GO UNIVERSITY  Ghana/Global 2016/17/18/19

BSc (hons) Business Economics Degree Course - 3 Years

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Overview

This course explores how rigorous economic theory is applied to develop an understanding of the economic environment within which businesses operate.

You’ll cover the core concepts, practices and techniques in economics and combine this with gaining analytical, quantitative, computing, presentation and other transferable skills required by employers in both the private and public sectors. A wide range of optional modules will also allow you to explore the topics that suit your interests and career plans, from the wider business environment to banking and finance and health, labour or transport economics.

With access to the world-leading research and expertise within applied economics.

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Course Content

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Our degrees have a modular structure. This means that compulsory modules provide you with the core knowledge and skills that you need, while optional and discovery modules allow you to shape your course to suit your personal interests and career aspirations.

Compulsory modules in Year 1 will give you a good grounding in economic theory and history, as well as the mathematical and statistical skills you’ll need throughout your studies. You can explore economic issues in more depth through your choice of optional modules or, study topics like finance or organisational behaviour.

Year 2 allows you to develop this knowledge in different aspects of economics, including industrial economics, econometrics and microeconomics and macroeconomics. You’ll also gain specific knowledge related to business economics, including why firms exist, corporate governance and what makes people work. In addition, you’ll choose from a wider range of options, which include topics like macroeconomic policy and theories of economic growth.

The knowledge and skills you gain will provide the starting point for your final year, where you’ll look at public enterprise, regulation and the economics of business strategy alongside diverse options from environmental economics to international trade. You’ll also showcase your research and analytical skills through your dissertation – a major independent research project on a topic of your choice.

 

Course Structure

 

Year 1

Compulsory modules

• Personal Tutorials for Economics 10 credits

• Mathematical Economics 10 credits

• Economics and Global History 10 credits

• Economic Institutions (Industry) 10 credits

• Research Skills for Economists 10 credits

• Economic Theory and Applications 1 20 credits

Optional modules

• Foundations of Finance 20 credits

• Economic Institutions (Labour) 10 credits

• Mathematics for Economics and Business 1 10 credits

• Statistics for Economics and Business 1 10 credits

• Economic Controversies 10 credits

• Analytical Methods 20 credits

• Organisational Behaviour 20 credits

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• Year 2

Compulsory modules

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• Industrial Economics 10 credits

• Intermediate Microeconomics 10 credits

• Business Economics 10 credits

• Applied Economics 10 credits

• Introduction to Econometrics 10 credits

• Intermediate Macroeconomics 10 credits

• Economics of Innovation 10 credits

Optional modules

• Introduction to Health Economics 10 credits

• From Study to Work 10 credits

• Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution 10 credits

• Corporate Finance 20 credits

• Mathematics for Business and Economics 2 10 credits

• Macroeconomic Policy and Performance in Britain 10 credits

• Explanation in Economics 10 credits

• The International Economic Environment 10 credits

• Labour Economics 10 credits

• Statistics for Business and Economics 2 10 credits

• How to be a Successful Policy Economist 10 credits

• Ethics and Economics 10 credits

• Transport Economics 10 credits

• Project Appraisal 10 credits

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Year 3

Compulsory modules

• Economics Dissertation 30 credits

• Public Enterprise and Regulation 10 credits

• Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy 20 credits

• Optional modules

• Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health 10 credits

• Advanced Microeconomics 10 credits

• International Trade 10 credits

• Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth 10 credits

• Behavioural Finance 10 credits

• International Banking and Finance 10 credits

• Financial Derivatives 10 credits

• Transnational Corporations in the World Economy 10 credits

• Economic Development 20 credits

• Economics of Famines 20 credits

• Environmental Economics 10 credits

• Applied Econometrics 10 credits

• Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy 10 credits

• Advanced Macroeconomics 10 credits

• Global Economic Coordination and Governance 10 credits

• Current Topics in European Integration 10 credits

• Economics of Labour-Managed Firms 10 credits

• The Economics of Unions 10 credits

• The Political Economy of Work 10 credits

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• More information on modules at courses catalogue after your enrollment.

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• Learning and teaching

• You’ll be taught through lectures, tutorials, workshops and practical classes. You’ll enjoy extensive tutorial support and have freedom in your workload and options.

• Read more about teaching and assessment on the School website.

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• Assessment

• You’re assessed by a range of methods, including formal exams and in-course assessment.

• Read more about teaching and assessment on the School website.

 

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