Economics University of Southampton

Overview

Course Details

You'll study economics with experts whose research has influenced international policy, learning in lectures and small classes. The facilities include the behavioural economics laboratory and the Bloomberg Trading Suite - a realistic trading room environment with the most detailed financial data available.

This flexible Economics BSc course offered by the University of Southampton has 3 separate pathways you can choose after the first year. These have slightly different module selections. The pathways are:

• Economics - this is the default pathway, which will give you a rounded education in the subject.
• Econometrics - focuses on the quantitative methods in economics, providing the relevant statistical tools you'll need to analyse economic data and policy.
• Behavioural economics - has an additional focus on explaining and predicting human behaviour, and using these insights to evaluate and design economic policy.

You'll also have the freedom to shape your studies by choosing optional modules to suit your interests or career plans. You could choose international banking, risk management or public economics, for example.

As part of this course you can also:

• study a minor subject
• take part in a 2-week economics summer school at Xiamen University, China
• spend a semester abroad in your third year
• spend a year in employment
• gain vital work experience on our Student Innovation Projects

Career Opportunities

Employability is an essential part of our economics courses. We make sure our graduates are prepared for a successful career or further, postgraduate study. Throughout the course you'll take a skills and employability module, designed to boost your professional skills.

You can also take modules to enhance your employability in particular areas. You could study social enterprise and finance modules that use our Financial Laboratory (FinLab) - the same technology used by city traders.

You'll gain vital transferable skills that will qualify you for a wide range of careers in economics.

Our students have gone on to work as:

• economists

• actuaries

• statisticians

• investment analysts

• financial advisers

• accountants

• management consultants