Economics (Econ) (Hons) University of Portsmouth

Overview

Throughout this  Economics (Econ) (Hons) degree from University of Portsmouth  you'll learn all the core economic theory you need to be an economist using real, topical data from organisations such as HSBC, Barclays, the Bank of England and the UK Government's annual budget. You'll also learn a set of skills that you can use in roles beyond finance.

You'll learn:

• how to use data to communicate a variety of challenging financial, ethical and social issues
• how to present an argument
• how economics influences decision making in a wide range of scenarios, from people's behaviour, to environmental sustainability, to investments and government policy making

After your second or third year you can apply this knowledge on an optional paid placement. Previous students have worked at places like the Office for National Statistics, Amazon, or the Department for Energy and Climate Change.

Career opportunities:

You can pursue a range of jobs with an economics degree including careers in management, consultancy, or economic analysis.

Recent events such as the Covid pandemic and the cost of living crisis have highlighted how important the skills of economists are in shaping the societies we live in. On this degree you’ll gain the understanding of behavioural economics and the economics of inequality, development and resourcing that you need to help both businesses and society recover.

Graduates of this course have gone on to jobs as:

• control analyst

• account manager

• investment manager

• business analyst

• banking consultant

• compliance analyst

• research specialist

Graduates of this course have gone on to work for companies such as:

• Ernst and Young

• Healthcare of America (HCA)

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• Halifax

• IBM

• Royal Bank of Scotland

• Alexander McQueen

• Southern Coop

• Omnicom Group