Economics
Manchester Metropolitan University
UCAS Code: L100 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
112-120 UCAS tariff points
Pass Access to HE Diploma with a minimum 112 UCAS Tariff points
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
IB Diploma with minimum 26 points overall or 112-120 UCAS Tariff points from Higher Level. If you plan to meet the Level 2 course requirements through your IB Diploma you will need to achieve Higher Level 4 or Standard Level 5 in English and Higher Level 4 or Standard Level 4 in Mathematics
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
112-120 UCAS tariff points
T Level
UCAS Tariff
About this course
**OVERVIEW**
Businesses and governments rely on economists to help them examine issues, identify trends and deal with financial uncertainty. By studying our BA/BSc (Hons) Economics degree, you’ll explore how organisations and individuals invest and allocate their resources.
Throughout the course, we’ll encourage you to think about choices people make and how those decisions affect every aspect of our lives. You’ll explore everything from employment to distribution of wealth and government spending to international trade.
We work in partnership with local government and business leaders to make sure our teaching tackles the most current challenges. This will help you understand more about the global business environment and the role economists play.
**Teaching influenced by experience**
We have an outstanding group of leading academics and lecturers who have had successful careers in industry before teaching.
You’ll be part of a department that celebrates diversity in its staff and students. We have a large number of female staff within a discipline traditionally thought to be male-dominated. This enables us to provide you with a transformative educational experience.
**FEATURES AND BENEFITS**
- **Triple accredited** – our business school holds the globally recognised trio of accreditations from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, placing us among the best business schools in the world.
- **Pick your path** – after year one, decide whether you want to achieve a BA or BSc. The BSc route is a brilliant option if you want to specialise in quantitative economics.
- **Choose a placement or study abroad** – the course offers real flexibility as you will enrol on the three year course and then decide if a placement or overseas study is right for you once you have started your studies.
- **Explore the latest issues** – you’ll go beyond mainstream economics exploring non-conventional approaches.
- **Supporting you in person and online** - We offer student support initiatives including drop-in sessions, lecture recordings and dedicated support, both on and offline.
- **Enhance your employability** – through activities including internships, volunteering or learning a new language. With our award-winning ‘Rise at Manchester Met’ programme you can gain extra academic credits towards your degree.
- **Benefit from regular events** – join us at professional development weeks, guest lectures and masterclasses and network with employers (both in person and online) looking to hire graduates.
The Uni
Manchester Metropolitan University
Finance and Economics
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This is a degree in demand, as business increasingly needs workers who can examine and explain complex data. And yet the number of economics graduates fell by nearly 10% last year, which means demand is even greater. As so many economic grads go into banking and finance, it's not surprising that over half of all 2015's economics graduates who did go into work were working in London. And don't think it's just the finance industry that's interested in these graduates - there's a significant number who enter the IT industry to work with data as analysts and consultants. It's quite common for economics graduates to go into jobs such as accountancy and management consultancy which may require you to take more training and gain professional qualifications - so don’t assume you won’t have to take any more exams once you leave uni. And the incentive to take them, of course, is better pay, which will be on top of an already healthy average starting salary of over £30,000 for graduates working in the capital.
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