Economics including Foundation Year

UCAS code: L102

Here's what Kingston University says about its Economics including Foundation Year course.

Reasons to choose Kingston

• We're a diverse, inclusive, and friendly department that introduces you to a variety of ways to study Economics.

• Our flexible structure means you can transfer between our three Economics courses at the end of your first year.

• You will have free access to the Financial Times, Economist, and our state-of-the-art Bloomberg Trading Room.

• We will teach you a wide range of skills, theories and methods to prepare you for employment and empower you to shape the economies of tomorrow, no matter your background.

• Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.

This course is offered with a Foundation Year in Social Sciences This foundation year is taught at the University giving you a taste of academic life in a supportive environment. The year gives you the academic and technical preparation for undergraduate study in a wide range of social sciences subjects. Lectures, labs and tutorials will give you a broad understanding across subjects including economics, criminology, sociology and psychology.

About this course How does the way that we produce the things that we need and desire affect how we live together as a society? Are the systems by which we produce such things fair and sustainable? Economics helps us understand such real-world issues.

This course offers you a broad understanding of economics, looking at the subject from a range of perspectives and schools of thought. You’ll explore why people, businesses, and governments make certain decisions and the consequences of those decisions. It’ll challenge your intellect and develop your problem-solving and analytical skills.

You’ll gain skills in data analysis, using industry- standard IT facilities. With well-rounded, independent, and critical thinking skills, you’ll be highly valued by employers.

Future Skills Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.

As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.

At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.

Career opportunities Our graduates work in a range of occupations, including in the City of London, the civil service (e.g. HM Treasury), the public sector, the Bank of England, and as managers and consultants at multinational companies. Many also progress to postgraduate study.

Examples of modules:

• Contemporary Issues in Economics
• Advanced Economic Policy and Principles
• Development Economics
• Capitalism

To view the full list of modules, please visit the University course webpage.

Assessment typically comprises exams (e.g. test or exam), practical (e.g. presentations, performance) and coursework (e.g. essays, reports, self-assessment, portfolios, dissertation).