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Economics and Politics BA Hons
at University of Kent

Kent, United Kingdom

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

Program Overview

Our degree is your first step to a wide range of careers, from accountancy and banking, to national and local governments. We provide you with the tools that economists have developed for analysing real economic problems and the tools used in politics to the analysis of political ideas, practices and issues in the global arena.

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. The Politics and International Relations Society hosts public speaker events covering thought-provoking topics which allow the opportunity for discussion between members.

Course Content
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
- ECON3040 - Principles of Economics (30 credits)
- ECON3090 - Statistics for Economics (15 credits)
- ECON3160 - Economic Skills and Employability for Stage 1 Programmes (3 credits)
- POLI3350 - Making Sense of Politics (30 credits)
Optional modules may include
- ECON3050 - Mathematics for Economics Mode A (15 credits)
- ECON3060 - Mathematics for Economics Mode B (15 credits)
- ECON3120 - Strategy and Games (15 credits)
- ECON3150 - Professional Economics (15 credits)
Stage 2

Compulsory modules currently include
- ECON5000 - Microeconomics (30 credits)
- ECON5020 - Macroeconomics (30 credits)
- ECON5840 - Economic Skills and Employability for Stage 2 Programmes (3 credits)
- POLI6610 - Fact, Evidence, Knowledge and Power (15 credits)
Optional modules may include
- ECON5800 - Introduction to Econometrics (15 credits)
- ECON5810 - Introduction to Time-Series Econometrics (15 credits)
- POLI5550 - The United Nations (15 credits)
- POLI5630 - Foreign Policy Analysis and Management (15 credits)
- POLI5970 - Governance & Politics of Contemporary China (15 credits)
- POLI6110 - Politics of the European Union (15 credits)
- POLI6230 - Modern Political Thought (15 credits)
- POLI6290 - Terrorism and Political Violence (15 credits)
- POLI6300 - Politics of The Middle East (15 credits)
- POLI6380 - Political Behaviour in Britain (15 credits)
- POLI6560 - Humans at War (15 credits)
- POLI6580 - The Rise of China (15 credits)
- POLI6600 - International Conflict and Cooperation (15 credits)
- POLI6660 - Religion and International Politics (15 credits)
- POLI6760 - The Radical Right in Western Democracies (15 credits)
- POLI6830 - Politics in East Asia (15 credits)
- POLI6840 - Contemporary Development and Security Challenges in the Asia-Pacific (15 credits)
- POLI6870 - Political Research Analysis (30 credits)
- POLI6900 - Contending Approaches to World Politics: Concepts and Theories (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)
- 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)
- POLI5550 - The United Nations (15 credits)
- POLI5630 - Foreign Policy Analysis and Management (15 credits)
- POLI5970 - Governance & Politics of Contemporary China (15 credits)
- POLI6110 - Politics of the European Union (15 credits)
- POLI6170 - Contemporary Politics and Government in the United States (30 credits)
- POLI6230 - Modern Political Thought (15 credits)
- POLI6290 - Terrorism and Political Violence (15 credits)
- POLI6300 - Politics of The Middle East (15 credits)
- POLI6380 - Political Behaviour in Britain (15 credits)
- POLI6560 - Humans at War (15 credits)
- POLI6580 - The Rise of China (15 credits)
- POLI6600 - International Conflict and Cooperation (15 credits)
- POLI6660 - Religion and International Politics (15 credits)
- POLI6760 - The Radical Right in Western Democracies (15 credits)
- POLI6810 - Landscapes of the Future (15 credits)
- POLI6830 - Politics in East Asia (15 credits)
- POLI6840 - Contemporary Development and Security Challenges in the Asia-Pacific (15 credits)
- POLI6880 - Research Dissertation (30 credits)
- POLI6890 - Who Do You Think You Are? On Critical Identity Theories (15 credits)
- POLI6910 - Governance and War in Cyberspace (15 credits)
- POLI6920 - Nationalism (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 graduates have gone on to work in:

accountancy
practical politics
banking and finance
journalism
management consultancy
business
national and local government.

Recent graduates have joined:

Deloitte
the 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+

Loans Sanctioned

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Economics and Politics BA Hons at University of Kent