In close proximity to the UK’s finance hubs in Canary Wharf and the City, our flexible study programmes form a solid basis from which to kick-start your economics and finance career. You will begin by learning microeconomics, macroeconomics and quantitative analysis – which will be your building blocks – and you will then have opportunity to explore your own interests after two years of study.
Through our curriculum, we employ a variety of assessment methods , encompassing group poster presentations and video clips. These diverse methods help you gain a holistic understanding of your subject matter while improving your multimedia skills.
Meanwhile, assessments for the World Economy (ECN102) module will take the form of weekly problem sets done via online quizzes, allowing you to identify any gaps in your knowledge before a written exam culminating at the end of your first year. You will enhance your understanding of globalisation and the implications for the world economy by learning about trade deficits, strategies for growth and the globalisation of financial markets.
As part of this module, you will analyse economic growth and international trade to improve your understanding of the world economy as a whole and the difference between its individual economies. To test your understanding of a particular country, you will also join a group poster presentation where you will present your collective understanding of a particular issue. You should be able to use basic macroeconomic principles to explain the differences between world economies once this module is completed.
Learning for Economics in Action (ECN126) will take place entirely outside the classroom, and instead you will learn introductory quantitative skills in our dedicated IT lab. You will complete weekly tasks to test your knowledge of descriptive statistics, and these sessions complement workshops that enhance your research, presentation and critical skills.
A lesson on our Bloomberg trading terminal – where you will learn how to analyse the stock market in real time – could be a real highlight for you. By the end of the module you should be able to organise complex data in a meaningful way and understand the ethics of data management.