSN6120 - New Enterprise Development (15 credits)

• BUSN6130 - Entrepreneurship (15 credits)

• BUSN6580 - Diversity in Organisations (15 credits)

• BUSN6770 - Financial Management for Decision Making and Control (15 credits)

• BUSN6780 - Contemporary Management Challenges (15 credits)

• BUSN6790 - Corporate and Business Strategy (15 credits)

• BUSN6840 - Strategic Human Resource Management (15 credits)

• BUSN6880 - Decision Analysis (15 credits)

• BUSN7330 - Business Ethics and Sustainable Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7460 - Cross-Cultural Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7490 - International Business: Modes and Functions (15 credits)

• BUSN7500 - Project Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7510 - Psychology of the Contemporary Workplace (15 credits)

• BUSN7550 - Business Management Project (30 credits)

• BUSN7880 - Technology-Driven Business Innovation (15 credits)

• BUSN7980 - Data Intelligence in Practice (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)

• 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)

• ECON5800 - Introduction to Econometrics (15 credits)

• ECON5810 - Introduction to Time-Series Econometrics (15 credits)

• ECON5830 - Political Economy (15 credits)

• ECON5850 - Mathematical Economics (15 credits)

• ECON6030 - Financial Crises (15 credits)

• ECON6310 - Applied Environmental Economics (15 credits)

 GCSE

Mathematics grade B / 5

 Access to HE Diploma

The University welcomes applications from Access to Higher Education Diploma candidates for consideration. A typical offer may require you to obtain a proportion of Level 3 credits in relevant subjects at merit grade or above.

 BTEC Nationals

The University will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and National Extended Diploma qualifications (QCF; NQF; OCR) on a case-by-case basis.

 International Baccalaureate

30 points overall or 15 points at HL, including Mathematics at 4

 International Foundation Programme

Pass all components of the University of Kent International Foundation Programme with a 65% overall average including 65% in the Economics module (plus 70% in LZ013 Maths and Statistics if you do not hold GCSE Maths at 7/A or equivalent).

 T level

The University will consider applicants holding T level qualifications in subjects closely aligned to the course.

• Home full-time£9250

• EU full-time£13000

• International full-time£17400

Graduate destinations

Our graduates have gone on to work in:

• accountancy

• banking and finance

• journalism

• management consultancy

• business.

Recent graduates have joined:  

• Deloitte

• the Government Economic Service

• HMRC

• Citibank

• KPMG

• PwC

• Bank of America

• Schroders

• Goldman Sachs

• Barclays.