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

BSc Economics &Management Degree Course - 3 Years

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Overview

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• Combine a specialised study of economics with a broad understanding of the functions and processes involved in the management of an organisation.

• You’ll cover the core concepts, practices and techniques of each subject, gaining an understanding of microeconomics, macroeconomics, organisational behaviour and strategic management. You’ll also learn about key aspects of business such as marketing and supply chain management. Diverse optional modules will give you the chance to focus on topics that interest you, such as business or labour economics, econometrics, transnational corporations or managing people from different backgrounds and cultures.

• You’ll explore the interaction between the economic environment and the organisations which inhabit it, while developing the analytical, quantitative, computing, presentation and other transferable skills required by the business world and employers in both the private and public sectors.

 

 

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.

Year 1 equips you with the mathematical and statistical knowledge you’ll need to study both subjects, and a basic understanding of accounting practices. You’ll also explore economic theory and history, and study organisational behaviour as the basis for your management modules.

From this foundation, you’ll develop your knowledge in both subjects over the course of Year 2. You’ll study microeconomics and macroeconomics, as well choosing from a range of optional modules on topics as diverse as labour economics, econometrics and transport economics. On the management side, you’ll explore important business functions like marketing, operations and supply chain management, the use of information in organisations and how the principles of organisational behaviour work in practice.

By your final year, you’ll have strong research and analytical skills to apply to your dissertation – an independently researched project on a management topics of your choice. Another compulsory module will examine the challenges of strategic management. In addition, you’ll select optional modules from both subjects focusing on the topics that suit your interests and career plans, from management decision-making to public enterprise and regulation.

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Course structure

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Year 1

• Compulsory modules

• Personal Tutorials for Economics 10 credits

• Accounting for Managers 10 credits

• Mathematical Economics 10 credits

• Economics and Global History 10 credits

• Organisational Behaviour 20 credits

• Starting Your Own Business 10 credits

• Economic Theory and Applications 1 20 credits

• Statistics for Economics and Business 1 10 credits

• Mathematics for Economics and Business 1 (for those without A-level mathematics) 10 credits

• Optional modules

• Economic Institutions (Labour) 10 credits

• Economic Controversies 10 credits

• Analytical Methods 20 credits

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• Year 2

• Compulsory modules

• Anthropology for Business 10 credits

• Intermediate Microeconomics 10 credits

• Introduction to Econometrics 10 credits

• Intermediate Macroeconomics 10 credits

• Marketing 20 credits

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• Optional modules

• How Managers Make Decisions 10 credits

• Operations and Supply Chain Management 10 credits

• Corporate Social Responsibility 10 credits

• Introduction to Health Economics 10 credits

• From Study to Work 10 credits

• Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution 10 credits

• Industrial Economics 10 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

• Business Economics 10 credits

• Applied Economics 10 credits

• Labour Economics 10 credits

• Economics of Innovation 10 credits

• Statistics for Business and Economics 2 10 credits

• How to be a Successful Policy Economist 10 credits

• Ethics and Economics 10 credits

• Advanced Management Decision Making 10 credits

• Information in Organisations 10 credits

• Organisational Behaviour in Practice 10 credits

• Transport Economics 10 credits

• Project Appraisal 10 credits

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• Year 3

• Compulsory modules

• Strategic Management 20 credits

• Dissertation 40 credits

• Optional modules

• Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health 10 credits

• Gender and Equality at Work in Comparative Perspective 20 credits

• Diversity Management 20 credits

• Business Ethics 20 credits

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation 20 credits

• Advanced Microeconomics 10 credits

• International Trade 10 credits

• Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth 10 credits

• Information Management in Organisations 10 credits

• International Banking and Finance 10 credits

• International Marketing 10 credits

• Transnational Corporations in the World Economy 10 credits

• Economics Project 20 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

• Public Enterprise and Regulation 10 credits

• Advanced Macroeconomics 10 credits

• Advertising and Promotional Management 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

• International Business Management 20 credits

• Managing Across Cultures 20 credits

• Marketing Strategy 20 credits

• Contemporary Management Consulting 20 credits

• Strategic Human Resource Management 20 credits

• Management Decision Making 20 credits

• Employment Law 20 credits

• The Political Economy of Work 10 credits

• Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy 20 credits

• Managing Global Value Chains

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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.

• 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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• For more information on typical modules, read Actuarial Mathematics BSc in programme catalogue after enrollment